Iowa trails

Iowa hiking trails

3,940 trails · 3,316 miles of official geometry · every one with a DEM elevation profile. Browse below or filter the live map by length, climbing, steepness, and shape.

By destination

Hiking near Iowa towns

Ames · Anamosa · Cedar Rapids · Des Moines · Fairfield · Glenwood · Independence · Iowa City · Marshalltown · Mason City · Mount Pleasant · Newton · Perry · Waterloo · Winterset

Notable trails

Sauk Rail Trail 35.0 mi · 144 ft
Iowa Great Lakes Recreational Trail 6.9 mi · 77 ft
Shimek Forest - Lick Creek Trails 26.0 mi · 136 ft
Fairfield Trail Loop 16.0 mi · 116 ft
Stevens Forest - Whitebreast Unit Trails 19.7 mi · 166 ft
Shimek Forest Trails 11.8 mi · 147 ft
Skunk River Greenbelt Trail 13.8 mi · 110 ft
Rock Creek Lake Trail 7.6 mi · 121 ft
Mark C. Ackelson Trail 4.0 mi · 30 ft
Spine Trail 10.8 mi · 83 ft
Kate Shelley Trail 11.2 mi · 243 ft
Sugar Bottom Trails 11.6 mi · 77 ft
Main 10.3 mi · 72 ft
Trout Run Trail 12.9 mi · 244 ft
Lakeshore 7.3 mi · 106 ft
Lake 7.8 mi · 115 ft
Neal Smith Trail 21.5 mi · 184 ft
Pine Lake Recreation 2.7 mi · 117 ft
Brent's Trail 7.1 mi · 392 ft
Broken Toe 2.1 mi · 181 ft

Lamoni Recreational Trail 3.6 mi · 65 ft
Viking Lake 7.2 mi · 108 ft
Park to Park Trail 6.0 mi · 73 ft
Cedar River Trail 13.5 mi · 111 ft
Stevens Forest - Woodburn Unit Trails 6.2 mi · 152 ft
Volksweg Trail 13.0 mi · 165 ft
Cedar Valley Lakes 3.6 mi · 15 ft
Lake Loop 4.7 mi · 52 ft
Pleasant Creek Trail 4.5 mi · 7 ft
Louisa Levee Trail 3.9 mi · 7 ft
West Lake 3.3 mi · 139 ft
Main Loop Trail 9.8 mi · 194 ft
Beverly Park Mountain Bike Trail 6.0 mi · 74 ft
Pleasant Creek Multi-Use 8.8 mi · 158 ft
River 5.2 mi · 160 ft
Equestrian 2.5 mi · 128 ft
Sp 1 3.6 mi · 295 ft
East Lake 2.6 mi · 103 ft
M 2 3.6 mi · 289 ft
Mount Pleasant Trail 4.8 mi · 100 ft