Quietest hikes in Wisconsin
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 Wisconsin, from 85% quiet at the top of the board to 74% quiet at the bottom. They run from 2.0 to 9.8 miles. The biggest climb on the board is Sentinel Ridge Trail (1.6 mi) Viewpoint–Old Immigrant Trail, 4 sights, gaining 1,425 ft. They lie across 6 named parks, forests, and preserves.
- Sentinel Ridge Trail (1.6 mi) Viewpoint–Council Point, 6 viewpoints 6.4 mi · ▲ 1,083 ft · 85% quiet
- Council Point–Signal Point, 5 viewpoints 6.3 mi · ▲ 1,071 ft · 84% quiet
- Sentinel Ridge Trail (1.6 mi) Viewpoint & Old Immigrant Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 531 ft · 84% quiet
- Old Wagon Viewpoint–Sentinel Ridge Trail (1.6 mi) Viewpoint, 4 sights 5.3 mi · ▲ 859 ft · 84% quiet
- Glacial Drumlin State Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 84% quiet
- Sentinel Ridge Trail (1.6 mi) Viewpoint–Treasure Cave, 4 sights 5.6 mi · ▲ 973 ft · 82% quiet
- Loop 3–Loop 4 Loop, 3 sights 4.2 mi · ▲ 277 ft · 81% quiet
- Loop 2–Loop 3, 3 sights 3.9 mi · ▲ 169 ft · 81% quiet
- Council Point–Signal Point, 4 sights 3.2 mi · ▲ 890 ft · 80% quiet
- Eagle Valley Nature Preserve Sunset Point 4.3 mi · ▲ 450 ft · 80% quiet
- Loop 1–Loop 2, 4 sights 4.4 mi · ▲ 195 ft · 80% quiet
- Rush Lake 3 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 79% quiet
- Sentinel Ridge Trail (1.6 mi) Viewpoint–Old Immigrant Trail, 4 sights 7.5 mi · ▲ 1,425 ft · 79% quiet
- Loop 3 & Loop 4 Loop via Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Main Horse Trail 4.4 mi · ▲ 198 ft · 79% quiet
- Ice Age Trail via Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Main Horse Trail 9.8 mi · ▲ 398 ft · 78% quiet
- Eagle Valley Nature Preserve Viewpoint 4 mi · ▲ 479 ft · 78% quiet
- Old Wagon Viewpoint–Bluff Trail, 3 sights 2.2 mi · ▲ 678 ft · 78% quiet
- Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Main Horse Trail 9.7 mi · ▲ 333 ft · 77% quiet
- Zeloski Marsh Trail via Glacial Drumlin State Trail 5.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 77% quiet
- Mississippi Ridge Trail 5.1 mi · ▲ 562 ft · 76% quiet
- Orange Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 166 ft · 76% quiet
- Blue Trail via Orange Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 139 ft · 76% quiet
- Brown Trail–Loop 3 Loop, 4 sights 2 mi · ▲ 135 ft · 74% quiet
- Windy Ridge Trail 2 mi · ▲ 168 ft · 74% quiet
- Butler Lake Viewpoint–Butler Lake, 3 sights 8.9 mi · ▲ 447 ft · 74% quiet