Quietest hikes in Indiana
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 Indiana, from 94% quiet at the top of the board to 91% quiet at the bottom. They run from 3.4 to 16 miles. The biggest climb on the board is Hillside Drive–Horse Trail 16, 5 sights, gaining 1,318 ft. They lie across 2 named parks, forests, and preserves.
- Crooked Creek Loop–Horse Trail 16, 6 sights 11 mi · ▲ 1,022 ft · 94% quiet
- (Not maintained)–Horse Trail 16, 5 sights 13 mi · ▲ 973 ft · 94% quiet
- John Grubb Ridge–Frank Grubb Ridge, 3 summits 4.1 mi · ▲ 116 ft · 94% quiet
- Terrill Ridge Road Reservoir & Axsom Branch Trail 7.8 mi · ▲ 655 ft · 94% quiet
- Horse Trail 16–Horse Trail C, 3 sights 8.3 mi · ▲ 554 ft · 94% quiet
- Miller Ridge & Tecumseh Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 529 ft · 93% quiet
- John Grubb Ridge–Frank Grubb Ridge, 4 summits 9.6 mi · ▲ 769 ft · 93% quiet
- Crooked Creek Connector–Horse Trail D, 4 sights 6.7 mi · ▲ 747 ft · 93% quiet
- Terrill Ridge Road Reservoir–Sycamore Trail, 3 sights 7 mi · ▲ 347 ft · 93% quiet
- Old roadbed 5 mi · ▲ 493 ft · 92% quiet
- Hillside Drive–Horse Trail 16, 5 sights 15.9 mi · ▲ 1,318 ft · 92% quiet
- Browning Hill & Old foot path 4.4 mi · ▲ 438 ft · 92% quiet
- Horse Trail 16–Horse Trail B, 3 sights 4.4 mi · ▲ 446 ft · 92% quiet
- Terrill Ridge Road Reservoir & Terrill Ridge Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 56 ft · 92% quiet
- Horse Trail 14–Horse Trail 15, 5 sights 13.2 mi · ▲ 1,276 ft · 92% quiet
- Crooked Creek Lake–Brown County "D", 8 sights 10.2 mi · ▲ 759 ft · 91% quiet
- Combs Road & Old roadbed 4.6 mi · ▲ 433 ft · 91% quiet
- Horse Trail B 8.6 mi · ▲ 717 ft · 91% quiet
- (Not maintained) & Horse Trail D 10.2 mi · ▲ 483 ft · 91% quiet
- Horse Trail D 5.2 mi · ▲ 144 ft · 91% quiet
- Nebo Ridge Trail–North County Road 1140 West, 3 sights 9.5 mi · ▲ 825 ft · 91% quiet
- Nebo Ridge Trail & Old roadbed Loop 4.2 mi · ▲ 384 ft · 91% quiet
- Kirk Hill via Old roadbed 6.5 mi · ▲ 569 ft · 91% quiet
- Crooked Creek Connector–Crooked Creek Loop (closed), 6 sights 11 mi · ▲ 1,069 ft · 91% quiet
- Hillside Drive via Horse Trail B 13.5 mi · ▲ 1,006 ft · 91% quiet