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St. Louis, MO · the CityFunIndex

Outdoors in St. Louis

St. Louis ranks T#39 of 134 US cities for outdoors, with a Outdoors score of 71 — Very Fun. That puts it in the 72nd percentile nationally and #2 of 2 in Missouri.

Outdoors score
71
Very Fun
National rank
T#39 of 134
In Missouri
#2 of 2
Percentile
72nd

The typical city scores 50 for outdoors; St. Louis sits 21 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 St. Louis

  1. #37 Bismarck, ND 73
  2. #38 Napa, CA 72
  3. T#39 St. Louis, MO — this page 71
  4. #41 Charleston, WV 70
  5. #42 Boise, ID 69

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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 St. Louis

St. Louis scores 65 overall (Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: