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Scottsdale, AZ · the CityFunIndex

Outdoors in Scottsdale

Scottsdale ranks #113 of 134 US cities for outdoors, with a Outdoors score of 16 — Quiet. That puts it in the 16th percentile nationally and #8 of 8 in Arizona.

Outdoors score
16
Quiet
National rank
#113 of 134
In Arizona
#8 of 8
Percentile
16th

The typical city scores 50 for outdoors; Scottsdale sits 34 points below 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 Scottsdale

  1. T#111 Bakersfield, CA 17
  2. T#111 Garland, TX 17
  3. #113 Scottsdale, AZ — this page 16
  4. #114 Irving, TX 15
  5. T#115 Fort Worth, TX 14

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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 Scottsdale

Scottsdale scores 46 overall (Some Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: