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Outdoors in Indianapolis

Indianapolis ranks T#79 of 134 US cities for outdoors, with a Outdoors score of 41 — Some Fun. That puts it in the 42nd percentile nationally and #2 of 2 in Indiana.

Outdoors score
41
Some Fun
National rank
T#79 of 134
In Indiana
#2 of 2
Percentile
42nd

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

  1. #77 Oakland, CA 43
  2. #78 Columbus, OH 42
  3. T#79 Indianapolis, IN — this page 41
  4. #81 Lubbock, TX 40
  5. #82 Santa Clarita, CA 39

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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 Indianapolis

Indianapolis scores 48 overall (Some Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: