Quietest hikes in Tennessee
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 Tennessee, from 97% quiet at the top of the board to 93% quiet at the bottom. They run from 3.4 to 16 miles. The biggest climb on the board is Sarvis Cove Sunset Point–Cowbell Hollow Horse Trail, 5 sights, gaining 5,797 ft.
- Pete's Branch Falls–Sarvis Cove Sunset Point, 6 sights 11.8 mi · ▲ 4,032 ft · 97% quiet
- Doe Knob–Buck Gap, 4 saddles 13.6 mi · ▲ 3,588 ft · 97% quiet
- Sarvis Cove Sunset Point–Chestnutlog Gap, 5 sights 11.4 mi · ▲ 3,944 ft · 96% quiet
- Upper Sassafras Gap & Pole Road Creek Trail via Noland Divide Trail 14.9 mi · ▲ 3,638 ft · 96% quiet
- Spence Field–Anthony Creek Trail, 3 sights 10.2 mi · ▲ 2,909 ft · 96% quiet
- Hannah Mountain Trail & Scott Gap 15 mi · ▲ 2,211 ft · 96% quiet
- Jennings Creek Horse Trail & Poplar Cove HorseTrail 4.2 mi · ▲ 1,277 ft · 95% quiet
- Artie Hollow Trail–Bullen Hollow Trail, 5 sights 15.5 mi · ▲ 4,657 ft · 95% quiet
- Ramsey Cascades & Ramsey Cascades Trail 7.8 mi · ▲ 2,189 ft · 95% quiet
- Beard Cane Trail–Wet Bottom Trail, 3 sights 14.8 mi · ▲ 2,538 ft · 95% quiet
- Kennedy Cabin Sunset Point–Bullen Hollow Trail, 4 sights 9.3 mi · ▲ 2,188 ft · 94% quiet
- Brushy Mountain Trail & Porters Creek Trail 7 mi · ▲ 1,505 ft · 94% quiet
- Spence Field–Sandy Gap Loop, 8 sights 14.7 mi · ▲ 3,637 ft · 94% quiet
- Margarette Falls–Artie Hollow Trail, 5 sights 11.5 mi · ▲ 3,813 ft · 94% quiet
- Bullen Hollow Trail–Firescald Road, 3 sights 6.9 mi · ▲ 1,918 ft · 94% quiet
- Jakes Gap–Jakes Creek Trail, 5 sights 13.6 mi · ▲ 3,577 ft · 94% quiet
- Brushy Mountain–Trillium Gap, 3 summits 11.3 mi · ▲ 3,020 ft · 94% quiet
- Abrams Falls Trail–Hatcher Mountain Trail, 3 sights 10.2 mi · ▲ 1,037 ft · 94% quiet
- Artie Hollow Trail–Cowbell Hollow Horse Trail, 4 sights 14.7 mi · ▲ 4,675 ft · 94% quiet
- Fodderstack Trail & Mill Branch Trail 13.6 mi · ▲ 3,567 ft · 94% quiet
- Middle Prong Trail 4.6 mi · ▲ 697 ft · 94% quiet
- Double Mountain–Indian Grave Gap Trail, 5 sights 15 mi · ▲ 2,882 ft · 93% quiet
- Sarvis Cove Sunset Point–Cowbell Hollow Horse Trail, 5 sights 15.8 mi · ▲ 5,797 ft · 93% quiet
- Sandy Gap & Lead Cove Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 1,158 ft · 93% quiet
- Fox Cabin Gap–Beetree Hollow Trail, 4 sights 5.2 mi · ▲ 1,399 ft · 93% quiet