100 Trails in Iowa

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
East Lake And West Lake Trails Intermediate difficulty 8.0 *** Manchester
Green Valley Easiest difficulty 10.0 *** Creston
Riverview Park (mitchell Sand Pitts) Beginner difficulty 10.0 *** Waterloo
The Brickyard Easiest difficulty 3.0 *** Des Moines
Comlara (Sunderbruch Park) Beginner difficulty 1.0 *** Davenport
Sockum Ridge Intermediate difficulty 10.0 *** Washington
Ulrich Park Beginner difficulty 3.0 *** Cedar Falls
Peterson Pits Beginner difficulty 5.0 *** Ames
Mcfarland Park Beginner difficulty 6.0 *** Ames
Soper's Mill Beginner difficulty 3.0 *** Ames
Thomas Park Intermediate difficulty 2.0 *** Marion
Discovery Trail Beginner difficulty 1.0 *** Clinton
Sac & Fox Trail Easiest difficulty 9.0 *** Cedar Rapids
Cedar Valley Nature Trail Easiest difficulty 58.0 ** Waterloo
Coralville Lake Beginner difficulty 0.0 ** Iowa City
Grant Wood Trail difficulty 10.0 ** Marion
Ocheyedan Pits Easiest difficulty 3.0 * Ocheyedan
The Urbandale/West Des Moines Greenbelt difficulty 0.0 * Des Moines
Sleepy Hollow Sports Park difficulty 0.0 * Des Moines
Fourmile Park difficulty 3.5 Des Moines
City Side difficulty 3 Mason City
Evans Preserve difficulty 2 Mason City
Cone Park difficulty 10 Sioux City
Foothills Trail difficulty 5.4 Glenwood
Pinicon Ridge Park difficulty 6 Central City
Creekside Flow Trail difficulty 2 Coralville
Proving Grounds difficulty 6.5 Dubuque
Lake LaShane Trail difficulty 2 Lamoni
Carlson Park difficulty 8 Decorah
Shooting Star Trail (Whiterock Conservancy) difficulty 1.0 Coon Rapids
VORC Trails difficulty 1.0 Vinton
OG to Lefty Gomez difficulty 1.0 Vinton
805 Spur (Whiterock Conservancy) difficulty 1.0 Coon Rapids
Sunrise Trail (Whiterock Conservancy) difficulty 1.0 Coon Rapids
Pond Hopper Trail (Whiterock Conservancy) difficulty 1.0 Coon Rapids
Redrock Climb- Uphill Only (Whiterock Conservancy) difficulty 1.0 Coon Rapids
Redrock Spur Trail (Whiterock Conservancy) difficulty 1.0 Coon Rapids
Riverside Trail (Whiterock Conservancy) difficulty 1.0 Coon Rapids
Long Creek Trail (Whiterock Conservancy) difficulty 4.0 Coon Rapids
Bobcat Trail (Whiterock Conservancy) difficulty 1.0 Coon Rapids
Waubonsie State Park difficulty 8.0 Hamburg
Big Dipper (Whiterock Conservancy) difficulty 3.0 Coon Rapids
Grant Wood Trail difficulty 10.0 Marion
Katoski Green Belt difficulty 7.0 Waterloo
Eagle Point difficulty 2.0 Clinton
Elk rock state park difficulty 4.0 Knoxville
Mt. Trashmore Flow Trail (Mount Trashmore) difficulty 1.0 Cedar Rapids
Mount Trashmore difficulty 1.2 Cedar Rapids
Loud Thunder (Sunderbruch Park) difficulty 1.0 Davenport
Rolling Prarie Bike Trail difficulty 25.0 Allison

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