NPS Sites Near Richmond
Five National Park Service units operate within 150 miles of Richmond's city center. Richmond National Battlefield Park, located 7.4 miles away, recorded 149,545 annual recreation visits. Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site, 9.4 miles distant, received 4,657 visits. Petersburg National Battlefield, 12.9 miles south, attracted 494,358 visitors annually, making it the second most-visited site in the region.
Further afield, Colonial National Historical Park sits 44.5 miles away and drew 1,582,994 recreation visits, the highest in the region. Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, positioned 57.8 miles northwest, recorded 765,991 annual visits. Together, these sites span Civil War battlefields, historic homes, and colonial-era locations across the greater Richmond area.
| NPS unit | Annual visits |
|---|---|
| Richmond National Battlefield Park · 7.4 mi | 149,545 (2025) |
| Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site · 9.4 mi | 4,657 (2025) |
| Petersburg National Battlefield · 12.9 mi | 494,358 (2025) |
| Colonial National Historical Park · 44.5 mi | 1,582,994 (2025) |
| Fredricksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park · 57.8 mi | 765,991 (2025) |
| George Washington Birthplace National Monument · 60.9 mi | 72,072 (2025) |
| Appomattox Court House National Historical Park · 74.1 mi | 77,496 (2025) |
| Thomas Stone National Historic Site · 80.3 mi | 4,910 (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.