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Outdoors in Austin

Austin ranks #73 of 134 US cities for outdoors, with a Outdoors score of 46 — Some Fun. That puts it in the 46th percentile nationally and #1 of 13 in Texas.

Outdoors score
46
Some Fun
National rank
#73 of 134
In Texas
#1 of 13
Percentile
46th

The typical city scores 50 for outdoors; Austin sits 4 points below 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 Austin

  1. T#71 Birmingham, AL 47
  2. T#71 Reno, NV 47
  3. #73 Austin, TX — this page 46
  4. #74 Virginia Beach, VA 45
  5. T#75 Fort Wayne, IN 44

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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 Austin

Austin scores 67 overall (Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: