Comments on: The 10 Quietest Places on Earth

By: Cat

Cat — Fri, 22 May 2009 03:45:34 +0000

Joshua Tree is SO ridiculously quiet.

By: Pat

Pat — Sat, 16 May 2009 18:37:16 +0000

It’s hard for me to believe that 6/10 of the quietest places on earth are in the United States. How about anywhere in Northern Canada, or in the Mountains of Japan, or the Beaches of some Caribbean islands?

By: Owen

Owen — Fri, 15 May 2009 23:42:16 +0000

I’m glad to see Muir Woods made the list. I think it has to be the quietest place I’ve ever visited. This is due to its location in a valley and the softness of the trees’ bark and needles lining the forest floor. Because the forest is made almost entirely of Red Woods and ferns, it’s rare to even hear a bird. Death Valley is quiet, but the occasional breeze, car motor, or coyote carries fairly well across the hard packed earth.

By: devin109

devin109 — Thu, 14 May 2009 00:56:16 +0000

How is it that 6 out of 10 of these places happen to be in the United States which covers a very portion of the earth’s surface. Furthermore, The US is one of the most industrialized nations on earth even further diminishing this list to a the log of a ethnocentric traveler

By: John

John — Wed, 13 May 2009 14:51:24 +0000

You are somewhat right about Victoria Falls – it’s like constant white noise. The wonderful thing is spending the night in the nearby town – when you wake up in the morning you can hear the falls before the city wakes up, even though they are several miles away.

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 13 May 2009 02:21:01 +0000

I’ve been blessed to visit 3 of those listed: Grand Canyon, Loch Lommond, and Hoh Valley. I love places like these. Of the three, Grand Canyon, all by myself, in winter (with snow muffling what little sound there was), was intensely quiet. My blood going through my brain was loud by comparison (no exaggeration here–that is the sound I remember). I hope I can visit the others some day.

By: Vincent

Vincent — Sat, 09 May 2009 22:38:51 +0000

Death Valley should definitely be on the list. After living there for 2 years I found the weekly drive from Death Valley to Las Vegas absolutely stunning. Especially at night, you could pull off the side of the road, turn off the engine, get out of the car and hear absolutely nothing. No cars, planes or animals. There are so few cars on this road that it could be and hour or so before you would see even one. Very eerie but yet peaceful.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Fri, 08 May 2009 20:19:41 +0000

You seem to have completely neglected a couple of continents (Antarctica & Australia) that are also have the lowest populations.
Muir Woods? Pulease!

Try the Kimberley region of north western Australia, or any of the other ~60 million acres of national park or 17 world heritage areas in Australia. Now that’s empty & quiet.

By: Anon

Anon — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 05:10:39 +0000

Although I’ve never been to a sandy dessert, I have had the opportunity to visit the Great White North (northern Canada). No matter what part of the year you go, you can always find places where you hear the sound of nothing. The most memorable for me, was sitting around a friend’s cabin in the still 10C weather hearing nothing but the water dropping on the patio as the ice on the roof slowly melted.

By: Jerry@Graphic Design Seminars

Jerry@Graphic Design Seminars — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:13:54 +0000

All these places are filled with so much beauty. It would nice to experience these parks in their natural environment’s.