Quietest hikes in Colorado

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.

These are the 25 quietest hikes Ambleway has measured in Colorado, from 98% quiet at the top of the board to 96% quiet at the bottom. They run from 2.8 to 16 miles. The biggest climb on the board is Little Blue Lake–Beaver Creek Trail, 3 sights, gaining 5,564 ft. They lie across 5 named parks, forests, and preserves.

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Buchanan Pass & Buchanan Pass Trail 6.7 mi · ▲ 2,232 ft · 98% quiet
Lake Gibraltar–Coney Flats Road, 4 sights 10.5 mi · ▲ 1,783 ft · 98% quiet
Red Deer Lake & Red Deer Cutoff Trail via Buchanan Pass Trail 3 mi · ▲ 757 ft · 98% quiet
Coney Lake–Beaver Creek Trail, 3 sights 4.7 mi · ▲ 886 ft · 98% quiet
Richey Creek Trail 13.3 mi · ▲ 874 ft · 98% quiet
Buchanan Pass Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 278 ft · 98% quiet
Beaver Creek Trail–Coney Flats Road Loop, 3 sights 5.6 mi · ▲ 838 ft · 98% quiet
Coney Lake–Beaver Creek Trail, 5 sights 6.3 mi · ▲ 1,065 ft · 98% quiet
Little Blue Lake–Beaver Creek Trail, 3 sights 13.9 mi · ▲ 5,564 ft · 97% quiet
Gourd Lake–Monarch Lake, 4 sights 15.9 mi · ▲ 2,523 ft · 97% quiet
Bowen Pass–Bowen Lake Trail, 5 sights 12.1 mi · ▲ 3,857 ft · 97% quiet
Caribou Trail–Strawberry Creek Trail, 3 sights 15 mi · ▲ 2,402 ft · 97% quiet
Jenny Lake & Yankee Doodle Lake via Rollins Pass Road 14.6 mi · ▲ 1,361 ft · 97% quiet
Saint Vrain Mountain–Coney Flats Road, 4 sights 9.5 mi · ▲ 2,933 ft · 97% quiet
Crater Lake–Monarch Lake, 4 lakes 14.3 mi · ▲ 2,054 ft · 97% quiet
Coney Creek Road–Coney Flats Road, 3 sights 2.8 mi · ▲ 258 ft · 97% quiet
Gully Glades–Guinn Mountain, 6 groves 10.8 mi · ▲ 1,996 ft · 97% quiet
Guinn Mountain–Jenny Lake Loop, 6 sights 4.8 mi · ▲ 809 ft · 97% quiet
Meadow Mountain–Coney Flats Road, 3 sights 10.1 mi · ▲ 2,630 ft · 97% quiet
Keyser Ridge Trail & Kinney Creek Trail 7.4 mi · ▲ 1,929 ft · 96% quiet
Horseshoe Lake–Horseshoe Lake Trail, 3 sights 7.4 mi · ▲ 1,489 ft · 96% quiet
Cascade Creek–Mirror Lake Trail, 4 sights 14.9 mi · ▲ 1,900 ft · 96% quiet
Devil's Thumb Bypass Trail–Devil's Thumb Trail Loop, 6 sights 13.9 mi · ▲ 3,598 ft · 96% quiet
Crater Lakes (Lower North)–Crater Lakes (Lower South), 5 lakes 9.1 mi · ▲ 2,526 ft · 96% quiet
Heart Lake–Forest Lakes (Lower), 3 lakes 11.8 mi · ▲ 3,222 ft · 96% quiet