NRPA Park Pulse: Outdoor Locations to Visit This Holiday Season

December 7, 2018, Department, by National Recreation and Park Association

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Local parks and recreation agencies provide special events and activities

Each month, through a poll of Americans that is focused on park and recreation issues, NRPA Park Pulse helps tell the park and recreation story. Questions span from the serious to the more lighthearted. In this month’s poll we asked, where would you most like to visit this winter holiday season?

The top four locations Americans would most like to visit this winter and holiday season include:

  • A local farm to pick out holiday decorations (44 percent)
  • A beach to relax (33 percent)
  • A park to go sledding or playing (30 percent)
  • A trail to enjoy nature (26 percent)

83% of Americans look forward to spending time outdoors.

Most park and recreation agencies (84 percent) offer themed special events for their communities year-round, including holiday parades and light displays.

Parents (93 percent), millennials (92 percent) and Gen Xers (84 percent) are more likely to visit outdoor locations this winter holiday season than non-parents (79 percent) and baby boomers (77 percent).

The National Recreation and Park Association survey was conducted by Wakefield Research among 1,002 U.S. adults ages 18+, between October 22nd and October 26th, 2018, using an email invitation and an online survey. Quotas have been set to ensure reliable and accurate representation of the U.S. adult population 18 and older.