Quietest hikes in Connecticut
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 Connecticut, from 84% quiet at the top of the board to 81% quiet at the bottom. They run from 2.2 to 9.1 miles. The biggest climb on the board is The Cascade–Del Reeves Marsh, 3 sights, gaining 1,008 ft. They lie across 4 named parks, forests, and preserves.
- Portland Reservoir Road 2.3 mi · ▲ 322 ft · 84% quiet
- Del Reeves Road 2.5 mi · ▲ 345 ft · 84% quiet
- Uncas Pond via Keeny Road 2.9 mi · ▲ 287 ft · 84% quiet
- Norwich Pond via Keeny Road 2.8 mi · ▲ 257 ft · 84% quiet
- The Cascade–Del Reeves Marsh, 3 sights 7.8 mi · ▲ 1,008 ft · 84% quiet
- Portland Reservoir Road & Reservoir Road 4.2 mi · ▲ 486 ft · 84% quiet
- Papineau Marsh & Natchaug Forest Trail 9.1 mi · ▲ 594 ft · 84% quiet
- Midwood Farm Road via Portland Reservoir Road 3.3 mi · ▲ 114 ft · 83% quiet
- Del Reeves Marsh & Reservoir Road 4.8 mi · ▲ 648 ft · 83% quiet
- Brown Hill Loop via Keeny Road 2.2 mi · ▲ 294 ft · 82% quiet
- Nathan Hall Quarry 3.6 mi · ▲ 401 ft · 82% quiet
- Reservoir Road via Mulford Road 4.1 mi · ▲ 566 ft · 82% quiet
- The Cascade & State Forest Quarry #1 Loop 4.4 mi · ▲ 460 ft · 82% quiet
- Mulford Road–Reservoir Road, 3 sights 4.5 mi · ▲ 643 ft · 82% quiet
- Del Reeves Road Loop 2.4 mi · ▲ 195 ft · 82% quiet
- Axe Factory Road 3.1 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 82% quiet
- Keeny Road 2.9 mi · ▲ 272 ft · 82% quiet
- Mott Hill Road & Portland Reservoir Road 4.6 mi · ▲ 376 ft · 81% quiet
- Morse Reservoir 3.6 mi · ▲ 409 ft · 81% quiet
- Hampton Reservoir & Natchaug Forest Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 244 ft · 81% quiet
- Del Reeves Marsh–Portland Reservoir, 3 lakes 6.4 mi · ▲ 759 ft · 81% quiet
- Nathan Hall Quarry & Midwood Farm Road via Del Reeves Road 7.9 mi · ▲ 534 ft · 81% quiet
- Kelseys Pond–Mulford Road, 4 sights 7.9 mi · ▲ 812 ft · 81% quiet
- The Cascade & Hulseman Pond via Woodchoppers Road 3.9 mi · ▲ 681 ft · 81% quiet
- Nathan Hall Quarry via Woodchoppers Road 3.1 mi · ▲ 483 ft · 81% quiet