Quietest hikes in Massachusetts

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. How Ambleway Wildness works

These are the 25 quietest hikes Ambleway has measured in Massachusetts, from 94% quiet at the top of the board to 86% quiet at the bottom. They run from 2.1 to 16 miles. The biggest climb on the board is Bowker Road–Royalston Road, 3 sights, gaining 1,760 ft. They lie across 4 named parks, forests, and preserves.

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• East Street & Fisk Road 8 mi · ▲ 475 ft · 94% quiet
• Great Point Beach & The Haulover Beach 9.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 94% quiet
• East Street 8.5 mi · ▲ 511 ft · 94% quiet
• Devils Kitchen Road–East Street, 4 sights 13.8 mi · ▲ 1,125 ft · 92% quiet
• West End Pond–Crescent Beach Loop, 7 sights 13.7 mi · ▲ 495 ft · 91% quiet
• French Watering Place–Mary's Lake, 5 lakes 15 mi · ▲ 581 ft · 91% quiet
• French Watering Place–Blaney's Pond, 4 sights 15.6 mi · ▲ 586 ft · 90% quiet
• Griswold Road–North Prescott Road, 4 sights 12.5 mi · ▲ 585 ft · 89% quiet
• West End Pond–Crescent Beach, 6 beaches 13.7 mi · ▲ 408 ft · 89% quiet
• Vietnam via Hunt Road 4.9 mi · ▲ 440 ft · 89% quiet
• Mary's Lake–Crescent Beach, 5 beaches 13.5 mi · ▲ 383 ft · 89% quiet
• Coatue Beach–Great Point Beach, 4 beaches 12 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 89% quiet
• Quabbin Reservoir–North Prescott Road, 4 sights 11.8 mi · ▲ 883 ft · 88% quiet
• Quabbin Reservoir–East Street, 4 sights 2.1 mi · ▲ 309 ft · 88% quiet
• Bog Trail–Notch Trail, 5 sights 6.6 mi · ▲ 430 ft · 88% quiet
• Royalston Road & Toad Hollow Road 11.6 mi · ▲ 1,212 ft · 88% quiet
• Quabbin Reservoir–Gorge Trail, 4 sights 4.2 mi · ▲ 343 ft · 87% quiet
• Ball Hill via NET/M&M Trail (white) 5 mi · ▲ 590 ft · 87% quiet
• Old M & M Trail & Toad Hollow Road via Parker Road 6.9 mi · ▲ 836 ft · 87% quiet
• Old M & M Trail & Royalston Road 7.8 mi · ▲ 969 ft · 87% quiet
• Griswold Road–J Vaughn Road, 5 sights 15.8 mi · ▲ 1,044 ft · 87% quiet
• Toad Hollow Road 2.5 mi · ▲ 319 ft · 87% quiet
• Pierce Road & Prospect Hill Road 6.2 mi · ▲ 573 ft · 86% quiet
• Hunt Road 3 mi · ▲ 238 ft · 86% quiet
• Bowker Road–Royalston Road, 3 sights 13.5 mi · ▲ 1,760 ft · 86% quiet