98 Trails in Iowa

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
Long Creek Trail (Whiterock Conservancy) difficulty 4.0 Coon Rapids
Loud Thunder (Sunderbruch Park) difficulty 1.0 Davenport
Mcfarland Park Beginner difficulty 6.0 *** Ames
Memorial Park Trails Intermediate difficulty 5.0 ***** Ottumwa
Mount Trashmore difficulty 1.2 Cedar Rapids
Mt. Trashmore Flow Trail (Mount Trashmore) difficulty 1.0 Cedar Rapids
North Gorge Expert difficulty 3.0 **** Burlington
North Overlook Intermediate difficulty 8.0 ***** Pella
Ocheyedan Pits Easiest difficulty 3.0 * Ocheyedan
OG to Lefty Gomez difficulty 1.0 Vinton
Palisades Park (Decorah Mtb Trail System) Advanced difficulty 5.0 ***** Decorah
Peterson Pits Beginner difficulty 5.0 *** Ames
Pine Run Intermediate difficulty 1.5 **** Osage
Pond Hopper Trail (Whiterock Conservancy) difficulty 1.0 Coon Rapids
Proving Grounds difficulty 6.5 Dubuque
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
Riverview Park (mitchell Sand Pitts) Beginner difficulty 10.0 *** Waterloo
Rolling Prarie Bike Trail difficulty 25.0 Allison
Sac & Fox Trail Easiest difficulty 9.0 *** Cedar Rapids
Scott County Park Intermediate difficulty 11.0 **** Park View
Shooting Star Trail (Whiterock Conservancy) difficulty 1.0 Coon Rapids
Sleepy Hollow Sports Park difficulty 0.0 * Des Moines
Sockum Ridge Intermediate difficulty 10.0 *** Washington
Soper's Mill Beginner difficulty 3.0 *** Ames
Squaw Creek Intermediate difficulty 3.0 **** Marion
State Park Geode Intermediate difficulty 8 ***** Bulington
Stone Park Intermediate difficulty 7.0 **** Sioux City
Sugar Bottom Intermediate difficulty 12.0 ***** North Liberty
Sunderbruch Park Intermediate difficulty 5.0 ***** Davenport
Sunrise Trail (Whiterock Conservancy) difficulty 1.0 Coon Rapids
Sycamore Trail Beginner difficulty 7 **** Des Moines
The Brickyard Easiest difficulty 3.0 *** Des Moines
The Center Trails Intermediate difficulty 15 **** Des Moines
The Urbandale/West Des Moines Greenbelt difficulty 0.0 * Des Moines
Thomas Park Intermediate difficulty 2.0 *** Marion
Tondro Pray Bike Park Beginner difficulty 5.0 **** Cedar Falls
Ulrich Park Beginner difficulty 3.0 *** Cedar Falls
Upper/ Lower Lizard/ Flow/ Candy Intermediate difficulty 6 **** Fort Dodge
Van Peenen - Blue/black Trails (Decorah Mtb Trail System) Intermediate difficulty 6.0 ***** Decorah
Van Peenen - Green Trails (Decorah Mtb Trail System) Intermediate difficulty 3.0 **** Decorah
VORC Trails difficulty 1.0 Vinton
Wabash Trace Nature Trail Easiest difficulty 63.0 **** Council Bluffs
Waubonsie State Park difficulty 8.0 Hamburg
Westbrook Park Intermediate difficulty 8.0 ***** Dewitt
Whiterock Conservancy Intermediate difficulty 16.0 ***** Coon Rapids
Woodpecker trail Beginner difficulty 3.0 ***** Coralville

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