Give your ears a sonic vacation

September 2, 2022 1:15 PM

The US National Park Service has a few high quality recorded soundscapes from Rocky Mountain National Park. Put on your headphones, close your eyes, and take a little trip to the country.

Please share links to similar click-and-listen online soundscapes below!

posted by seanmpuckett (8 comments total)

"fun" "fact": if you need MORE RELAXATION you can HIT PLAY on ALL OF THEM
posted by glonous keming at 1:19 PM on September 2, 2022 [7 favorites]

For the real RMNP experience, you should wheeze heavily because of the high altitude, when all you are doing is walking up a gentle slope.
posted by Bee'sWing at 2:01 PM on September 2, 2022 [2 favorites]

Don't miss the Yellowstone Sound Library. Yellowstone Lake sings when it's frozen.
posted by fedward at 2:39 PM on September 2, 2022 [7 favorites]

Immersive. Reminds me of these virtual walking tours.
posted by St. Peepsburg at 2:57 PM on September 2, 2022 [1 favorite]

More, from Montana and Yellowstone: Acoustic Atlas.
posted by seanmpuckett at 3:16 PM on September 2, 2022 [3 favorites]

Hurray, my office sounds like outside!
posted by mittens at 3:24 PM on September 2, 2022 [1 favorite]

Backpacked there last year and I still remember the lone elk bugling at the edge of Flattop Mountain, as we traversed it above 12,000 feet.
posted by azpenguin at 8:26 PM on September 2, 2022 [1 favorite]

This is quite lovely, thank you. The Dawn Wetland in particular reminds me of early mornings fishing with my grandad in Eastern Oregon.
posted by calamari kid at 10:26 AM on September 3, 2022 [1 favorite]