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Everyone deserves a great place to #OptOutside

This year, we’re partnering with REI to evaluate access to parks and nature across the country.

When it comes to the outdoors, not all places are created equal: In the largest U.S. cities, two-thirds of people have below-average access to public land, and 100 million Americans don’t have a park within a 10-minute walk of home.

The Trust for Public Land is working to change that. Across the country, we’re creating parks and protecting land for people, driven by the belief that everyone deserves a great place to #OptOutside.

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We’re proud to say that we’ve been connecting communities to the outdoors—and to each other—since 1972. We’ve created more than 5,000 places and protected more than 3 million acres nationwide, from neighborhood parks to national parks.

Two women and a dog walking away from Walden Pond. Model: Emma Scudder and Alex EarlePhoto Credit: Ian MacLellan

02/11/2017 - Brownsville, Vermont - Urban Rhino film crew member at Ascutney Mountain. (Ian Maclellan for The Trust for Public Land)Photo Credit: Ian MacLellan

A man hikes on the Gates Pass property in the Sonoran Desert above Tucson, AZ. Gates Pass/Church, Pima County, Tucson Mountain Park, saguaro cactus., 1998, AZ, Gates Pass, Pima, Tucson, Gates Pass, Desert | Mountains | Recreation | Urban Environment, 1998, AZ, Gates Pass, Pima, Tucson, Gates Pass, Desert | Mountains | Recreation | Urban EnvironmentPhoto Credit: Nevada Wier

Four children trot down a hillock at The Preserve, Four children trot down a leafy hillock in autumn at The Preserve in Old Saybrook, CT. Essex, Westbrook., 2013, CT, The Preserve, Old Saybrook, The Preserve, Mim AdkinsPhoto Credit: Mim Adkins Photography

Couselors and campers on a rowboat ride at Pouch Camp, Couselors and campers on a rowboat ride at Pouch Camp, Camp couselors and campers take off on a rowboat ride on the lake at Pouch Camp on Staten Island, NY. Boy Scouts of America, BSA. Canoe, 2013, NY, Pouch Camp, Natural Lands, Staten Island, Pouch Camp, Children | Forests | Lake | Recreation, Laura Barisonzi, 2013, NY, Pouch Camp, Natural Lands, Staten Island, Pouch Camp, Children | Forests | Lake | Recreation, Laura BarisonziPhoto Credit: Laura Barisonzi

Chattahoochee Blueway near Columbus, Georgia.Photo Credit: Hollis Bennett

Two men canoe along the Colorado River, Models Cody Ackerman and Steven Friedlein canoeing on the Colorado River. Austin to Bastrop River Corridor. Austin, TX, 2007, TX, Colorado River_Austin-Bastrop River Corridor, Land and Water, Travis, Austin, Colorado River_Austin-Bastrop River Corridor, Forests | Recreation | River/Creek, Darcy KiefelPhoto Credit: Darcy Kiefel 2007

Mississippi River Northwoods Habitat Complex, Jenny Smith paddles her kayak along the shoreline of the Mississippi River Northwoods Habitat Complex near Brainerd, MN. The Mississippi River is a conservation priority due to its significance for fish and wildlife and its importance to the economy of Minnesota and the United States. Autumn., 2012, MN, Mississippi River Northwoods Habitat Complex, Land and Water, Crow Wing, near Brainerd, Mississippi River Northwoods Hab, Forests | Recreation | River/Creek, Richard Hamilton SmithPhoto Credit: ©2012 Richard Hamilton Smith

A fly fisherman walks with his dog in the shallows of the Swift River, A fly fisherman walks with his dog in the shallows of the Swift River in autumn in Albany, NH. Albany Town Forest is on the eastern edge of White Mountain National Forest, 2010, NH, Albany Town Forest, Natural Lands | Working Lands, Albany, Albany Town Forest, Animals/Wildlife | Forests | Mountains | Recreation | River/Creek, Jerry and Marcy MonkmanPhoto Credit: (C) Jerry and Marcy Monkman

Three children examine a plant with a magnifying glass.

Neighborhood parks may be small, but they’re important: they’re where many kids get their first taste of the outdoors.Photo Credit: ©2013 Jenna Stamm

River rafting on the Rio Grande near Pilar, NM

River rafting on the Rio Grande near Pilar, NMPhoto credit: Rich Reid

A mother and daughter walking together at Runyon Canyon.Photo Credit: Annie Bang

606 Trail.Chicago, IL....© Adam Alexander Photography 2015.www.AdamAlexanderPhoto.comPhoto Credit: © Adam Alexander Photography 201

A man and woman bicycle on a dirt road in autumn on the Kochevar property near Crested Butte, CO. Crested Butte Land Trust, CBLT, golden aspen.Photo Credit: Tom Stillo

A teenage girl on Moxie Bald Mountain. Moxie Pond is in the distance. Appalachian Trail. Bald Mountain Township, Maine.Photo Credit: ©Jerry and Marcy Monkman/EcoPhotography

A family bikes along the Tennessee Riverpark, A family bikes along a paved pathway along the Tennessee Riverpark in Chattanooga, TN. TPL Staff member, Andrea Hamilton's family (w/dad, Matt, daughter Ayla, and son, Destin). Tennesse River, 2010, TN, Tennessee Riverpark, Parks for People, Hamilton, Chattanooga, Tennessee Riverpark, Children | Recreation | River/Creek, Darcy Kiefel

Photo Credit: © Isaac Lane Koval 201

Wilkie Event, Trust for Public Land Wilkie Event, Brule-Saint Croix River Portage near Solon Springs, Wisconsin, August 22, 2014. 2014, WI, Saint Croix Headwaters, Land and Water, Douglas, Gordon, Saint Croix Headwaters, Forests | Lake | River/Creek | Wetlands, Andy RichterPhoto Credit: Andy Richter

Barnegat Bay_Cedar Branch_5876, Barnegat Bay_Cedar Branch_5876, TPL project manager Kathy Haake and a boy explore a wetland in the forest at Cedar Branch, part of the Barnegat Bay watershed, NJ, 2010, NJ, Cedar Branch, Land and Water, Ocean, Jackson, Cedar Branch, Children | Forests | Recreation | Wetlands, John Rae, 2010, NJ, Cedar Branch, Land and Water, Ocean, Jackson, Cedar Branch, Children | Forests | Recreation | Wetlands, John Rae

Big Maho Beach at Maho Bay on St. John, Big Maho Beach at Maho Bay on St. John, USVI. U.S.V.I. VI, Virgin Islands National Park, National Park Service, NPS, TPL Trips 2007. 2007, VI, Maho Bay, Natural Lands, St. John, St. John, Big Maho Beach, Coastal | Recreation, Bottom Time Productions,LLCPhoto Credit: Bottom Time Productions, LLC

US Virgin Islands

Tiny figures of surfers riding the waves at San Miguel Natural Reserve, Tiny figures of surfers riding the blue waves at San Miguel Natural Reserve in Luquillo, PR, 2011, PR, San Miguel Natural Reserve, Natural Lands, Luquillo, San Miguel Natural Reserve, Coastal | Recreation, Steve SimonsenPhoto Credit: © Steve Simonsen 2011

A mother giving a piggy-back ride to her daughter in Story Mill Community Park on June 30, 2015.Photo Credit: 015 Tom Robertson

A girl overlooks Rattlesnake Lake on the Mountains to Sound Greenway in Cedar Falls, Washington.Photo Credit: Tegra Stone Nuess

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