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Pittsburgh, PA · the CityFunIndex

Outdoors in Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh ranks #61 of 134 US cities for outdoors, with a Outdoors score of 55 — Fun. That puts it in the 55th percentile nationally and #1 of 2 in Pennsylvania.

Outdoors score
55
Fun
National rank
#61 of 134
In Pennsylvania
#1 of 2
Percentile
55th

The typical city scores 50 for outdoors; Pittsburgh sits 5 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 Pittsburgh

  1. T#59 Buffalo, NY 56
  2. T#59 Fremont, CA 56
  3. #61 Pittsburgh, PA — this page 55
  4. #62 Tulsa, OK 54
  5. T#63 Providence, RI 53

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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 Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh scores 94 overall (Exceptional) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: