Urban Areas and Access to Public Lands

These were illustrations from a report about public lands and accessibility in select urban areas. The term PPA in the details below refers to the number of public protected areas--parks (local, state, and national) and other outdoor recreation lands--that intersect with the urban area in question. The prime idea was to clearly show each urban area, its public lands, and its transit points.

Tools Used: ArcGIS Pro

Key to public protected areas where purple is urban area green are public lands and orange are transit points

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New York area map

New York--Newark, NY--NJ--CT
9,876 PPAs
1:1,466,000

Boston area map

Boston, MA--NH--RI
7,332 PPAs
1:884,000

Chicago area map

Chicago, IL--IN
6,705 PPAs
1:900,000

Portland Oregon area map

Portland, OR--WA
4,668 PPAs
1:445,000

Denver area map

Denver--Aurora, CO
3,510 PPAs
1:500,000

Philadelphia area map

Philadelphia, PA--NJ--DE--MD
3,349 PPAs
1:1,150,000

Los Angeles area map

Los Angeles--Long Beach--Anaheim, CA
3,314 PPAs
1:725,000

Minneapolis area map

Minneapolis--St. Paul, MN--WI
2,947 PPAs
1:707:000

Seattle area map

Seattle, WA
2,934 PPAs
1:681,000

Hartford Connecticut area map

Hartford, CT
2,503 PPAs
1:472,000

Discovery Bay California area map

Discovery Bay, CA
3 PPAs
1:50,000

Buckeye Arizona area map

Buckeye, AZ
2 PPAs
1:82,000

Archer Lodge North Carolina area map

Archer Lodge--Clayton, NC
2 PPAs
1:108,000

Springfield Tennessee area map

Springfield, TN
2 PPAs
1:126,000

Marion Oaks Florida area map

Marion Oaks, FL
2 PPAs
1:178,000

Breaux Bridge Louisiana map

Breaux Bridge, LA
2 PPAs
1:153,000

Gun Barrel City Texas area map

Gun Barrel City, TX
2 PPAs
1:143:000

Orosi California area map

Orosi, CA
1 PPA
1:78,000

Berea Kentucky area map

Berea, KY
1 PPA
1:130,000

Lake Conroe Westshore Texas area map

Lake Conroe Westshore, TX
1 PPA
1:111,000