Quietest hikes in Minnesota
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 Minnesota, from 89% quiet at the top of the board to 74% quiet at the bottom. They run from 1.9 to 8.7 miles. The biggest climb on the board is Lake Mary, gaining 361 ft. They lie across 6 named parks, forests, and preserves.
- Township Road 357 2.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 89% quiet
- Bergerson Pool & Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge Viewpoint 3.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 88% quiet
- Cranberry Lake 6.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 84% quiet
- 350th Ave via Soo Line Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 84% quiet
- Dewitt Pool 8.3 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 83% quiet
- Buck Lake via Blue Hill Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 83% quiet
- Buck Lake & Blue Hill Trail 4.6 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 82% quiet
- 180th Street via Dnr Road 4.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 82% quiet
- Long Pool 3.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 81% quiet
- Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge Viewpoint 3.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 81% quiet
- Blue Hill Overlook via Blue Hill Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 84 ft · 80% quiet
- Buck Lake & Blue Hill Overlook via Blue Hill Trail 2 mi · ▲ 170 ft · 80% quiet
- Ann Lake & 180th Street via Dnr Road 4.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 79% quiet
- 270th Avenue & Hi King Trail 4 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 79% quiet
- Orrock Lake 2.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 79% quiet
- Blue Hill Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 78% quiet
- Little Coon Lake 4.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 77% quiet
- Big Woods Loop, Bjorkland Trail & Big Woods Loop Loop 3.1 mi · ▲ 139 ft · 76% quiet
- Maria Lake & Big Woods Loop, Bjorkland Trail via Anderson Hill Loop 3.1 mi · ▲ 194 ft · 76% quiet
- Lake Mary 5.8 mi · ▲ 361 ft · 76% quiet
- Kettle Kame Trail Loop via Big Woods Loop 2.5 mi · ▲ 134 ft · 75% quiet
- Dnr Road 8.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 75% quiet
- Fish Lake 4.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 75% quiet
- Ann Lake via 180th Street 5.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 74% quiet
- Sand Dunes State Forest Beach–180th Street, 3 sights 8.1 mi · ▲ 112 ft · 74% quiet