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Outdoors in Dallas

Dallas ranks #110 of 134 US cities for outdoors, with a Outdoors score of 18 — Quiet. That puts it in the 19th percentile nationally and #6 of 13 in Texas.

Outdoors score
18
Quiet
National rank
#110 of 134
In Texas
#6 of 13
Percentile
19th

The typical city scores 50 for outdoors; Dallas sits 32 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 Dallas

  1. T#107 Jackson, MS 20
  2. #109 Houston, TX 19
  3. #110 Dallas, TX — this page 18
  4. T#111 Bakersfield, CA 17
  5. T#111 Garland, TX 17

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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 Dallas

Dallas scores 38 overall (Some Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: