100 Trails in Iowa

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
Bacon creek Intermediate difficulty 5.0 ***** Sioux city
Dehn's Intermediate difficulty 4.0 **** Burlington
Long Creek Trail (Whiterock Conservancy) difficulty 4.0 Coon Rapids
Elk rock state park difficulty 4.0 Knoxville
Fourmile Park difficulty 3.5 Des Moines
Fort Defiance Intermediate difficulty 3 **** Estherville
Woodpecker trail Beginner difficulty 3.0 ***** Coralville
Ocheyedan Pits Easiest difficulty 3.0 * Ocheyedan
Big Dipper (Whiterock Conservancy) difficulty 3.0 Coon Rapids
North Gorge Expert difficulty 3.0 **** Burlington
Van Peenen - Green Trails (Decorah Mtb Trail System) Intermediate difficulty 3.0 **** Decorah
The Brickyard Easiest difficulty 3.0 *** Des Moines
Cloie Creek Park Beginner difficulty 3.0 **** Dubuque
Ulrich Park Beginner difficulty 3.0 *** Cedar Falls
City Side difficulty 3 Mason City
Soper's Mill Beginner difficulty 3.0 *** Ames
Wanatee Park Intermediate difficulty 3 **** Marion
Eagle Point difficulty 2.0 Clinton
Thomas Park Intermediate difficulty 2.0 *** Marion
Lake LaShane Trail difficulty 2 Lamoni
Junkyard Goat Intermediate difficulty 2 **** Osage
Creekside Flow Trail difficulty 2 Coralville
Farmdale (Sunderbruch Park) Beginner difficulty 2.0 **** Davenport
Evans Preserve difficulty 2 Mason City
Pine Run Intermediate difficulty 1.5 **** Osage
Mount Trashmore difficulty 1.2 Cedar Rapids
Mt. Trashmore Flow Trail (Mount Trashmore) difficulty 1.0 Cedar Rapids
VORC Trails difficulty 1.0 Vinton
Loud Thunder (Sunderbruch Park) difficulty 1.0 Davenport
Shooting Star Trail (Whiterock Conservancy) difficulty 1.0 Coon Rapids
Kettle Moraine (Sunderbruch Park) Intermediate difficulty 1.0 ***** Davenport
L.t. (Sunderbruch Park) Expert difficulty 1.0 ***** Davenport
Blue Mound (Sunderbruch Park) Advanced difficulty 1.0 ***** Davenport
Comlara (Sunderbruch Park) Beginner difficulty 1.0 *** Davenport
Discovery Trail Beginner difficulty 1.0 *** Clinton
Little Dipper (Whiterock Conservancy) Beginner difficulty 1.0 **** Coon Rapids
OG to Lefty Gomez difficulty 1.0 Vinton
Bobcat Trail (Whiterock Conservancy) difficulty 1.0 Coon Rapids
Riverside Trail (Whiterock Conservancy) difficulty 1.0 Coon Rapids
Redrock Spur Trail (Whiterock Conservancy) difficulty 1.0 Coon Rapids
Redrock Climb- Uphill Only (Whiterock Conservancy) difficulty 1.0 Coon Rapids
Pond Hopper Trail (Whiterock Conservancy) difficulty 1.0 Coon Rapids
Sunrise Trail (Whiterock Conservancy) difficulty 1.0 Coon Rapids
805 Spur (Whiterock Conservancy) difficulty 1.0 Coon Rapids
Coralville Lake Beginner difficulty 0.0 ** Iowa City
Jubilee (Sunderbruch Park) Intermediate difficulty 0.0 ***** Davenport
Sleepy Hollow Sports Park difficulty 0.0 * Des Moines
Kickapoo Up (Sunderbruch Park) Intermediate difficulty 0.0 **** Davenport
Kickapoo Down (Sunderbruch Park) Intermediate difficulty 0.0 ***** Davenport
The Urbandale/West Des Moines Greenbelt difficulty 0.0 * Des Moines

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