List of parks in the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area

The list contains the largest contiguous public parks-preserves within 30 miles (48 km) of either Baltimore, Maryland or Washington, D.C., which is within the Baltimore metropolitan area or [[ WashingtonD.C. area.

Prince William Forest - Locust Shade, Virginia; 18,255 acres (74 km) — about one-third is closed to the public
Patuxent Wildlife Research Refuge - Fran Uhler (Patuxent River Park), Maryland; 13,300 acres (54 km) — about one-third is closed to the public
Seneca Creek - McKee-Beshers - C & O Canal - Germantown, Maryland / Algonkian, Virginia; 12,435 acres (50 km)
Upper Patapsco, Maryland; 9,575 acres (39 km)
Patuxent River Park - Merkle - Jug Bay Wetlands - House Creek, Maryland; 8,759 acres (35 km)
Mason Neck - Accotink Bay - Pohick - Meadowwood - Gunston, Virginia; 7,690 acres (31 km)
Patuxent River State Park, Maryland; 6,650 acres (27 km)
Chapmans - Myrtle Grove - Mattawoman, Maryland; 6,278 acres (25 km)
Sugarloaf Mountain - Monocacy River - C & O Canal, Maryland; 5,790 acres (23 km)
Lower Gunpowder Falls, Maryland; 5,325 acres (22 km)
Manassas Battlefield, Virginia; 4,355 acres (18 km)
Little Bennett, Maryland; 3,700 acres (15 km)
Great Falls, Virginia - C & O Canal, Maryland - Riverbend, Virginia - Scott's Run, Virginia - Carderock, Maryland; 3,440 acres (14 km)
Lower Patapsco - Rockburn Branch, Maryland; 3,435 acres (14 km)
Cedarville, Maryland; 2,848 acres (12 km)
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Maryland; 2,800 acres (11 km) - limited public access
Upper Gunpowder Falls (Hereford), Maryland; 2,755 acres (11 km)
Rock Creek Regional (Lake Needwood - North Branch); 2,670 acres (11 km)
Susquehanna State Park, Maryland; 2,645 acres (11 km)
Fountainhead, Virginia; 2,450 acres (10 km)
Nanjemoy Creek, Maryland; 2,415 acres (10 km) - generally closed to the public
Mid-Gunpowder Falls (Baldwin-Fork), Maryland; 2,300 acres (9 km)
Eastern Neck, Maryland; 2,285 acres (9 km)
Douglas Point - Mallows Bay - Purse State Park (Nanjemoy Wildlife Area), Maryland; 1,920 acres (8 km)
Soldiers Delight, Maryland; 1,920 acres (8 km)
Rock Creek Park, D.C.; 1,754 acres (7 km)

Notes

- only a portion of this park is publicly accessible

- This list does not include interrupted, scattered parts of administrative units, but rather entire, contiguous park-preserve tracts. Strip park area (<1000 foot (300 m) width for more than 1/2 mile (800 m)) and public utility land (reservoirs) are excluded. Much of the 72,500 acres (293 km) Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland. and 56,000 acres (230 km) Quantico Marine Base, Virginia are undeveloped, and constitute the largest such areas within 30 miles (48 km) of either Baltimore or Washington. Neither is generally open to the public. Quantico is contiguous with Prince William Forest Park. Washington and Baltimore are 33 miles (53 km) apart.

References

"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
"Prince William Forest Park (U.S. National Park Service)".
"FY2013 DNR Owned Lands Acreage Report" (PDF). Maryland DNR. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 18, 2015. Retrieved December 21, 2013.
"Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.

External links

The Nature Conservancy - Maryland/DC Areas We Protect

Protected areas of Maryland

Federal

National battlefields	Antietam Monocacy
National historical parks	Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad
National historic sites	Clara Barton Hampton Thomas Stone
National monuments	Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
National marine sanctuaries	Mallows Bay–Potomac River
National seashores	Assateague Island
National Park Service parks	Catoctin Mountain Fort Foote Fort Washington Glen Echo Greenbelt Harmony Hall Oxon Cove and Oxon Hill Farm Piscataway
National wildlife refuges	Blackwater Eastern Neck Glenn Martin Patuxent Research Susquehanna River
National historic and scenic trails	Appalachian Captain John Smith Chesapeake Potomac Heritage Star-Spangled Banner
Other protected areas	Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

