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Outdoors in Billings

Billings ranks #20 of 134 US cities for outdoors, with a Outdoors score of 85 — Exceptional. That puts it in the 86th percentile nationally and #1 of 1 in Montana.

Outdoors score
85
Exceptional
National rank
#20 of 134
In Montana
#1 of 1
Percentile
86th

The typical city scores 50 for outdoors; Billings sits 35 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 Billings

  1. T#18 Burlington, VT 86
  2. T#18 Tucson, AZ 86
  3. #20 Billings, MT — this page 85
  4. T#21 Anchorage, AK 84
  5. T#21 Boulder, CO 84

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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 Billings

Billings scores 60 overall (Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: