Everyone deserves a park within a 10-minute walk of home.

Atlanta, GA

2020 ParkScore^® ranking: #40

Our analysis is based on four characteristics of an effective park system:
access, investment, acreage, and amenities.

How we calculated Atlanta’s ParkScore rating:

Access

58 out of 100

Acreage

26 out of 100

Investment

85 out of 100

Amenities

50 out of 100

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How does it work?

Cities can earn a maximum ParkScore rating of 100.
In evaluating park systems, we include land owned by all public agencies within the 100 most populous U.S. cities that functions as a park. ParkScore index methodology

Everyone deserves a park within a 10-minute walk of home.

Is Atlanta meeting that goal?

72%

of residents live within a 10 minute walk of a park.

National average 55%

Percent of residents within a
10-minute walk of a park by age

Children (0 - 19)

Adults (20 - 64)

Seniors (65+)

Percent of residents within a
10-minute walk of a park by income

Percent of residents within a 10-minute walk of a park by race/ethnicity

of Atlanta's city land is used for parks and recreation.

National median 15%

Where in Atlanta are parks needed most?

Atlanta has 417 parks

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Atlanta Park Amenities Compared to the 100 Largest U.S. Cities

Basketball Hoops

32 ^nd percentile

2.6 per 10,000 people

Dog Parks

44 ^th percentile

1 per 100,000 people

Playgrounds

54 ^th percentile

2.8 per 10,000 people

Bathrooms

5 ^th percentile

0.4 per 10,000 people

Recreation and Senior Centers

84 ^th percentile

1.5 per 20,000 people

Splashpads

72 ^nd percentile

2.2 per 100,000 people

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Park summary for Atlanta

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2020 City Park Facts

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Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has pledged to adopt long-term, system-wide strategies to make sure every Atlanta resident has access to all the benefits parks provide.

"I have endorsed the vision that everyone deserves a park or open space within a 10-minute walk of home." — Mayor Lance Bottoms

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