List of parks in the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area



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


 * 1) Prince William Forest - Locust Shade, Virginia; 18255 acre &mdash; about one-third is closed to the public
 * 2) Patuxent Wildlife Research Refuge - Fran Uhler (Patuxent River Park), Maryland; 13300 acre &mdash; about one-third is closed to the public
 * 3) Seneca Creek - McKee-Beshers - C & O Canal - Germantown, Maryland / Algonkian, Virginia; 12435 acre
 * 4) Upper Patapsco, Maryland; 9575 acre
 * 5) Patuxent River Park - Merkle - Jug Bay Wetlands - House Creek, Maryland; 8759 acre
 * 6) Mason Neck - Accotink Bay - Pohick - Meadowwood - Gunston, Virginia; 7690 acre
 * 7) Patuxent River State Park, Maryland; 6650 acre
 * 8) Chapmans - Myrtle Grove - Mattawoman, Maryland; 6278 acre
 * 9) Sugarloaf Mountain - Monocacy River - C & O Canal, Maryland; 5790 acre
 * 10) Lower Gunpowder Falls, Maryland; 5325 acre
 * 11) Manassas Battlefield, Virginia; 4355 acre
 * 12) Little Bennett, Maryland; 3700 acre
 * 13) Great Falls, Virginia - C & O Canal, Maryland - Riverbend, Virginia - Scott's Run, Virginia - Carderock, Maryland; 3440 acre
 * 14) Lower Patapsco - Rockburn Branch, Maryland; 3435 acre
 * 15) Cedarville, Maryland; 2848 acre
 * 16) Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Maryland; 2800 acre - limited public access
 * 17) Upper Gunpowder Falls (Hereford), Maryland; 2755 acre
 * 18) Rock Creek Regional (Lake Needwood - North Branch); 2670 acre
 * 19) Susquehanna State Park, Maryland; 2645 acre
 * 20) Fountainhead, Virginia; 2450 acre
 * 21) Nanjemoy Creek, Maryland; 2415 acre - generally closed to the public
 * 22) Mid-Gunpowder Falls (Baldwin-Fork), Maryland; 2300 acre
 * 23) Eastern Neck, Maryland; 2285 acre
 * 24) Douglas Point - Mallows Bay - Purse State Park (Nanjemoy Wildlife Area), Maryland; 1920 acre
 * 25) Soldiers Delight, Maryland; 1920 acre
 * 26) Rock Creek Park, D.C.; 1754 acre