State

State parks	Assateague Big Run Bill Burton Fishing Pier Calvert Cliffs Canal Place Casselman River Bridge Chapel Point Cunningham Falls Dans Mountain Deep Creek Lake Elk Neck Fort Frederick Fort Tonoloway Gambrill Gathland Greenbrier Greenwell Gunpowder Falls Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Hart-Miller Island Herrington Manor Janes Island Martinak Matapeake New Germany North Point Palmer Patapsco Valley Patuxent River Pocomoke River Point Lookout Purse Rocks Rocky Gap Rosaryville Sandy Point Seneca Creek Smallwood South Mountain St. Clement's Island St. Mary's River Susquehanna Swallow Falls Tuckahoe Washington Monument Wye Oak
State forests	Cedarville Chesapeake Doncaster Elk Neck Garrett Green Ridge Mount Nebo Pocomoke Potomac Savage River Seth Stoney Wicomico
Wildlife management areas	Avondale Belle Grove Billmeyer Bodkin Island Bowen Cedar Island Cedar Point Cheltenham Chicamuxen Chicone Creek Cunningham Swamp Dan's Mountain Deal Island Devil Island Area Dierssen E.A. Vaughn Earleville Ellis Bay Fairmount Fishing Bay Fort Hill Globe Com Gravel Hill Swamp Grove Farm Gwynnbrook Heater's Island Hopkins Branch Hugg-Thomas Idylwild Indian Springs Islands of the Potomac Isle of Wight Johnson Kent Island Research Center Le Compte Linkwood Little Patuxent Oxbow Maryland Marine Properties McIntosh Run McKee-Beshers Millington Mt. Nebo Myrtle Grove Nanjemoy Nanjemoy Creek Nanticoke River Old Bohemia Parker's Creek Pocomoke River Pocomoke Sound Prather's Neck Ridenour Swamp Riverside Sideling Hill Sinepuxent Bay South Marsh Island Strider Tar Bay Taylors Island Warrior Mountain Wellington Wetipquin
Natural environment areas	Belt Woods Mattawoman Morgan Run Severn Run Soldiers Delight Youghiogheny Scenic & Wild River Zekiah Swamp

County and
municipal

Parks and sanctuaries

Non-
governmental

Parks and sanctuaries	Battle Creek Cypress Swamp Conservation and Environmental Research Areas of UMBC Merkle Wildlife Sanctuary and Visitor's Center Mount Pleasant Farm Center Sherwood Gardens Somers Cove Marina Sugarloaf Mountain University of Maryland Arboretum & Botanical Garden Western Maryland Rail Trail Youghiogheny Scenic & Wild River
Nature centers	List

Protected areas of the District of Columbia

Federal

National Cemeteries	Battleground Soldiers' and Airmen's Home
National Historical Parks	Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
National Historic Sites	Carter G. Woodson Home Ford's Theatre Frederick Douglass Mary McLeod Bethune Council House Pennsylvania Avenue
National Memorials	Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jefferson Korean War Veterans Lincoln Lyndon Baines Johnson Grove Theodore Roosevelt Island Vietnam Veterans Washington Monument World War II
National monuments	Belmont–Paul Women's Equality President Lincoln's Cottage at the Soldiers' Home
National Parkways	Baltimore–Washington George Washington Memorial / Clara Barton Oxon Run Rock Creek and Potomac
National Trails	Potomac Heritage Star-Spangled Banner
National Mall and Memorial Parks	National Mall African American Civil War Constitution Gardens East Potomac Ford's Theatre Franklin Delano Roosevelt George Mason Hains Point Jefferson John Ericsson Korean War Veterans Lincoln Old Post Office Pennsylvania Avenue United States Navy Vietnam Veterans Washington Monument West Potomac World War II
President's Park	The Ellipse Lafayette Square White House
National Capital Parks-East	Anacostia Belmont–Paul Women's Equality National Monument Capitol Hill Carter G. Woodson Home Fort Circle Fort Dupont Fort Stanton Frederick Douglass Kenilworth Mary McLeod Bethune Council House Oxon Run Parkway Shepherd Parkway
Rock Creek Park	Rock Creek Barnard Hill Bryce Dumbarton Oaks Fort Slocum Georgetown Waterfront Glover-Archbold Little Forest Meridian Hill Montrose Old Stone House Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway
Other areas	National Capital Parks Navy Memorial

