Best Cities for Park Access
How many residents can walk to a park in ten minutes, and how much of the city is parkland, from the Trust for Public Land's ParkServe data.
99 cities ranked in the United States.
| Rank | City | Population | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irvine, CA Orange County | 318,683 | 89.4 |
| 2 | St. Paul, MN Ramsey County | 307,465 | 86.4 |
| 3 | San Francisco, CA San Francisco County | 827,526 | 85.9 |
| 4 | Boston, MA Suffolk County | 673,458 | 85.7 |
| 5 | Albuquerque, NM Bernalillo County | 560,326 | 85.3 |
| 6 | Madison, WI Dane County | 285,300 | 84.6 |
| 7 | Minneapolis, MN Hennepin County | 428,579 | 82.5 |
| 8 | Cincinnati, OH Hamilton County | 314,915 | 82.3 |
| 9 | New York, NY Kings County | 8,478,072 | 80.8 |
| 10 | Pittsburgh, PA Allegheny County | 307,668 | 78.6 |
| 11 | Portland, OR Multnomah County | 635,749 | 78.3 |
| 12 | Seattle, WA King County | 780,995 | 77.8 |
| 13 | New Orleans, LA Orleans Parish | 362,701 | 77.0 |
| 14 | Jersey City, NJ Hudson County | 302,824 | 76.7 |
| 15 | Anchorage, AK Anchorage Municipality | 289,600 | 75.7 |
| 16 | Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia County | 1,573,916 | 75.5 |
| 17 | San Diego, CA San Diego County | 1,404,452 | 75.4 |
| 18 | Aurora, CO Arapahoe County | 403,130 | 73.8 |
| 19 | St. Louis, MO St. Louis city | 279,695 | 73.4 |
| 20 | Denver, CO Denver County | 729,019 | 72.2 |
| 21 | Milwaukee, WI Milwaukee County | 563,531 | 70.7 |
| 22 | Chicago, IL Cook County | 2,721,308 | 68.2 |
| 23 | Sacramento, CA Sacramento County | 535,798 | 67.4 |
| 24 | San Jose, CA Santa Clara County | 997,368 | 66.9 |
| 25 | Plano, TX Collin County | 293,286 | 66.5 |
| 26 | Oakland, CA Alameda County | 443,554 | 66.3 |
| 27 | Spokane, WA Spokane County | 230,609 | 64.2 |
| 28 | Baltimore, MD Baltimore city | 568,271 | 63.9 |
| 29 | Omaha, NE Douglas County | 489,265 | 63.2 |
| 30 | Buffalo, NY Erie County | 276,617 | 63.2 |
| 31 | Colorado Springs, CO El Paso County | 493,554 | 62.8 |
| 32 | Dallas, TX Dallas County | 1,326,087 | 62.7 |
| 33 | St. Petersburg, FL Pinellas County | 267,102 | 61.5 |
| 34 | North Las Vegas, NV Clark County | 294,034 | 60.8 |
| 35 | Lincoln, NE Lancaster County | 300,619 | 60.6 |
| 36 | Las Vegas, NV Clark County | 678,922 | 60.4 |
| 37 | El Paso, TX El Paso County | 681,723 | 58.4 |
| 38 | Atlanta, GA Fulton County | 520,070 | 57.2 |
| 39 | Boise City, ID Ada County | 237,963 | 57.1 |
| 40 | Henderson, NV Clark County | 350,039 | 56.5 |
| 41 | Austin, TX Travis County | 993,588 | 55.9 |
| 42 | Newark, NJ Essex County | 317,303 | 55.7 |
| 43 | Cleveland, OH Cuyahoga County | 365,379 | 55.1 |
| 44 | Richmond, VA Richmond city | 233,655 | 54.6 |
| 45 | Arlington, TX Tarrant County | 403,672 | 54.5 |
| 46 | Kansas City, MO Jackson County | 516,032 | 54.2 |
| 47 | Toledo, OH Lucas County | 265,638 | 53.1 |
| 48 | Virginia Beach, VA Virginia Beach city | 454,808 | 52.6 |
| 49 | Miami, FL Miami-Dade County | 487,014 | 51.0 |
| 50 | Chesapeake, VA Chesapeake city | 254,997 | 51.0 |