Quietest hikes in New Jersey
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 New Jersey, from 81% quiet at the top of the board to 65% quiet at the bottom. They run from 2.0 to 13 miles. The biggest climb on the board is Fugawe Ridge–Splitrock Reservoir, 5 sights, gaining 2,121 ft. They lie across 6 named parks, forests, and preserves.
- Splitrock Reservoir–Durham Pond, 3 lakes 3.6 mi · ▲ 377 ft · 81% quiet
- Charlottesburg Road - Unpaved - Gated via Splitrock Trail (Dk Blue) 2.9 mi · ▲ 358 ft · 76% quiet
- Splitrock Reservoir–Beaver Pond, 5 sights 2.7 mi · ▲ 408 ft · 72% quiet
- Splitrock Reservoir–Charlottesburg Road - Unpaved - Gated / Splitrock Trail (Dk Blue), 9 sights 13.3 mi · ▲ 1,747 ft · 72% quiet
- Splitrock Reservoir & Orange Trail via Charlottesburg Road 3.1 mi · ▲ 363 ft · 71% quiet
- Fugawe Ridge–Splitrock Reservoir, 3 summits 6.2 mi · ▲ 973 ft · 71% quiet
- Fugawe Ridge–Splitrock Reservoir, 5 sights 11.4 mi · ▲ 2,121 ft · 71% quiet
- Main Trail–Riverside Trail, 4 sights 2.5 mi · ▲ 410 ft · 69% quiet
- Lake Rickabear via Splitrock Trail (Dk Blue) 6.1 mi · ▲ 902 ft · 69% quiet
- Splitrock Reservoir & Beaver Pond via Four Birds Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 542 ft · 69% quiet
- Cassville-Prospertown Road 2.3 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 68% quiet
- Round Valley Reservoir–Mannon Pond, 4 sights 11.8 mi · ▲ 1,232 ft · 68% quiet
- Meriden Trail (Red)–Meriden Trail, 3 sights 4.7 mi · ▲ 1,026 ft · 68% quiet
- Riverside Trail–Windy Ridge Trail, 3 sights 2 mi · ▲ 332 ft · 68% quiet
- Splitrock Reservoir–Beaver Pond, 8 sights 12.3 mi · ▲ 1,400 ft · 67% quiet
- Splitrock Trail (Dk Blue) Viewpoint–Meriden Trail (Red), 3 sights 4.4 mi · ▲ 1,000 ft · 67% quiet
- Timberbrook Road 2 mi · ▲ 113 ft · 67% quiet
- Splitrock Trail (Dk Blue) Viewpoint & Beaver Pond via Four Birds Trail 2 mi · ▲ 236 ft · 66% quiet
- Green Trail & Orange Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 196 ft · 66% quiet
- Beaver Pond–Meriden Trail (Red), 3 sights 4.1 mi · ▲ 854 ft · 66% quiet
- Wildcat Ridge Trail (Yellow) & Woods Road via Four Birds Trail 5.8 mi · ▲ 1,010 ft · 65% quiet
- Beaver Pond & Hibernia Brook Trail Loop via Four Birds Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 342 ft · 65% quiet
- Splitrock Trail (Dk Blue) Viewpoint–Meriden Trail (Red), 4 sights 5.5 mi · ▲ 1,113 ft · 65% quiet
- Hawkwatch Overlook–Beaver Pond Loop, 3 sights 2.3 mi · ▲ 284 ft · 65% quiet
- Compton- Gobel Road–Compton-Gobel Road, 5 sights 12 mi · ▲ 1,299 ft · 65% quiet