National Park System units within a drive of Orlando
One National Park System unit sits within an estimated two hours of Orlando, six between two and four hours, and eleven between four and eight. The closest is Canaveral National Seashore, about 1 hours by road from the metro's Census centroid. The metro is the Orlando area as the Census Bureau defines it, home to 2,940,513 people in the 2024 estimates.
Each drive time is an estimate made from the straight-line distance between the metro's Census centroid and the unit's listed coordinates, multiplied by 1.25 for roads and divided by 55 mph, so a real trip will often take longer.
Metro centroid Free to enter Charges an entrance fee
Under 2 hours
| Unit | Est. drive | Entry | 2025 visits | Campgrounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canaveral National Seashore National Seashore · FL | 1 h | Fee | 2,496,947 | 1 |
2 to 4 hours
| Unit | Est. drive | Entry | 2025 visits | Campgrounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Matanzas National Monument National Monument · FL | 2 h | Free | 653,152 | 0 |
| Castillo de San Marcos National Monument National Monument · FL | 2.3 h | Fee | 598,070 | 0 |
| De Soto National Memorial National Memorial · FL | 2.3 h | Free | 124,294 | 0 |
| Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve Ecological & Historic Preserve · FL | 3.2 h | Free | 1,109,821 | 0 |
| Cumberland Island National Seashore National Seashore · GA | 3.8 h | Fee | 60,299 | 5 |
| Big Cypress National Preserve National Preserve · FL | 3.9 h | Free | 2,262,731 | 8 |
4 to 8 hours
| Unit | Est. drive | Entry | 2025 visits | Campgrounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Frederica National Monument National Monument · GA | 4.4 h | Free | 108,043 | 0 |
| Biscayne National Park National Park · FL | 4.9 h | Free | 486,567 | 2 |
| Everglades National Park National Park · FL | 4.9 h | Fee | 778,198 | 2 |
| Fort Pulaski National Monument National Monument · GA | 5.7 h | Fee | 320,926 | 0 |
| Dry Tortugas National Park National Park · FL | 6.3 h | Fee | 89,355 | 1 |
| Reconstruction Era National Historical Park National Historical Park · SC | 6.3 h | Free | 23,206 | 0 |
| Andersonville National Historic Site National Historic Site · GA | 7 h | Free | 61,850 | 0 |
| Jimmy Carter National Historical Park National Historical Park · GA | 7 h | Free | 39,101 | 0 |
| Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park National Historical Park · SC | 7.1 h | Fee | 814,658 | 0 |
| Charles Pinckney National Historic Site National Historic Site · SC | 7.2 h | Free | 23,758 | 0 |
| Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park National Historical Park · GA | 7.6 h | Free | 112,071 | 0 |
Metro boundaries and population from the Census Bureau Vintage 2024 population estimates; centroids from the Census Bureau 2026 Gazetteer, CBSA internal points. Unit coordinates, fees, campgrounds and 2025 recreation visits from the NPS API and Visitor Use Statistics. Data refreshed October 14, 2026. Other metros.