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Kansas City, MO · the CityFunIndex

Outdoors in Kansas City

Kansas City ranks T#27 of 134 US cities for outdoors, with a Outdoors score of 80 — Very Fun. That puts it in the 81st percentile nationally and #1 of 2 in Missouri.

Outdoors score
80
Very Fun
National rank
T#27 of 134
In Missouri
#1 of 2
Percentile
81st

The typical city scores 50 for outdoors; Kansas City sits 30 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 Kansas City

  1. #25 Irvine, CA 82
  2. #26 Colorado Springs, CO 81
  3. T#27 Kansas City, MO — this page 80
  4. #29 Omaha, NE 79
  5. #30 Des Moines, IA 78

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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 Kansas City

Kansas City scores 65 overall (Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: