Iowa trails · Mount Pleasant Trail
Mount Pleasant Trail
A 4.8-mile network in Iowa, with 100 ft of climbing. Reaches East Lake. Managed by Local Government.
Elevation profile
Essentially flat — no sustained climb anywhere along its 4.8 miles.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- East Lake (lake)
Getting there
Mount Pleasant Trail access. About 6 min drive (2 mi) from Mount Pleasant. 40.94834, -91.53002 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:48 a.m., the sun rises at 7:16 a.m. and sets at 6:27 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 6:55 p.m. (CDT) — 11 h 11 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 4.8-mile route takes roughly 1 h 50 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 9:05 a.m. — 9 h 22 min before sunset.
Nearby trails
- Lake — 11.6 mi
- Fairfield Trail Loop — 23.0 mi
- Shimek Forest Trails — 23.7 mi
- Shimek Forest - Lick Creek Trails — 24.2 mi