NPS Sites Near Baltimore
Several National Park Service sites lie within 150 miles of Baltimore. Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, located 3.4 miles away, commemorates the War of 1812 and received 283,027 annual visits. Hampton National Historic Site, 8.1 miles distant, documents early American history and drew 48,158 visits. Greenbelt Park, situated 28.9 miles away, is a forested recreation area that attracted 130,314 visits annually.
Additional NPS units in the region include National Capital Parks–East, located 30.3 miles away, which encompasses multiple historic sites including Fort Washington and the Frederick Douglass House; the NPS publishes no combined total visitation for this unit. Rock Creek Park, 36.5 miles away in Washington, D.C., is the most visited site regionally, recording 1,865,048 annual recreation visits. These sites offer varied opportunities for history, nature, and outdoor recreation within reasonable driving distance of the city.
| NPS unit | Annual visits |
|---|---|
| Fort Mchenry National Monument And Historic Shrine Other NPS Unit · 3.4 mi | 283,027 (2025) |
| Hampton National Historic Site · 8.1 mi | 48,158 (2025) |
| Greenbelt Park · 28.9 mi | 130,314 (2025) |
| National Capital Parks - East (Includes Fort Washington, Frederick Douglass, Greenbelt Park, Mary Mcleod Bethune Council House, Oxen Hill, Carter G. Woodson, Etc.) Other NPS Unit · 30.3 mi | n/a |
| Rock Creek Park · 36.5 mi | 1,865,048 (2025) |
| Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site · 37.2 mi | 20 (2025) |
| National Capital Parks NPS Unit · 37.8 mi | 6,094,875 (1996) |
| Ford'S Theatre National Historic Site · 38.0 mi | 393,662 (2025) |
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Nearby-NPS units and their annual recreation visits are from the NPS Visitor Use Statistics package (haversine match within 150 mi of the city centroid), verified June 2026. Null visitation renders as “n/a”, never 0. How we compile this.