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San Jose, CA · the CityFunIndex

Outdoors in San Jose

San Jose ranks #66 of 134 US cities for outdoors, with a Outdoors score of 51 — Fun. That puts it in the 51st percentile nationally and #5 of 18 in California.

Outdoors score
51
Fun
National rank
#66 of 134
In California
#5 of 18
Percentile
51st

The typical city scores 50 for outdoors; San Jose sits 1 point 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 San Jose

  1. T#63 St. Petersburg, FL 53
  2. #65 Durham, NC 52
  3. #66 San Jose, CA — this page 51
  4. T#67 Hartford, CT 50
  5. T#67 Sioux Falls, SD 50

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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 San Jose

San Jose scores 62 overall (Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: