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Asheville, NC · the CityFunIndex

Outdoors in Asheville

Asheville ranks #53 of 134 US cities for outdoors, with a Outdoors score of 61 — Fun. That puts it in the 61st percentile nationally and #1 of 6 in North Carolina.

Outdoors score
61
Fun
National rank
#53 of 134
In North Carolina
#1 of 6
Percentile
61st

The typical city scores 50 for outdoors; Asheville sits 11 points above the median.

How outdoors is measured

Parks, beaches and easy access to nature.

Data sources: OpenStreetMap parks, nature reserves, playgrounds and beaches, plus National Park Service units and Recreation.gov federal facilities.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Asheville

  1. T#51 Detroit, MI 62
  2. T#51 Toledo, OH 62
  3. #53 Asheville, NC — this page 61
  4. #54 Milwaukee, WI 60
  5. T#55 Glendale, AZ 59

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Top US cities for outdoors

  1. #1 Aspen, CO 93
  2. T#2 Gatlinburg, TN 92
  3. T#2 Stowe, VT 92
  4. T#2 Telluride, CO 92
  5. T#5 Jackson, WY 91

More about Asheville

Asheville scores 85 overall (Exceptional) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: