Quietest hikes in Oregon
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 Oregon, from 99% quiet at the top of the board to 97% quiet at the bottom. They run from 1.3 to 16 miles. The biggest climb on the board is Eden Park Trail #600H–McNeil Point Trail #600M, 4 sights, gaining 4,450 ft. They lie across 5 named parks, forests, and preserves.
- Tumala Mountain–Plaza Lake, 4 sights 12.4 mi · ▲ 2,778 ft · 99% quiet
- Sheepshead Rock–Tumala Mountain, 5 summits 12 mi · ▲ 2,765 ft · 99% quiet
- Badger Creek Wilderness Viewpoint & Little Badger Trail #469 6.5 mi · ▲ 1,598 ft · 99% quiet
- Junction Spring & Little Badger Trail #469 6.3 mi · ▲ 1,502 ft · 99% quiet
- Flag Point–Douglas Cabin Trail Loop, 6 sights 13 mi · ▲ 3,866 ft · 99% quiet
- Little Badger Trail #469–Tygh Creek Cutoff #460A Loop, 3 sights 3.9 mi · ▲ 934 ft · 99% quiet
- West Point via Forest Road 2730-200 1.7 mi · ▲ 224 ft · 98% quiet
- Flag Point via Forest Road 2730-200 1.3 mi · ▲ 197 ft · 98% quiet
- Kinzel Lake Trail #665 4.2 mi · ▲ 1,758 ft · 98% quiet
- Badger Creek Cutoff Trail #477 & Post Camp Trail #467 via Badger Creek Trail #479 10.9 mi · ▲ 2,900 ft · 98% quiet
- Divide Trail #458 Viewpoint & Oval Lake 2.7 mi · ▲ 741 ft · 98% quiet
- Sheepshead Rock–Plaza Trail #783 Viewpoint, 4 sights 8.6 mi · ▲ 2,372 ft · 97% quiet
- Eden Park Trail #600H–McNeil Point Trail #600M, 4 sights 13.2 mi · ▲ 4,450 ft · 97% quiet
- Kinzel Lake Trail #665 & Sherar Burn Road 14.9 mi · ▲ 3,139 ft · 97% quiet
- Palisade Point & Oval Lake via Divide Trail #458 3.1 mi · ▲ 854 ft · 97% quiet
- Forest Road 2711-011–Forest Road 2730-200, 4 sights 14.5 mi · ▲ 3,899 ft · 97% quiet
- Forest Road 2720–Jordan Cutoff Trail, 3 sights 10 mi · ▲ 1,752 ft · 97% quiet
- Flag Point–Douglas Cabin Trail, 3 sights 13.7 mi · ▲ 3,351 ft · 97% quiet
- Devil's Peak–Hunchback Trail #793, 3 sights 13.3 mi · ▲ 2,148 ft · 97% quiet
- Wahtum Lake–Eagle Creek Trail #440, 3 sights 11.9 mi · ▲ 2,952 ft · 97% quiet
- Forest Road 140 & Pine Creek Trail #465 via Forest Road 4860 8.9 mi · ▲ 1,918 ft · 97% quiet
- Eden Park Trail #600H & Vista Ridge Trail #626 via Timberline Trail #600 10.1 mi · ▲ 2,971 ft · 97% quiet
- Buck Peak & Buck Peak Trail #615 via Pacific Crest Trail 15.7 mi · ▲ 2,439 ft · 97% quiet
- Pacific Crest Trail 14.8 mi · ▲ 2,228 ft · 97% quiet
- West Point–Badger Creek Cutoff Trail #477, 4 sights 15.3 mi · ▲ 3,786 ft · 97% quiet