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Outdoors in Philadelphia

Philadelphia ranks #102 of 134 US cities for outdoors, with a Outdoors score of 24 — Quiet. That puts it in the 25th percentile nationally and #2 of 2 in Pennsylvania.

Outdoors score
24
Quiet
National rank
#102 of 134
In Pennsylvania
#2 of 2
Percentile
25th

The typical city scores 50 for outdoors; Philadelphia sits 26 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 Philadelphia

  1. T#99 Jacksonville, FL 26
  2. #101 Chicago, IL 25
  3. #102 Philadelphia, PA — this page 24
  4. T#103 Nashville, TN 23
  5. T#103 Wichita, KS 23

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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 Philadelphia

Philadelphia scores 45 overall (Some Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: