Quietest hikes in Maine
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 Maine, from 96% quiet at the top of the board to 89% quiet at the bottom. They run from 2.2 to 15 miles. The biggest climb on the board is Donnell Pond–Black Beach, 5 sights, gaining 1,829 ft. They lie across 6 named parks, forests, and preserves.
- Green Lake via 35-00-0 Road 7.5 mi · ▲ 249 ft · 96% quiet
- 36-30-0 Road via 35-00-0 Road 9.2 mi · ▲ 274 ft · 95% quiet
- Haynes Ridge Trail & Parent Road 14.2 mi · ▲ 250 ft · 94% quiet
- 35-00-0 Road 4.9 mi · ▲ 195 ft · 94% quiet
- Balsam Trail & Haynes Ridge Trail 6 mi · ▲ 110 ft · 93% quiet
- 01-16-0 Road 3.7 mi · ▲ 248 ft · 92% quiet
- Flying Moose Mountain & Snowmobile Flag Hill Bucksport via Diamond Road 2.7 mi · ▲ 826 ft · 92% quiet
- Lower Cranberry Lake 7.9 mi · ▲ 441 ft · 91% quiet
- Parent Road 9.2 mi · ▲ 136 ft · 91% quiet
- Flying Moose Mountain & Snowmobile Flag Hill Bucksport 2.9 mi · ▲ 794 ft · 91% quiet
- Haynes Ridge Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 91% quiet
- Johnson Brook Sunset Point & Johnson Brook Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 135 ft · 90% quiet
- Birch Stream Trail & Haynes Ridge Trail 8.1 mi · ▲ 166 ft · 90% quiet
- Whale Beach & Frenchboro Preserve Beach via Upper Road 13.7 mi · ▲ 393 ft · 90% quiet
- 35-00-0 Road & Bowers Pitch Road 12 mi · ▲ 737 ft · 90% quiet
- Flag Hill Tote Road & Snowmobile Flag Hill Bucksport via Diamond Road 2.4 mi · ▲ 622 ft · 90% quiet
- East Fork 22-00-0 Viewpoint & East Fork 22-00-0 Road 2.6 mi · ▲ 424 ft · 90% quiet
- Otter Pond & Beech Hill Road 5.9 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 89% quiet
- 35-00-0 Road–36-30-0 Road, 3 sights 9.5 mi · ▲ 561 ft · 89% quiet
- Mill Pond 5.4 mi · ▲ 336 ft · 89% quiet
- Whale Beach & Frenchboro Preserve Beach 13.1 mi · ▲ 525 ft · 89% quiet
- House Point–Whale Beach, 6 beaches 15.1 mi · ▲ 287 ft · 89% quiet
- Hothole Pond & Snowmobile Flag Hill Bucksport via Diamond Road 5.9 mi · ▲ 718 ft · 89% quiet
- Donnell Pond–Black Beach, 5 sights 7.3 mi · ▲ 1,829 ft · 89% quiet
- Hothole Pond via Diamond Road 4.8 mi · ▲ 230 ft · 89% quiet