98 Trails in Iowa

Rank Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
1. Loud Thunder (Sunderbruch Park) difficulty 1.0 Davenport
2. Grant Wood Trail difficulty 10.0 Marion
3. Bobcat Trail (Whiterock Conservancy) difficulty 1.0 Coon Rapids
4. Riverside Trail (Whiterock Conservancy) difficulty 1.0 Coon Rapids
5. Elk rock state park difficulty 4.0 Knoxville
6. Eagle Point difficulty 2.0 Clinton
7. Redrock Climb- Uphill Only (Whiterock Conservancy) difficulty 1.0 Coon Rapids
8. 805 Spur (Whiterock Conservancy) difficulty 1.0 Coon Rapids
9. OG to Lefty Gomez difficulty 1.0 Vinton
10. Redrock Spur Trail (Whiterock Conservancy) difficulty 1.0 Coon Rapids
11. Foothills Trail difficulty 5.4 Glenwood
12. Long Creek Trail (Whiterock Conservancy) difficulty 4.0 Coon Rapids
13. Lake LaShane Trail difficulty 2 Lamoni
14. Rolling Prarie Bike Trail difficulty 25.0 Allison
15. Sunrise Trail (Whiterock Conservancy) difficulty 1.0 Coon Rapids
16. Pond Hopper Trail (Whiterock Conservancy) difficulty 1.0 Coon Rapids
17. VORC Trails difficulty 1.0 Vinton
18. Mt. Trashmore Flow Trail (Mount Trashmore) difficulty 1.0 Cedar Rapids
19. Ocheyedan Pits Easiest difficulty 3.0 * Ocheyedan
20. Proving Grounds difficulty 6.5 Dubuque
21. Katoski Green Belt difficulty 7.0 Waterloo
22. Shooting Star Trail (Whiterock Conservancy) difficulty 1.0 Coon Rapids
23. Big Dipper (Whiterock Conservancy) difficulty 3.0 Coon Rapids
24. Fourmile Park difficulty 3.5 Des Moines
25. City Side difficulty 3 Mason City
26. Evans Preserve difficulty 2 Mason City
27. Waubonsie State Park difficulty 8.0 Hamburg
28. Grant Wood Trail difficulty 10.0 ** Marion
29. Coralville Lake Beginner difficulty 0.0 ** Iowa City
30. The Urbandale/West Des Moines Greenbelt difficulty 0.0 * Des Moines
31. Sleepy Hollow Sports Park difficulty 0.0 * Des Moines
32. Cone Park difficulty 10 Sioux City
33. Creekside Flow Trail difficulty 2 Coralville
34. Comlara (Sunderbruch Park) Beginner difficulty 1.0 *** Davenport
35. Green Valley Easiest difficulty 10.0 *** Creston
36. Discovery Trail Beginner difficulty 1.0 *** Clinton
37. Cedar Valley Nature Trail Easiest difficulty 58.0 ** Waterloo
38. Mount Trashmore difficulty 1.2 Cedar Rapids
39. Upper/ Lower Lizard/ Flow/ Candy Intermediate difficulty 6 **** Fort Dodge
40. Fort Defiance Intermediate difficulty 3 **** Estherville
41. Riverview Park (mitchell Sand Pitts) Beginner difficulty 10.0 *** Waterloo
42. Little Dipper (Whiterock Conservancy) Beginner difficulty 1.0 **** Coon Rapids
43. Westbrook Park Intermediate difficulty 8.0 ***** Dewitt
44. Cinder Path Easiest difficulty 16.0 **** Chariton
45. Tondro Pray Bike Park Beginner difficulty 5.0 **** Cedar Falls
46. Sac & Fox Trail Easiest difficulty 9.0 *** Cedar Rapids
47. Blue Mound (Sunderbruch Park) Advanced difficulty 1.0 ***** Davenport
48. Peterson Pits Beginner difficulty 5.0 *** Ames
49. Soper's Mill Beginner difficulty 3.0 *** Ames
50. Mcfarland Park Beginner difficulty 6.0 *** Ames

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