This is what acoustic ecologists define as "true silence", and Michigan is one of the best places to experience this. What Is 'True Silence'? Porcupine Mountains / Getty Images loading...Based on submissions from Hempton on other "quiet placers", Michigan has eight areas to experience "true silence", two of which were submitted by Gordon Hempton himself. Where You Can Experience 'True Silence' In Michigan Do you want to truly be one with nature and visit a spot where you find not an absence of sound, but a lack of noise? This is what acoustic ecologists define as "true silence", and Michigan is one of the best places to experience this.