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Durham, NC · the CityFunIndex

Outdoors in Durham

Durham ranks #65 of 134 US cities for outdoors, with a Outdoors score of 52 — Fun. That puts it in the 52nd percentile nationally and #2 of 6 in North Carolina.

Outdoors score
52
Fun
National rank
#65 of 134
In North Carolina
#2 of 6
Percentile
52nd

The typical city scores 50 for outdoors; Durham sits 2 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 Durham

  1. T#63 Providence, RI 53
  2. T#63 St. Petersburg, FL 53
  3. #65 Durham, NC — this page 52
  4. #66 San Jose, CA 51
  5. T#67 Hartford, CT 50

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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 Durham

Durham scores 64 overall (Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: