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Santa Barbara, CA · the CityFunIndex

Outdoors in Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara ranks #50 of 134 US cities for outdoors, with a Outdoors score of 63 — Fun. That puts it in the 63rd percentile nationally and #3 of 18 in California.

Outdoors score
63
Fun
National rank
#50 of 134
In California
#3 of 18
Percentile
63rd

The typical city scores 50 for outdoors; Santa Barbara sits 13 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 Santa Barbara

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

Santa Barbara scores 83 overall (Very Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: