Right now, at this very moment, whether you’re at your sticks-and-bricks home on a quiet cul-de-sac or whether you’re in your RV at a national park, we want you to do us just one, quick favor: Close your eyes, concentrate, and see if you can hear any automotive traffic.
Well?
Is it a distant hum of tires on pavement? A single car passing by? Or maybe the steady drone of a nearby highway, always in the background, no matter how remote the place seems. Some of us barely notice it anymore—it’s just part of our soundtrack.
Others of you might be lucky enough to hear nothing at all. Just birds, wind in the trees, or maybe the occasional crunch of a fellow camper’s footsteps on gravel. Silence, it turns out, can be one of the most underrated luxuries of RV living. (Though it is getting harder to find…)
And for some, it’s a mix—one peaceful night, one noisy morning, depending on the location, season, or even the neighbors. No matter what you heard (or didn’t), we’re curious how often automotive noise cuts through your day.
Please vote in today’s poll and, as always, feel free to leave a comment. Thanks!
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Very little traffic noise at home unless emergency vehicles pass, BUT constant noise from airplanes as we are under a flight path.
Agree. A mile away from I-35, two blocks from a fire/paramedic station, and under DFW airport flight path for southbound landings!
Same here. We are under a flight path that approaches LAX from the north.
0615 CDST. Very few are up and moving. This is my peaceful time of the day.
Nope, just a boat going across the lake. Same old man going fishing in the same old wooden row boat with the same old Scott Atwater chugging along.
That paints a picture. 👍
Norman Rockwell type picture. I feel at peace just imaging that scene
We’re currently at our sticks and bricks and you can hear distant tire noise if you listen for it. Otherwise, it typically goes unnoticed.
Same for us, 6 acres in the country, road about 200 yards away. 😎
Perhaps fewer than 5 vehicles pass in front of my home in a 24 hour period. Road is 300 yards away and I don’t hear any of them unless it’s a farm truck.
Just the ringing in my ears
Very little noise unless the idiot down the street has to rev the engine on his sports car as he goes up the street.
Sometimes we hear the train whistle about a 1/2 mile away. We actually enjoy that eerie sound echoing through the valley.
The RV park is mostly quiet in terms of highway noise. But there is a track less than 100 yards away that hauls crushed rock 24X7 from a quarry about 20 miles away. On any given day there are a half dozen trains with up to 5 locomotives coming from or returning to the quarry. Amazing how quickly, while you still hear them, they stop being a distraction or disturbing your sleep.
I usually enjoy sitting for :30 – :60 min. in the morning/evening on my home deck. With I-29 about 2 blocks away and the speed limit now up to 80 mph – it is annoying in the otherwise serenity of the day. Most of the numerous trucks, mostly to/from Canada, are governed to about 60 to 70 but the diesels and tires are loud. Then there is the BNSF RR main line crossing about 1 block away and the oil and coal trains and 200-300 car freights every few hours – there goes the peace and quiet! It used to be peaceful when there were up to 4 shorter trains a day and interstate speed was 55 – 65. (RR is one of my hobbies!)
Outside the town of Digby just off the Bay of Fundy. We have no traffic; just the breeze in the trees and the swish of small waves
We are in Elkhart County, Amish country, so we hear an occasional car and occasional hoofbeats.
No, I live out in the country and little traffic passes my house. I do hear a tractor in a nearby field.
No! I hear my tinnitus.
Thank you for the question, RV Travel. No, none at all. We are at Salmon Run RV Campground and Cabins (http://salmonrunrvcampground.com/). Very quiet here. Only electricity, but that is okay with us. Have a great week and safe travels!
This reminds me of when we were on a cross country trip traveling from CA up to Glacier NP, then east to Maine & beyond. Most highways are built along side the railroad lines. Having stayed in a number of RV parks close to the highway that followed along the rail lines. One day I was sitting with my friend, Mike, after dinner one evening and I commented that something was wrong. He asked about what I had said so I repeated it. I finally said that it was very quiet. I pointed out to him that for the last few weeks we often heard passing trains but in this park I hadn’t heard one over the course of the few days we were there, It was just too doggone quiet! LOL!
There was timber between 56th St and my back yard and we heard nothing. Then 2 lane 56th St went to divided 4 lane, then the timber was torn out and retail stores went up. Now we have tuned out the sound of tires, but have the occasional crotch rocket motor cycle screaming by or the sound of a semi jake brake, decelerating for the upcoming stop light, and we have a fire department two miles on one side and three miles on the other – those fire depts built after we moved here. The country we moved to 53 years ago has changed. Still love my little 3/4 acre farm with my barn. Constantly fought zoning changes but fighting city hall, literally, has not worked.