Quietest hikes in Georgia
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 Georgia, from 98% quiet at the top of the board to 96% quiet at the bottom. They run from 1.8 to 16 miles. The biggest climb on the board is Cove Trail / Firebreak Viewpoint–Saddle Back Trail, 3 sights, gaining 3,637 ft. They lie across 2 named parks, forests, and preserves.
- 4WD & WMA Road 9.3 mi · ▲ 922 ft · 98% quiet
- Appalachian and Benton MacKaye Trail & Long Creek Road Loop 4.4 mi · ▲ 577 ft · 98% quiet
- Long Creek Falls–Long Creek Falls view, 3 sights 1.8 mi · ▲ 231 ft · 98% quiet
- Bull Mountain Trail–Saddle Back Trail, 3 sights 15 mi · ▲ 2,893 ft · 98% quiet
- Beech Bottom & Horseshoe Bend via Jacks River 13.8 mi · ▲ 1,654 ft · 98% quiet
- Cove Trail / Firebreak Viewpoint via Appalachian Approach Trail 3 mi · ▲ 633 ft · 97% quiet
- Appalachian Approach Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 660 ft · 97% quiet
- Hawk Mountain & Appalachian and Benton MacKaye Trail via Appalachian Trail 7.8 mi · ▲ 1,342 ft · 97% quiet
- East Cowpen & Hickory Ridge 12.8 mi · ▲ 3,373 ft · 97% quiet
- Amicalola Creek Road & Cove Trail / Firebreak Trail Loop via Appalachian Approach Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 653 ft · 97% quiet
- Nimblewill Branch East & Nimblewill Gap Road via Appalachian Approach Trail 7.2 mi · ▲ 1,114 ft · 97% quiet
- Appalachian Trail 8.9 mi · ▲ 1,170 ft · 97% quiet
- Rich Mountain–Appalachian Trail Loop, 3 sights 4.3 mi · ▲ 811 ft · 97% quiet
- Appalachian and Benton MacKaye Trail–Long Creek Road, 3 sights 10.8 mi · ▲ 1,317 ft · 97% quiet
- Conasauga River Trail–East Cowpen Loop, 4 sights 13.5 mi · ▲ 2,792 ft · 97% quiet
- Cove Trail / Firebreak Viewpoint–Saddle Back Trail, 3 sights 15.8 mi · ▲ 3,637 ft · 97% quiet
- Frosty Mountain–Saddle Back Trail, 3 sights 15.1 mi · ▲ 3,615 ft · 97% quiet
- Nimblewill Branch D & Nimblewill Gap Road 10.5 mi · ▲ 1,309 ft · 97% quiet
- Conasauga River Trail & Panther Creek 13.2 mi · ▲ 2,715 ft · 97% quiet
- Pinhoti Trail 9.2 mi · ▲ 1,129 ft · 96% quiet
- Bear Creek 9.5 mi · ▲ 1,185 ft · 96% quiet
- Benton MacKaye Trail–Hemp Top, 5 sights 14.8 mi · ▲ 2,357 ft · 96% quiet
- Noontoola Road 5.6 mi · ▲ 400 ft · 96% quiet
- Chestnut Mountain Trail–Flat Branch Road, 5 sights 13.3 mi · ▲ 2,916 ft · 96% quiet
- Sugar Cove via Jacks River 15.8 mi · ▲ 3,044 ft · 96% quiet