Quietest hikes in North Carolina

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 North Carolina, from 97% quiet at the top of the board to 95% quiet at the bottom. They run from 2.1 to 16 miles. The biggest climb on the board is Enloe Creek Trail via Hughes Ridge Trail, gaining 4,316 ft. They lie across 3 named parks, forests, and preserves.

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Tunnel Bypass Trail & Whiteoak Branch Trail via Lakeshore Trail 7.6 mi · ▲ 1,680 ft · 97% quiet
Pretty Hollow Gap & Pretty Hollow Gap Trail 10.3 mi · ▲ 2,385 ft · 97% quiet
Little Cataloochee Trail & Pretty Hollow Gap Trail 9.4 mi · ▲ 2,093 ft · 97% quiet
Enloe Creek Trail via Hughes Ridge Trail 15.5 mi · ▲ 4,316 ft · 97% quiet
North Harper Creek Trail & North Harper Shortcut 5.5 mi · ▲ 637 ft · 96% quiet
Board Camp Gap & Forney Ridge Trail 10.8 mi · ▲ 2,729 ft · 96% quiet
Beech Gap–Laurel Gap, 3 saddles 8.1 mi · ▲ 1,882 ft · 96% quiet
Pretty Hollow Gap–Mount Sterling Gap, 3 saddles 7.2 mi · ▲ 2,497 ft · 96% quiet
Huntfish Falls–Huntfish Sidekick Falls, 3 falls 2.9 mi · ▲ 695 ft · 96% quiet
Mountains-to-Sea Trail–Rich Cove Road Loop, 3 sights 2.1 mi · ▲ 530 ft · 96% quiet
Board Camp Gap & Springhouse Branch Trail 13.5 mi · ▲ 2,239 ft · 96% quiet
Double Gap–Caldwell Fork Trail, 3 sights 14.7 mi · ▲ 3,727 ft · 96% quiet
Palmer Creek Trail & Pretty Hollow Gap Trail 8.9 mi · ▲ 1,744 ft · 96% quiet
Green Knob Overlook (MP 350.4)–Laurel Log Branch Trail, 3 sights 4.4 mi · ▲ 2,203 ft · 96% quiet
Yellow Gap Road 6.9 mi · ▲ 868 ft · 96% quiet
Gray Wolf Walk & Tunnel Bypass Trail via Lakeshore Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 1,389 ft · 95% quiet
Hangover Lead Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 1,815 ft · 95% quiet
Cathedral Falls–Hawksbill Ledge, 3 sights 4.3 mi · ▲ 1,227 ft · 95% quiet
Big Fat Branch Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 1,007 ft · 95% quiet
Devil's Cellar Overlook–Mountains-to-Sea Trail/ Table Rock Gap, 3 sights 4.6 mi · ▲ 1,167 ft · 95% quiet
Mount Sterling Gap–Long Bunk Trail, 3 sights 8 mi · ▲ 1,865 ft · 95% quiet
Cathedral Falls–Spence Ridge Trail, 3 sights 4.4 mi · ▲ 1,014 ft · 95% quiet
Cantrell Creek–Horse Cove Gap, 3 sights 13.9 mi · ▲ 2,246 ft · 95% quiet
Lettered Rock–Mountains-to-Sea Trail Loop, 3 sights 4.7 mi · ▲ 924 ft · 95% quiet
Bradley Creek Trail & Riverside via Yellow Gap Road 12.6 mi · ▲ 995 ft · 95% quiet