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where to hike/ride

LOCATION TRAIL NAME MILES / CONTACT HOURS TRAILHEAD
SURFACE

LAMONI LAMONI WELCOME
RECREATIONAL CENTER TO LIBERTY Concrete 641-784-6311 Year-Round Trail starts at Lamoni Welcome Center located at intersection of I-35 & US Hwy 69
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TRAIL HALL
BRUSHY CREEK
LEHIGH RECREATIONAL 40 miles 515-543-8298 Year-Round 3175 290th St, Equestrian, mountain biking and hiking
TRAIL Rock/Dirt Sunrise to Sunset
Riverview Park - Hwy 14 North & Woodland Street; Peterson Park -15th &
Year-Round
LINN CREEK
MARSHALLTOWN GREENBELT PKWY Asphalt 641-754-5715 6:00a.m.- Woodbury; Softball Complex - South 6th Street along Linn Creek; Little
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11:30p.m. League Park - 12th Street along Linn Creek; Roadside parking - Campbell Dr.
& Westwood Dr.; Grimes Farm - 233rd St.
MASON CITY TO TROLLEY TRAIL 15.5 Year-Round
CLEAR LAKE Asphalt 641-421-3675 sunrise to sunset Mason City - at Milligan Park; Elm & 13th Street; Clear Lake - at County Rd.B35
LIME CREEK
MASON CITY CONSERVATION 9 641-423-5309 Year-Round Mason City-Coolidge Ave.; Winnebago Trail; Lime Creek Nature Center.
AREA Limestone sunrise to sunset
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RIVER CITY
Asphalt/
Year-Round
MASON CITY GREENBELT TRAIL Limestone/City 641-421-3675 sunrise to sunset Mason City-Coolidge Ave,; Winnebago Trail; Lime Creek Nature Center.
Streets
Pella - at Pella Public Library (at Union St. & Main St.) Lake Red Rock - at Howell
PELLA TO LAKE 17 641-828-2213 or Year-Round Station Landing off T-15, 2 miles south of Pella; at South Tailwater Recreation
RED ROCK VOLKSWEG TRAIL Asphalt 641-828-7522 Area - off T-15 at south end of dam; at North Tailwater Recreation Area - off T-15,
2 south of Pella; at North Overlook Picnic Area - off T-15 at north end of dam
Edmundson Park (11th Avenue West, also known as T39 or the Beacon Road),
MAHASKA
OSKALOOSA COMMUNITY 13 641-672-2499 Year-Round Bobzilla’s Bicycle Werks (1718 Pella Avenue) and Rotary Gazebo on Hwy 92,
RECREATION TRAIL Concrete dawn to dusk and MCCB Environmental Learning Center, 2342 Hwy 92 E. Lacey Complex
Picnic Shelter 1601 Stadium Drive.
Ottumwa - quarter-mile north of Quincy Ave & Hwy 34; Half-mile east of
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OTTUMWA WAPELLO COUNTY Asphalt/ 641-684-4303 Year-Round Quincy Ave & Hwy 34 at Wayside Park & Central Addition Park; Entrance to the
TRAIL SYSTEM
Concrete Beach Ottumwa at Church St. & Des Moines River; Parking lot at Market St. &
Des Moines River; Mary St. & Hwy 63; and Iowa Ave & Hwys 34/63.
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RATHBUN LAKE NORTH SHORE Gravel/Natural 641-647-2464 Year-Round Prairie Ridge Park to Honey Creek Resort State Park
TRAIL
ROLAND TO PRAERI RAIL TRAIL Year-Round
ZEARING 9.5 515-232-2516 5 a.m.-10:30 p.m. Roland - National St. and North Park St.
Year-Round
RICEVILLE TO IA/ WAPSI-GREAT 15.5 1 hour prior to
MN STATE LINE WESTERN LINE 9 Asphalt 641-985-4030 sunrise/after Riceville - next to Riceville Community Center on north side of Highway 9
6.5 Limestone
sunset
SLATER TO HEART OF IOWA 23 Year-Round Slater - NE of town on County Road R38; Huxley - south end of Main Street;
5 a.m.-
MELBOURNE NATURE TRAIL Limestone 515-232-2516 10:30 p.m. Maxwell - at City Park along Indian Creek; Collins - south edge of town on
east side of Hwy 65; Rhodes - at south end of Main Street
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WEST DES MOINES JORDAN CREEK Asphalt/ 515-222-3444 Year-Round 50th & EP True; 22nd & Locust; S. 39th George Mills Civic Parkway
TRAIL
Concrete 6 a.m.-10:30 p.m. (South Woods Park)
The trail is an 89-mile loop with trailheads in Waukee, Ortonville, Adel,
WAUKEE TO RACCOON RIVER 89 Year-Round Redfield, Linden, Panora, Yale, Herndon, Cooper, Jefferson, Jamaica, Dawson,
JEFFERSON VALLEY TRAIL Asphalt/ 515-465-3577 dawn to dusk Perry, Minburn and Dallas Center. User fee: $2 daily or $10 annually.
Concrete
Raccoonvalleytrail.org
Famous for its 13-story, 1/2 mile long bridge over the Des Moines River, this
WOODWARD TO HIGH TRESTLE TRAIL 25 trail runs through the communities of Ankeny, Sheldahl, Slater, Madrid &
ANKENY Concrete/ 515-353-4237 Year-Round Woodward. Bridge located near Madrid features artwork at both ends and six
Asphalt
overlook points.

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