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Outdoors in Boston

Boston ranks #57 of 134 US cities for outdoors, with a Outdoors score of 58 — Fun. That puts it in the 58th percentile nationally and #1 of 1 in Massachusetts.

Outdoors score
58
Fun
National rank
#57 of 134
In Massachusetts
#1 of 1
Percentile
58th

The typical city scores 50 for outdoors; Boston sits 8 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 Boston

  1. T#55 Glendale, AZ 59
  2. T#55 Portland, OR 59
  3. #57 Boston, MA — this page 58
  4. #58 Cleveland, OH 57
  5. T#59 Buffalo, NY 56

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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 Boston

Boston scores 98 overall (Exceptional) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: