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Greensboro, NC · the CityFunIndex

Outdoors in Greensboro

Greensboro ranks #98 of 134 US cities for outdoors, with a Outdoors score of 27 — Quiet. That puts it in the 28th percentile nationally and #5 of 6 in North Carolina.

Outdoors score
27
Quiet
National rank
#98 of 134
In North Carolina
#5 of 6
Percentile
28th

The typical city scores 50 for outdoors; Greensboro sits 23 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 Greensboro

  1. T#95 Riverside, CA 29
  2. #97 Louisville, KY 28
  3. #98 Greensboro, NC — this page 27
  4. T#99 Bridgeport, CT 26
  5. T#99 Jacksonville, FL 26

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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 Greensboro

Greensboro scores 59 overall (Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: