List of parks in the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area


The list contains the largest contiguous public parks-preserves within of either Baltimore, Maryland or Washington, D.C., which is within the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area.
  1. Prince William Forest - Locust Shade, Virginia; — about one-third is closed to the public
  2. Patuxent Wildlife Research Refuge - Fran Uhler, Maryland; — about one-third is closed to the public
  3. Seneca Creek - McKee-Beshers - C & O Canal - Germantown, Maryland / Algonkian, Virginia;
  4. Upper Patapsco, Maryland;
  5. Patuxent River Park - Merkle - Jug Bay Wetlands - House Creek, Maryland;
  6. Mason Neck - Accotink Bay - Pohick - Meadowwood - Gunston, Virginia;
  7. Patuxent River State Park, Maryland;
  8. Chapmans - Myrtle Grove - Mattawoman, Maryland;
  9. Sugarloaf Mountain - Monocacy River - C & O Canal, Maryland;
  10. Lower Gunpowder Falls, Maryland;
  11. Manassas Battlefield, Virginia;
  12. Little Bennett, Maryland;
  13. Great Falls, Virginia - C & O Canal, Maryland - Riverbend, Virginia - Scott's Run, Virginia - Carderock, Maryland;
  14. Lower Patapsco - Rockburn Branch, Maryland;
  15. Cedarville, Maryland;
  16. Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Maryland; - limited public access
  17. Upper Gunpowder Falls, Maryland;
  18. Rock Creek Regional ;
  19. Susquehanna State Park, Maryland;
  20. Fountainhead, Virginia;
  21. Nanjemoy Creek, Maryland; - generally closed to the public
  22. Mid-Gunpowder Falls, Maryland;
  23. Eastern Neck, Maryland;
  24. Douglas Point - Mallows Bay - Purse State Park, Maryland;
  25. Soldiers Delight, Maryland;
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Rock Creek Park, D.C.;