(Photo by Caroline Angelo)

With parks accounting for more than a fifth of the city’s land, D.C. once again came in third on a national ranking of urban areas.

The Trust for Public Land’s annual analysis, dubbed ParkScore, expanded from 75 to 100 cities this year. That included Arlington, which made an impressive debut in the fourth spot.

The index showed that 97 percent of Washingtonians and 98 percent of Arlingtonians are within a 10-minute walk of a park.

The ranking system not only takes into account size and spending on parks, but also the number of basketball hoops, dog parks, recreation/senior centers, and playgrounds in a facilities category. According to the report, for every 10,000 residents, D.C. has 4.1 basketball hoops and 1.7 playgrounds, as well as 1.7 dog parks for every 100,000 residents and 2.4 rec centers per 20,000 residents.

Arlington fares better on playgrounds (4.6 per 10,000 residents) but worse on rec centers (1.5 per 20,000 residents) and nearly exactly the same on basketball hoops and dog parks.

Minneapolis and St. Paul came in the first and second spots, while San Francisco rounded out the top five.