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Outdoors in Washington

Washington ranks T#31 of 134 US cities for outdoors, with a Outdoors score of 77 — Very Fun. That puts it in the 78th percentile nationally and #1 of 1 in District of Columbia.

Outdoors score
77
Very Fun
National rank
T#31 of 134
In District of Columbia
#1 of 1
Percentile
78th

The typical city scores 50 for outdoors; Washington sits 27 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 Washington

  1. #29 Omaha, NE 79
  2. #30 Des Moines, IA 78
  3. T#31 Washington, DC — this page 77
  4. #33 Charleston, SC 76
  5. #34 Little Rock, AR 75

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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 Washington

Washington scores 93 overall (Exceptional) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: