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Outdoors in Charleston

Charleston ranks #33 of 134 US cities for outdoors, with a Outdoors score of 76 — Very Fun. That puts it in the 76th percentile nationally and #1 of 2 in South Carolina.

Outdoors score
76
Very Fun
National rank
#33 of 134
In South Carolina
#1 of 2
Percentile
76th

The typical city scores 50 for outdoors; Charleston sits 26 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 Charleston

  1. T#31 Albuquerque, NM 77
  2. T#31 Washington, DC 77
  3. #33 Charleston, SC — this page 76
  4. #34 Little Rock, AR 75
  5. T#35 Denver, CO 74

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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 Charleston

Charleston scores 87 overall (Exceptional) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: