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Lexington, KY · the CityFunIndex

Outdoors in Lexington

Lexington ranks #105 of 134 US cities for outdoors, with a Outdoors score of 22 — Quiet. That puts it in the 22nd percentile nationally and #2 of 2 in Kentucky.

Outdoors score
22
Quiet
National rank
#105 of 134
In Kentucky
#2 of 2
Percentile
22nd

The typical city scores 50 for outdoors; Lexington sits 28 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 Lexington

  1. T#103 Nashville, TN 23
  2. T#103 Wichita, KS 23
  3. #105 Lexington, KY — this page 22
  4. #106 New Orleans, LA 21
  5. T#107 Baton Rouge, LA 20

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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 Lexington

Lexington scores 69 overall (Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: