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Jersey City, NJ · the CityFunIndex

Outdoors in Jersey City

Jersey City ranks T#119 of 134 US cities for outdoors, with a Outdoors score of 11 — Quiet. That puts it in the 12th percentile nationally and #1 of 2 in New Jersey.

Outdoors score
11
Quiet
National rank
T#119 of 134
In New Jersey
#1 of 2
Percentile
12th

The typical city scores 50 for outdoors; Jersey City sits 39 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 Jersey City

  1. #117 El Paso, TX 13
  2. #118 San Antonio, TX 12
  3. T#119 Jersey City, NJ — this page 11
  4. #121 Arlington, TX 10
  5. #122 Laredo, TX 9

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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 Jersey City

Jersey City scores 43 overall (Some Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: