National parks near Ottawa, Ontario

Ottawa is one town for park planning. See national parks near Ottawa — it reaches the same parks.

The closest national park to Ottawa, Ontario is Thousand Islands National Park — about 117 km (72.9 mi) away, or roughly 2 hr 11 min of driving.

1 park is close enough to do as a day trip: Thousand Islands.

National parks near Ottawa

Parks ranked by distance from Ottawa
Park	Straight-line distance	Estimated drive	Realistic trip
Thousand Islands National Park	117 km (72.9 mi)	2 hr 11 min	Doable as a day trip
La Mauricie National Park	262 km (163 mi)	4 hr 18 min	Best as a weekend
Rouge National Park	323 km (201 mi)	5 hr 12 min	Best as a weekend
Georgian Bay Islands National Park	332 km (207 mi)	5 hr 20 min	Best as a weekend
Bruce Peninsula National Park	464 km (288 mi)	7 hr 16 min	Worth a longer road trip
Acadia National Park	601 km (373 mi)	9 hr 17 min	Worth a longer road trip
Cuyahoga Valley National Park	661 km (411 mi)	10 hr 10 min	Worth a longer road trip
Point Pelee National Park	667 km (415 mi)	10 hr 16 min	Worth a longer road trip
Shenandoah National Park	794 km (493 mi)	12 hr 7 min	Worth a longer road trip
Kejimkujik National Park	832 km (517 mi)	12 hr 41 min	Worth a longer road trip

Thousand Islands National Park, about 117 km (72.9 mi) away and roughly 2 hr 11 min of driving.

Thousand Islands National Park — all within about three hours' drive.