Protected areas of Virginia

Federal

National Parks	Shenandoah
National Historical Parks, Historic Sites & Monuments	Appomattox Court House NHP Arlington House Booker T. Washington NM Cedar Creek and Belle Grove NHP Claude Moore Colonial Farm Colonial NHP Cumberland Gap NHP Fort Monroe NM George Washington Birthplace NM Harpers Ferry NHP Maggie L. Walker NHS
National Military Parks, Battlefields & Battlefield Parks	Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania NMP Manassas NBP Petersburg NB Richmond NBP
National Cemeteries	Alexandria Arlington Balls Bluff City Point Cold Harbor Culpeper Danville Fort Harrison Fredericksburg Glendale Hampton Hampton VAMC Poplar Grove Quantico Richmond Seven Pines Staunton Winchester Yorktown
National Parkways	Blue Ridge Parkway (Blue Ridge Music Center Mabry Mill Peaks of Otter Rocky Knob Recreation Area) George Washington Memorial Parkway
National Trails	Appalachian Trail Captain John Smith Chesapeake NHT Overmountain Victory NHT Potomac Heritage Trail Star-Spangled Banner NHT
National Wildlife Refuges	Back Bay Chincoteague Eastern Shore of Virginia Mason Neck Featherstone Fisherman Island Glenn Martin Great Dismal Swamp James River Nansemond Occoquan Bay Plum Tree Island Presquile Rappahannock River Valley Wallops Island
National Forests	George Washington and Jefferson
USFS National Recreation Areas	Mount Rogers National Recreation Area
Other NPS Areas	Assateague Island National Seashore Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network Prince William Forest Park Wolf Trap NP for the Performing Arts
Wilderness Areas	Barbours Creek James River Face Mountain Lake Priest Ramsey's Draft Rich Hole Rough Mountain Saint Mary's Three Ridges
National Estuarine Research Reserves	Chesapeake Bay

State

State parks	Bear Creek Lake Belle Isle Breaks Interstate Caledon Chippokes Claytor Lake Clinch River Culpeper Battlefields Douthat Fairy Stone False Cape First Landing Grayson Highlands High Bridge Trail Holliday Lake Hungry Mother James River Kiptopeke Lake Anna Leesylvania Machicomoco Mason Neck Mayo River Middle Peninsula Natural Bridge Natural Tunnel New River Trail Occoneechee Pocahontas Powhatan Sailor's Creek Battlefield Seven Bends Shot Tower Shenandoah River Sky Meadows Smith Mountain Lake Southwest Virginia Museum Staunton River Staunton River Battlefield Sweet Run Tabb Monument Twin Lakes Westmoreland Widewater Wilderness Road York River
State forests	Appomattox-Buckingham Big Woods Bourassa Browne Channels Charlotte Chesterfield Chilton Woods Conway Robinson Crawfords Cumberland Devil's Backbone Dragon Run First Mountain Hawks Lesesne Matthews Moore's Creek Niday Place Old Flat Paul Prince Edward-Gallion Sandy Point South Quay Whitney Zoar
Natural Area Preserves	Antioch Pines Bald Knob Bethel Beach Big Spring Bog Blackwater Buffalo Mountain Bull Run Mountains Bush Mill Stream Camp Branch Wetlands Cape Charles Coastal Habitat Cave Hill The Cedars The Channels Cherry Orchard Bog Chestnut Creek Wetlands Chestnut Ridge Chotank Creek Chub Sandhill Cleveland Barrens Clover Hollow Cowbane Prairie Crawford's Knob Crow's Nest Cumberland Marsh Dameron Marsh Deep Run Ponds Dendron Swamp Difficult Creek Elklick Woodlands False Cape Folly Mills Creek Fen Goshen Pass Grafton Ponds Grassy Hill Grayson Glades Hickory Hollow Hughlett Point Johnsons Creek Lyndhurst Ponds Magothy Bay Mark's and Jack's Island Mount Joy Pond Mutton Hunk Fen Naked Mountain New Point Comfort North Landing River Northwest River Ogdens Cave Parkers Marsh Parramore Island Pedlar Hills Glades Piney Grove Flatwoods Pinnacle Poor Mountain Redrock Mountain Savage Neck Dunes Unthanks Cave William B. Trower Bayshore Wreck Island
Wildlife Management Areas	Amelia Big Survey Big Woods Briery Creek Chester F. Phelps Cavalier Chickahominy Clinch Mountain Crooked Creek Dick Cross Doe Creek Fairystone Farms Featherfin G. Richard Thompson Game Farm Marsh Goshen and Little North Mountain Hardware River Havens Hidden Valley Highland Hog Island Horsepen Lake James River Land's End Mattaponi Mattaponi Bluffs Merrimac Farm Mockhorn Island Oakley Forest Pettigrew Powhatan Princess Anne Ragged Island Rapidan Robert W. Duncan Saxis Short Hills Smith Mountain Cooperative Stewarts Creek T. M. Gathright Turkeycock Ware Creek Weston White Oak Mountain

Other

Registered Historic Places in Virginia	Virginia Landmarks Register National Register of Historic Places listings in Virginia Bridges National Historic Landmarks

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