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Wichita, KS · the CityFunIndex

Outdoors in Wichita

Wichita ranks T#103 of 134 US cities for outdoors, with a Outdoors score of 23 — Quiet. That puts it in the 24th percentile nationally and #1 of 1 in Kansas.

Outdoors score
23
Quiet
National rank
T#103 of 134
In Kansas
#1 of 1
Percentile
24th

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

  1. #101 Chicago, IL 25
  2. #102 Philadelphia, PA 24
  3. T#103 Wichita, KS — this page 23
  4. #105 Lexington, KY 22
  5. #106 New Orleans, LA 21

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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 Wichita

Wichita scores 15 overall (Quiet) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: