Parks in the Basin
Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin
The basin is home to many national, state, regional, and local parks; the Potomac River itself is a water trail.
State Parks
National Parks
The basin is teeming with national parks large and small. Here is a list of the major national parks:
- Find your Chesapeake
- Potomac River Water Trail
- C&O Canal National Historical Park (Md.)
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail (Md., Pa., Va.)
- Potomac Heritage Trail (D.C., Md., Pa., Va.)
- Rock Creek Park (D.C., Md.)
- George Washington Memorial Parkway (C., Md., Va.)
- Catoctin Mountain Park (Md.)
- Monocacy National Battlefield (Md.)
- Antietam National Battlefield (Md.)
- Piscataway Park/National Colonial Farm (Md.)
- Oxon Cove Park & Oxon Hill Farm (Md.)
- Shenandoah NHP (Va.)
- George Washington Birthplace National Monument (Va.)
- Cedar Creek & Belle Grove (Va.)
- Manassas National Battlefield Park (Va.)
- Gettysburg National Military Park (Pa.)
- Harpers Ferry National Historical Park (W. Va.)