

These beautiful gathering spaces further help the City gain recognition across various healthy city metrics. The sources base their rankings on presence of parks, air quality, health system quality, healthy food availability, insurance coverage, mental health care density and walkability and bikeability, among other factors.
Nationally, the 100 most populous cities invest $133 on average per person on publicly accessible parks. St. Petersburg currently invests $213 on average per person on publicly accessible parks, and the positive impact of the investment is rewarded; St. Petersburg earned the #1 ParkScore in Florida and ranks 14th among 100 of the nation’s largest cities. Nearly 4 in 5 (78%) residents live within a 10-minute walk of a park.


These beautiful gathering spaces further help the City gain recognition across various healthy city metrics. The sources base their rankings on presence of parks, air quality, health system quality, healthy food availability, insurance coverage, mental health care density and walkability and bikeability, among other factors.
Nationally, the 100 most populous cities invest $133 on average per person on publicly accessible parks. St. Petersburg currently invests $213 on average per person on publicly accessible parks, and the positive impact of the investment is rewarded; St. Petersburg earned the #1 ParkScore in Florida and ranks 14th among 100 of the nation’s largest cities. Nearly 4 in 5 (78%) residents live within a 10-minute walk of a park.
