The method
Simple choices, honest rankings.
ParkRank never asks you to score a park. It asks an easier question, over and over: these two — which one?
What happens under the hood
Your first selected park starts the list. Each new park is then placed by comparison: ParkRank shows it against the park in the middle of your list, and your choice tells it which half it belongs in. It keeps halving until the park's spot is found. That's why the number of picks stays small — each answer eliminates half the remaining positions.
- 5 parks — about 8 picks
- 10 parks — about 25 picks
- 20 parks — about 60 picks
- All 63 — roughly 300 picks, for the completists
The escape hatches
Genuinely can't choose? Skip flips a coin — it's honest about a true tie instead of forcing a fake preference. Tapped the wrong card? Undo pick takes it back. Realize you never actually visited one? "Haven't been" removes it mid-ranking.
Why not star ratings?
Because everything great gets five stars and nothing separates. A forced choice between two parks you love is uncomfortable — and that discomfort is exactly the information a ranking needs. When enough people make those choices, the head-to-head records add up into Crowd Favorites, a leaderboard built from real trade-offs rather than vibes.
Settle it yourself.
Pick between parks you've actually visited, two at a time. 63 parks, no account, about two minutes.