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Portland, OR · the CityFunIndex

Outdoors in Portland

Portland ranks T#55 of 134 US cities for outdoors, with a Outdoors score of 59 — Fun. That puts it in the 60th percentile nationally and #2 of 2 in Oregon.

Outdoors score
59
Fun
National rank
T#55 of 134
In Oregon
#2 of 2
Percentile
60th

The typical city scores 50 for outdoors; Portland sits 9 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 Portland

  1. #53 Asheville, NC 61
  2. #54 Milwaukee, WI 60
  3. T#55 Portland, OR — this page 59
  4. #57 Boston, MA 58
  5. #58 Cleveland, OH 57

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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 Portland

Portland scores 81 overall (Very Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: