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Oakland, CA · the CityFunIndex

Outdoors in Oakland

Oakland ranks #77 of 134 US cities for outdoors, with a Outdoors score of 43 — Some Fun. That puts it in the 43rd percentile nationally and #6 of 18 in California.

Outdoors score
43
Some Fun
National rank
#77 of 134
In California
#6 of 18
Percentile
43rd

The typical city scores 50 for outdoors; Oakland sits 7 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 Oakland

  1. T#75 Fort Wayne, IN 44
  2. T#75 Raleigh, NC 44
  3. #77 Oakland, CA — this page 43
  4. #78 Columbus, OH 42
  5. T#79 Corpus Christi, TX 41

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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 Oakland

Oakland scores 61 overall (Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: