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Outdoors in Columbus

Columbus ranks #78 of 134 US cities for outdoors, with a Outdoors score of 42 — Some Fun. That puts it in the 43rd percentile nationally and #4 of 4 in Ohio.

Outdoors score
42
Some Fun
National rank
#78 of 134
In Ohio
#4 of 4
Percentile
43rd

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

  1. T#75 Raleigh, NC 44
  2. #77 Oakland, CA 43
  3. #78 Columbus, OH — this page 42
  4. T#79 Corpus Christi, TX 41
  5. T#79 Indianapolis, IN 41

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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 Columbus

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