Quietest hikes

The highest acoustic-wildness scores: the routes where road noise, towns, and machinery are least audible, by distance and by the terrain in the way. How Ambleway Wildness works

These are the 25 quietest hikes Ambleway has measured, from 99% quiet at the top of the board to 98% quiet at the bottom. They run from 1.3 to 16 miles. The biggest climb on the board is Clearwater Trail, gaining 5,574 ft. They lie across 5 named parks, forests, and preserves.

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• Clear West Peak & Clearwater Peak Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 1,032 ft · 99% quiet
• Meadow Creek Trail 15.6 mi · ▲ 4,198 ft · 99% quiet
• North Fork Skykomish Trail & Pass Creek Trail 13 mi · ▲ 2,355 ft · 99% quiet
• Fried Liver Wash Corridor 8.9 mi · ▲ 461 ft · 99% quiet
• Green Mountain & Green Mountain Trail #782 7.8 mi · ▲ 3,173 ft · 99% quiet
• Tumala Mountain–Plaza Lake, 4 sights 12.4 mi · ▲ 2,778 ft · 99% quiet
• Sheepshead Rock–Tumala Mountain, 5 summits 12 mi · ▲ 2,765 ft · 99% quiet
• Flett Glacier–Echo Rock, 4 glaciers 10.6 mi · ▲ 3,477 ft · 99% quiet
• Lake Eleanor & Lake Eleanor Trail via Northern Loop Trail 10.5 mi · ▲ 2,220 ft · 99% quiet
• Badger Creek Wilderness Viewpoint & Little Badger Trail #469 6.5 mi · ▲ 1,598 ft · 99% quiet
• Junction Spring & Little Badger Trail #469 6.3 mi · ▲ 1,502 ft · 99% quiet
• Cane Spring via Cottonwood 4.5 mi · ▲ 951 ft · 99% quiet
• Flag Point–Douglas Cabin Trail Loop, 6 sights 13 mi · ▲ 3,866 ft · 99% quiet
• Little Badger Trail #469–Tygh Creek Cutoff #460A Loop, 3 sights 3.9 mi · ▲ 934 ft · 99% quiet
• West Point via Forest Road 2730-200 1.7 mi · ▲ 224 ft · 98% quiet
• Flag Point via Forest Road 2730-200 1.3 mi · ▲ 197 ft · 98% quiet
• Saddle Lake & Three Fingers-Goat Flats-Saddle Lake Trail #641 4.5 mi · ▲ 1,319 ft · 98% quiet
• Wolf Creek Pass–Disaster Creek Trail Loop, 4 sights 15.4 mi · ▲ 2,931 ft · 98% quiet
• First Mother Mountain–Mowich Lake, 4 summits 9 mi · ▲ 3,239 ft · 98% quiet
• Queest-alb Glacier–Three Fingers, 5 sights 14 mi · ▲ 4,982 ft · 98% quiet
• Paac Kü̱vü̱hü̱’k–Surprise Tank Loop, 3 lakes 12.2 mi · ▲ 1,107 ft · 98% quiet
• Lake Eleanor & Lake Eleanor Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 453 ft · 98% quiet
• Forest Road 41–National Forest Development Road 4151, 3 sights 12.9 mi · ▲ 1,311 ft · 98% quiet
• Clearwater Trail 15.6 mi · ▲ 5,574 ft · 98% quiet
• Hessong Rock & Mowich Lake via Spray Park Trail 6.7 mi · ▲ 2,319 ft · 98% quiet