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Colorado Springs, CO · the CityFunIndex

Outdoors in Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs ranks #26 of 134 US cities for outdoors, with a Outdoors score of 81 — Very Fun. That puts it in the 81st percentile nationally and #5 of 6 in Colorado.

Outdoors score
81
Very Fun
National rank
#26 of 134
In Colorado
#5 of 6
Percentile
81st

The typical city scores 50 for outdoors; Colorado Springs sits 31 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 Colorado Springs

  1. T#23 Fargo, ND 83
  2. #25 Irvine, CA 82
  3. #26 Colorado Springs, CO — this page 81
  4. T#27 Cincinnati, OH 80
  5. T#27 Kansas City, MO 80

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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 Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs scores 51 overall (Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: