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Des Moines, IA · the CityFunIndex

Outdoors in Des Moines

Des Moines ranks #30 of 134 US cities for outdoors, with a Outdoors score of 78 — Very Fun. That puts it in the 78th percentile nationally and #1 of 1 in Iowa.

Outdoors score
78
Very Fun
National rank
#30 of 134
In Iowa
#1 of 1
Percentile
78th

The typical city scores 50 for outdoors; Des Moines sits 28 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 Des Moines

  1. T#27 Kansas City, MO 80
  2. #29 Omaha, NE 79
  3. #30 Des Moines, IA — this page 78
  4. T#31 Albuquerque, NM 77
  5. T#31 Washington, DC 77

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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 Des Moines

Des Moines scores 74 overall (Very Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: