Iowa trails · Lake hikes

Lake hikes in Iowa

96 trails in Iowa reach a named lake. Ranked by our data-richness score; every link opens the full stats or the live map.

Trail	Length	Gain	Reaches
Sauk Rail Trail	35.0 mi	144 ft	Provost Bay, Arrowhead Lake
Fairfield Trail Loop	16.0 mi	116 ft	Reservoir Number Two, Reservoir Number One
Shimek Forest Trails	11.8 mi	147 ft	Shimek Forest Pond Two
Skunk River Greenbelt Trail	13.8 mi	110 ft	McFarland Lake
Easter Lake Trails	1.4 mi	54 ft	Lake Easter, Barb Wire Point
Rock Creek Lake Trail	7.6 mi	121 ft	Rock Creek Lake
Mark C. Ackelson Trail	4.0 mi	30 ft	Lake Easter, Barb Wire Point
Main	10.3 mi	72 ft	Lake Darling
Lakeshore	7.3 mi	106 ft	Lake Wapello
Lake	7.8 mi	115 ft	Geode Lake
Neal Smith Trail	21.5 mi	184 ft	Horseshoe Lake
Pine Lake Recreation	2.7 mi	117 ft	Upper Pine Lake, Pine Lake
Lamoni Recreational Trail	3.6 mi	65 ft	Founders Lake, Big G Lake
Viking Lake	7.2 mi	108 ft	Viking Lake
Park to Park Trail	6.0 mi	73 ft	Lake McKinley
Cedar River Trail	13.5 mi	111 ft	Cedar Lake
Cedar Valley Lakes	3.6 mi	15 ft	Fisher Lake, Alice Wyth Lake
Lake Loop	4.7 mi	52 ft	Red Haw Lake
Dead Man's Lake	0.7 mi	24 ft	Deadmans Lake, Pilot Knob Lake
Upper Pine Lake	0.4 mi	32 ft	Upper Pine Lake, Pine Lake
Lake View	0.3 mi	37 ft	Deadmans Lake, Pilot Knob Lake
Mike Zack Wildlife Area	0.3 mi	25 ft	Lake Fin-Feather, Clark Lake
Storm Lake Laketrail	1.0 mi	5 ft	Little Storm Lake, Storm Lake
Pleasant Creek Trail	4.5 mi	7 ft	Jackson Lake, Western Pond
Louisa Levee Trail	3.9 mi	7 ft	Prairie Pocket, Beebe Pond
West Lake	3.3 mi	139 ft	Backbone Lake
East Lake	2.6 mi	103 ft	Backbone Lake
Mount Pleasant Trail	4.8 mi	100 ft	East Lake
J.F. Kennedy Park Trail	3.6 mi	39 ft	Badger Lake
Clive Greenbelt Trail	6.5 mi	58 ft	Lake Country Club
Green Valley Lake (Natural)	4.2 mi	42 ft	Green Valley Lake
North Shore	4.7 mi	70 ft	Lake MacBride
Lincoln Way Path	3.3 mi	150 ft	Laverne Lake
Prairie Lakes Trail	3.7 mi	52 ft	Prairie Lakes
Green Valley Lake (Paved)	4.5 mi	35 ft	Green Valley Lake
Lake Pahoja Trail	3.9 mi	36 ft	Lake Pahoja
Sergeant Road Trail	9.0 mi	22 ft	Martin Lake
Beach	2.3 mi	48 ft	Prairie Rose Lake
South	1.4 mi	69 ft	Union Grove Lake
Stevens Forest - Lucas Unit Trails	1.2 mi	130 ft	Stephens Forest Pond
Indian Lake Trail	1.9 mi	49 ft	Indian Lake
White Pine	1.4 mi	91 ft	Lake MacBride
Three Bridges	1.2 mi	76 ft	Deadmans Lake
Seven Bridges	0.8 mi	92 ft	Lake Ahquabi
Lost Lake	1.1 mi	80 ft	Lost Lake
Keomah Lake	3.0 mi	22 ft	Lake Keomah
Lelah Bradley Hike & Bike Trail	2.0 mi	44 ft	Lower City Reservoir
Fontana Park Trail	1.5 mi	34 ft	Lake Oelwein
Grinnell Trail	1.4 mi	56 ft	Lake Arbor
Kettleson Hogs Back Nature Trail	1.2 mi	34 ft	Sunken Lake
ADA Fishing	1.6 mi	36 ft	Lake Darling
Beeds Lake	1.9 mi	42 ft	Beeds Lake
Big Woods Trail	2.6 mi	19 ft	Big Woods Lake
Lake Manawa Trail	2.3 mi	28 ft	Lake Manawa
Outback Trail	0.8 mi	60 ft	Central Park Lake
Jackson County Trail	2.8 mi	24 ft	Loon Lake
Tama/Toledo Rec Trail	2.6 mi	30 ft	Cherry Lake
Spring Lake Trail	1.2 mi	39 ft	Spring Lake
Lower Lake Loop	1.1 mi	15 ft	Red Haw Lake
Plum Alley	0.8 mi	29 ft	Pilot Knob Lake