Iowa trails · Loop hikes
Loops computed from the connected trail network — each starts and ends at the same trailhead. Explore any of them on the interactive map (Loops layer).
| Route | Distance | Gain | Trailhead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Ave + Unnamed trail + Auburn Hills Trail | 15.3 mi | 825 ft | Unnamed trail access |
| Donahue Rd. + Paint Creek Trail + Driftless Area Scenic Byway | 5.3 mi | 546 ft | Donahue Rd. access |
| Clear Creek Trail + Unnamed trail + 2nd St. (US6) | 5.8 mi | 276 ft | Unnamed trail access |
| Clear Creek Trail + Unnamed trail + 2nd St. (US6) | 5.9 mi | 272 ft | Clear Creek Trail access |
| Unnamed trail + 2nd St. (US6) + Willow Creek Trail | 7.7 mi | 418 ft | Unnamed trail access |
| Firetower Rd./Brown's Hollow Trail + Brown's Hollow Trail + Donahue Road | 7.9 mi | 889 ft | Firetower Road access |
| North Ankeny Boulevard Trail + High Trestle Trail + State Street Trail | 7.0 mi | 134 ft | Northeast 36th Street Trail access |
| Pleasant Creek Multi-Use + Pleasant Creek Multi Use Trail | 8.7 mi | 1,026 ft | Pleasant Creek Multi Use Trail access |
| Grand Avenue Trail + 24th Street Path + George Washington Carver Trail | 4.5 mi | 133 ft | Bloomington Road Trail access |
| Pleasant Creek Trail | 4.5 mi | 28 ft | Pleasant Creek Trail access |
| Clear Creek Trail + Unnamed trail + Woodpecker Trail | 6.7 mi | 337 ft | Clear Creek Trail access |
| West Elwood Drive Path + Airport Road + Ioway Creek Path | 5.6 mi | 187 ft | ISU-Wallace Road Path access |
| Shortcut Trail + Kelly Road + Overlook Road | 3.9 mi | 462 ft | Shortcut Trail access |
| Paint Creek Trail + Bluff Trail + Bluff Trail Access | 3.9 mi | 468 ft | Larkin Valley Trail access |
| Donahue Road + Firetower Trial + Saddlel Loop - Red Oak Access | 4.2 mi | 473 ft | Donahue Rd. access |
| Unnamed trail + Raccoon River Valley Trail + Heart of the Warrior Trail | 4.3 mi | 100 ft | Unnamed trail access |
| Albany + Ridge + Prairie | 7.1 mi | 702 ft | Depot access |
| PC 2 + Sarah's Trail + SP 1 | 4.5 mi | 789 ft | PC 2.10 access |
| Donahue Road + Brown's Hollow Trail + Firetower Rd./Brown's Hollow Trail | 4.0 mi | 558 ft | Firetower Trial access |
| Redrock Spur + Redrock Climb Trail + Main Loop Trail | 5.5 mi | 681 ft | Shooting Star access |
| Unnamed trail + Heart of the Warrior Trail + University Avenue Trail | 3.4 mi | 102 ft | Raccoon River Valley Trail access |
| Unnamed trail + Heart of the Warrior Trail + University Avenue Trail | 3.4 mi | 102 ft | Unnamed trail access |
| Unnamed trail + Heart of the Warrior Trail + University Avenue Trail | 4.1 mi | 145 ft | Raccoon River Valley Trail access |
| Donahue Rd. + Hefferns Hill Trail + Donahue Road | 5.4 mi | 838 ft | Equestrian Campground Trail access |
| PC 2 + PC 2.9 + PC 2.3.2 | 4.1 mi | 633 ft | PC 2.10 access |
| Firetower Rd./Brown's Hollow Trail + Brown's Hollow Trail + Donahue Road | 4.0 mi | 578 ft | Firetower Road access |
| PC 2.10 + PC 2 + PC 3.1 | 5.2 mi | 807 ft | PC 2.10 access |
| PC 2.10 + PC 2 + PC 3.1 | 4.7 mi | 743 ft | PC 2.10 access |
| Kelly Road + Shortcut Trail + Donahue Road | 4.0 mi | 467 ft | Backpack Trail access |
| Unnamed trail + Clear Creek Trail + Willow Creek Trail | 3.0 mi | 169 ft | Unnamed trail access |
| West Elwood Drive Path + Airport Road + Ioway Creek Path | 5.1 mi | 141 ft | ISU-Wallace Road Path access |
| Main Loop Trail + Redrock Climb Trail + Redrock Spur | 7.2 mi | 1,104 ft | Town Loop Trail access |
| Main Loop Trail + 805 Spur + Riverside Trail | 7.1 mi | 929 ft | Steve Garst Trail access |
| Clark/Walnut Avenue Path + Main Street Path + Northwestern Avenue Path | 3.1 mi | 127 ft | Clark/Walnut Avenue Path access |
| Albany + Ridge + Depot | 4.0 mi | 403 ft | Depot access |
| Firewtower Access + Brown's Hollow Trail + Forester Trail | 4.4 mi | 723 ft | Firewtower Access access |
| Sycamore Trail + Trestle Trail | 3.2 mi | 76 ft | Sycamore Trail access |
| Main Street Path + Clark/Walnut Avenue Path + S. 3rd Street Path | 3.2 mi | 126 ft | Main Street Path access |
| Stagecoach Loop + Blazing Star Trail + Buffalo Run | 2.3 mi | 302 ft | Foster's Pass access |
| Badger Ridge Tail + Wildwoods + Turkey Run | 4.1 mi | 654 ft | Badger Ridge Tail access |
| Main Loop Trail + 805 Spur + Riverside Trail | 3.8 mi | 571 ft | Shooting Star access |
| Firetower Rd./Brown's Hollow Trail + Brown's Hollow Trail + Donahue Road | 4.4 mi | 682 ft | Firetower Road access |
| Frog Hollow + Ridge | 3.0 mi | 318 ft | Ridge access |
| Sycamore Trail + Trestle Trail | 2.1 mi | 46 ft | Sycamore Trail access |
| Lake | 4.4 mi | 369 ft | Grassroots access |
| Donahue Rd. + Hefferns Hill Loop + Link (Yellow River State Forest - Paint Creek Unit) | 2.1 mi | 417 ft | Equestrian Campground Trail access |
| Saddle Loop Trail + Saddlel Loop - Red Oak Access + Firetower Trial | 2.6 mi | 450 ft | Saddle Loop - Paint Creek Access access |
| Keosaqua Bike Trail | 2.0 mi | 92 ft | Keosaqua Bike Trail access |
| Trestle Trail + Sycamore Trail | 2.8 mi | 101 ft | Sycamore Trail access |
| Lake + Preserve + Shortcut Hill | 6.1 mi | 478 ft | Clay Hill access |