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Glendale, AZ · the CityFunIndex

Outdoors in Glendale

Glendale ranks T#55 of 134 US cities for outdoors, with a Outdoors score of 59 — Fun. That puts it in the 60th percentile nationally and #6 of 8 in Arizona.

Outdoors score
59
Fun
National rank
T#55 of 134
In Arizona
#6 of 8
Percentile
60th

The typical city scores 50 for outdoors; Glendale sits 9 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 Glendale

  1. #53 Asheville, NC 61
  2. #54 Milwaukee, WI 60
  3. T#55 Glendale, AZ — this page 59
  4. #57 Boston, MA 58
  5. #58 Cleveland, OH 57

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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 Glendale

Glendale scores 10 overall (Quiet) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: