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Outdoors in New Orleans

New Orleans ranks #106 of 134 US cities for outdoors, with a Outdoors score of 21 — Quiet. That puts it in the 22nd percentile nationally and #1 of 2 in Louisiana.

Outdoors score
21
Quiet
National rank
#106 of 134
In Louisiana
#1 of 2
Percentile
22nd

The typical city scores 50 for outdoors; New Orleans sits 29 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 New Orleans

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

New Orleans scores 64 overall (Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: