Pench National Park
Madhya Pradesh
~1.8 h approx. drive · ~92 km
Best: Oct–Jun · From ₹23,760 for two, 2 days (stay, food, local; excl. travel)
Weekend getaways›From Nagpur
5 places within 6 hours of Nagpur, 2 of them under 3 hours — the nearest is Pench National Park at roughly 1.8 h.
All times are approximate drives, marked ~; the method is at the foot of the list.
Madhya Pradesh
~1.8 h approx. drive · ~92 km
Best: Oct–Jun · From ₹23,760 for two, 2 days (stay, food, local; excl. travel)

Maharashtra
~2.8 h approx. drive · ~139 km
Best: Oct–Jun · From ₹22,426 for two, 2 days (stay, food, local; excl. travel)

Madhya Pradesh
~5.4 h approx. drive · ~269 km
Best: Oct–Jun · From ₹22,893 for two, 2 days (stay, food, local; excl. travel)

Madhya Pradesh
~5.6 h approx. drive on hill roads · ~226 km
Best: Oct–Jun · From ₹9,628 for two, 2 days (stay, food, local; excl. travel)

Chhattisgarh
~6 h approx. drive · ~299 km
Best: Oct–Mar · From ₹3,556 for two, 2 days (stay, food, local; excl. travel)
How the approximate drives are worked out: straight-line distance × 1.3 for the road at 50 km/h, with the hill stretch (the last 50–80 km into the hills) at × 1.6 and 30 km/h. Islands and high-Himalayan places are listed only when a curated time exists.