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Outdoors in Madison

Madison ranks T#13 of 134 US cities for outdoors, with a Outdoors score of 88 — Exceptional. That puts it in the 91st percentile nationally and #1 of 2 in Wisconsin.

Outdoors score
88
Exceptional
National rank
T#13 of 134
In Wisconsin
#1 of 2
Percentile
91st

The typical city scores 50 for outdoors; Madison sits 38 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 Madison

  1. T#11 Portland, ME 89
  2. T#11 Santa Fe, NM 89
  3. T#13 Madison, WI — this page 88
  4. T#16 Honolulu, HI 87
  5. T#16 Mesa, AZ 87

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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 Madison

Madison scores 97 overall (Exceptional) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: