How far are you from the nearest park/reserve type?

[GenExpwy]

Straight-line distances via Google Earth:

• National Park: Thousand Islands National Park, Canada (Cedar Island unit, 128 miles)
  
  
• NPS Unit: Women's Rights National Historical Park (M'Clintock House unit in Waterloo, 43 miles)
  
  
• National Forest: Finger Lakes National Forest (38 miles)
  
  
• State Park: Stony Brook State Park (6 miles)
  
  
• County Park (any): Grimes Glen Park, Naples, Ontario Co. (9 miles)
  
• County Park (Steuben): Kanakadea Park (16 miles)
  
  

[Rothman]

Huh.  Wonder how many Stony Brooks there are in NY.

[webny99]

Huh.  Wonder how many Stony Brooks there are in NY.

Many stony brooks, but only one Stony Brook (at least in terms of State Parks, although there is a hamlet/CDP of Stony Brook on Long Island).

[Roadgeekteen]

My home in Needham:

National Park: Acadia, a little under 300 miles away

NPS unit: Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, 7 miles away

National Forest: White Mountains, about 130 miles away

State Park: Cutler Park, less than a mile away

No county parks in MA

[frankenroad]

City Park - the park adjoins the property of the building I live in.  There are walking trails connecting our "nature area" to the park.

Others - all distances as the crow flies.
County Park - 4.3 mi.
State Park - 22.9 miles (in another state) - closest in my state is 23.2 miles
National Park - True National Park - 155 miles.  Closest National Park Service entity (National Historic Site) - 4.8 miles

[triplemultiplex]

Now that Indiana Dunes is a NP, that's closer than the previous title holder of closest National Park to me.

Closest National Forest is still the one I grew up right near: Chequamegon-Nicolet

State Park: Lake Mendota SP is closer as the crow flies, but it might actually be faster to get to Lake Kegonsa SP from my place.

As for city parks; this is Madison.  If you're not within 3 blocks of a city park or some kind of open space, where the hell are you?

[Takumi]

National Park: Petersburg National Battlefield, a few miles as the crow flies. Despite this, given the park's place in national history, I never visited it until approximately 2019.

National forest: George Washington

State park: Pocahontas State Park, about 10 miles away.

Municipal park: why not ask for my SSN while you're at it?

[ozarkman417]

National Park: Hot Springs (184 miles, with the Gateway Arch being a close second at 196 miles).
National Forest: Mark Twain (21 miles). Nearest NF Wilderness area is Hercules Glades Wilderness at roughly 40 miles).
NPS unit: Wilson's Creek National Battlefield (8 miles).
State Park: Roaring River (50 miles)
Conservation Area: Bois D'Arc (15 miles).
Greene County and Springfield share a park system.

[zzcarp]

Using driving distances unless otherwise indicated:

City park - Westminster Hills Dog Park - about a 1/2 mile
Regional park - Standley Lake Regional Park - about 1.2 miles
County park - in my county (Jefferson County), White Ranch Open Space - around 13 miles
County park - in adjacent Boulder County, Coalton Trailhead - about 5 miles
State park - El Dorado Canyon State Park - about 13 miles
National Wildlife Refuge -Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge - 2.1 miles (straight line distance)
National Forest - Arapaho National Forest - about 20 miles
National Park - Rocky Mountain National Park - about 53 miles to the Beaver Meadows (US 36) entrance

[kkt]

Parks, distances as the crow flies, driving distances may be much farther:

city park:  half a block
state park:  St. Edward State Park 4 1/2 miles
national park, urban:  Klondike National Historical Park in Pioneer Square area of Seattle:  5 1/4 miles
national park, with lots of wilderness:  Olympic National Park:  55 miles

[ozarkman417]

If not, then either Mammoth Cave or New River Gorge (as the crow flies; it's closer to drive to Mammoth Cave than NRG).

I'm in a similar situation in that Hot Springs is closer to me as the crow flies, but Gateway Arch National Park is much easier and quicker to drive to. The Gateway Arch is a straight shot on I-44, while the route to Hot Springs involves crooked two lane roads through the Boston and Ouachita Mountains.

[7/8]

Distances by car.

City Park: (250 m)
Provincial Park: Forks of the Credit (65 km)
National Urban Park: Rouge (122 km)
National Park: Georgian Bay Islands (234 km). Close second is Bruce Peninsula (238 km)

[jmd41280]

Distances as the crow flies...

National Park: Cuyahoga Valley (OH), 114 miles
National Forest: Monongahela (WV), 59 miles
State Park: Point, 23 miles
County Park: Cedar Creek, 5 miles

[jlam]

Distance (as the crow flies):

National Park: Rocky Mountain - 39.60 miles
National Forest: Arapahoe-Roosevelt - 18.21 miles
National Grassland: Pawnee - 12.72 miles
State Park: Boyd Lake - 11.85 miles
Natural Area: Arapahoe Bend - 7.50 miles
City Park: Lakeview Park - 1.89 miles