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Richmond, VA · the CityFunIndex

Outdoors in Richmond

Richmond ranks #49 of 134 US cities for outdoors, with a Outdoors score of 64 — Fun. That puts it in the 64th percentile nationally and #1 of 4 in Virginia.

Outdoors score
64
Fun
National rank
#49 of 134
In Virginia
#1 of 4
Percentile
64th

The typical city scores 50 for outdoors; Richmond sits 14 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 Richmond

  1. T#47 Hilton Head Island, SC 65
  2. T#47 Spokane, WA 65
  3. #49 Richmond, VA — this page 64
  4. #50 Santa Barbara, CA 63
  5. T#51 Detroit, MI 62

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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 Richmond

Richmond scores 91 overall (Exceptional) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: