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Outdoors in Newark

Newark ranks T#127 of 134 US cities for outdoors, with a Outdoors score of 5 — Quiet. That puts it in the 6th percentile nationally and #2 of 2 in New Jersey.

Outdoors score
5
Quiet
National rank
T#127 of 134
In New Jersey
#2 of 2
Percentile
6th

The typical city scores 50 for outdoors; Newark sits 45 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 Newark

  1. #125 Winston-Salem, NC 7
  2. #126 Memphis, TN 6
  3. T#127 Newark, NJ — this page 5
  4. #129 Long Beach, CA 4
  5. #130 Fresno, CA 3

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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 Newark

Newark scores 36 overall (Some Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: