Quietest hikes in Washington
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 Washington, from 99% quiet at the top of the board to 98% quiet at the bottom. They run from 1.9 to 16 miles. The biggest climb on the board is Grand Pass–Grand Pass Trail, 3 sights, gaining 6,007 ft. They lie across 3 named parks, forests, and preserves.
- Clear West Peak & Clearwater Peak Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 1,032 ft · 99% quiet
- Meadow Creek Trail 15.6 mi · ▲ 4,198 ft · 99% quiet
- North Fork Skykomish Trail & Pass Creek Trail 13 mi · ▲ 2,355 ft · 99% quiet
- Green Mountain & Green Mountain Trail #782 7.8 mi · ▲ 3,173 ft · 99% quiet
- Flett Glacier–Echo Rock, 4 glaciers 10.6 mi · ▲ 3,477 ft · 99% quiet
- Lake Eleanor & Lake Eleanor Trail via Northern Loop Trail 10.5 mi · ▲ 2,220 ft · 99% quiet
- Saddle Lake & Three Fingers-Goat Flats-Saddle Lake Trail #641 4.5 mi · ▲ 1,319 ft · 98% quiet
- First Mother Mountain–Mowich Lake, 4 summits 9 mi · ▲ 3,239 ft · 98% quiet
- Queest-alb Glacier–Three Fingers, 5 sights 14 mi · ▲ 4,982 ft · 98% quiet
- Lake Eleanor & Lake Eleanor Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 453 ft · 98% quiet
- Forest Road 41–National Forest Development Road 4151, 3 sights 12.9 mi · ▲ 1,311 ft · 98% quiet
- Clearwater Trail 15.6 mi · ▲ 5,574 ft · 98% quiet
- Hessong Rock & Mowich Lake via Spray Park Trail 6.7 mi · ▲ 2,319 ft · 98% quiet
- Saddle Lake–Forest Road 41, 6 sights 16.1 mi · ▲ 2,869 ft · 98% quiet
- Benchmark Mountain Trail–North Fork Skykomish Trail, 3 sights 13.5 mi · ▲ 3,935 ft · 98% quiet
- Curry Gap & Quartz Creek Trail 16 mi · ▲ 3,126 ft · 98% quiet
- Cooper Road–No Name Basin Road, 4 sights 12.7 mi · ▲ 2,508 ft · 98% quiet
- Grand Pass–Grand Pass Trail, 3 sights 13 mi · ▲ 6,007 ft · 98% quiet
- Tumble Creek Road 4.9 mi · ▲ 1,027 ft · 98% quiet
- No Name Basin Road–Tumble Creek Road, 3 sights 13 mi · ▲ 2,863 ft · 98% quiet
- Fay Peak–Mowich Lake, 5 sights 11.2 mi · ▲ 4,651 ft · 98% quiet
- Cooper Pass via Cooper Road 5.4 mi · ▲ 1,172 ft · 98% quiet
- Eagle Cliff Viewpoint–Mowich Lake Loop, 4 saddles 15.4 mi · ▲ 4,657 ft · 98% quiet
- Mineral Creek Connector–No Name Basin Road, 4 sights 13.8 mi · ▲ 3,071 ft · 98% quiet
- Tumble Creek Road & Tumble Creek Tie via No Name Basin Road 10.1 mi · ▲ 2,295 ft · 98% quiet