NPS Sites Near Atlanta
Within 150 miles of Atlanta, the National Park Service operates five regional units. The closest is Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park, located 2.1 miles from downtown and attracting 647,349 annual visits. Nearby are Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park (18.7 miles, 1,179,671 visits) and Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area (19.4 miles, 2,901,903 visits), which together draw nearly two million annual visitors. These three sites are within easy driving distance for day trips from the city.
Further afield are Ocmulgee National Monument in Macon (77.3 miles, 112,071 visits) and Little River Canyon National Preserve on the Alabama border (84.5 miles, 781,518 visits). All five units are accessible by car within two to ninety minutes of Atlanta's city center, offering a range of historical, recreational, and natural resource experiences across the region.
| NPS unit | Annual visits |
|---|---|
| Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park · 2.1 mi | 647,349 (2025) |
| Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park · 18.7 mi | 1,179,671 (2025) |
| Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area · 19.4 mi | 2,901,903 (2025) |
| Ocmulgee National Monument · 77.3 mi | 112,071 (2025) |
| Little River Canyon National Preserve · 84.5 mi | 781,518 (2025) |
| Horseshoe Bend National Military Park · 93.3 mi | 50,738 (2025) |
| Chickamauga And Chattanooga National Military Park · 100.5 mi | 971,647 (2025) |
| Andersonville National Historic Site · 107.1 mi | 61,850 (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.