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Seattle, WA · the CityFunIndex

Outdoors in Seattle

Seattle ranks T#43 of 134 US cities for outdoors, with a Outdoors score of 68 — Fun. That puts it in the 69th percentile nationally and #1 of 2 in Washington.

Outdoors score
68
Fun
National rank
T#43 of 134
In Washington
#1 of 2
Percentile
69th

The typical city scores 50 for outdoors; Seattle sits 18 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 Seattle

  1. #41 Charleston, WV 70
  2. #42 Boise, ID 69
  3. T#43 Seattle, WA — this page 68
  4. #45 Saint Paul, MN 67
  5. #46 Minneapolis, MN 66

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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 Seattle

Seattle scores 100 overall (Exceptional) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: