United States

Iowa Trails

Browse 1,856 named hiking and mountain biking trails across Iowa, with maps, distances, and elevation profiles.

1,856
Named trails
4,262 mi
Total length
83
Counties
948
Hiking
1,181
Mountain biking
910
Campsites
672
Boat launches
20
Waterfalls
Outline map of Iowa

About trails in Iowa

Iowa has 1,856 named trails mapped across 83 counties, covering 4,262 miles in total, an average of 2.3 miles per trail. 948 of them are tagged for hiking and 1,181 for mountain biking.

The largest networks are Johnson County (388 trails), Polk County (347 trails), and Linn County (159 trails). The longest single trail in the state is Neal Smith Trail in Polk County, at 73.1 miles. Across Iowa the map also carries 23 trailheads, 910 campsites, 20 waterfalls, and 672 boat launches.

Explore by activity

Best hiking trails in Iowa
948 trails
Best mountain biking trails in Iowa
1,181 trails

Top trails in Iowa

Neal Smith TrailHikePolk County73.1 miClear Creek TrailHikeMTBJohnson County61.7 miHeritage TrailMTBDubuque County57.7 miRaccoon River Valley TrailHikeDallas County56.1 miLinn Creek Recreational TrailHikeMTBMarshall County50.0 miLewis and Clark TrailMTBHarrison County42.0 miADT - Iowa - K - Seg 3HikeGrundy County41.2 miIowa River Trail - Terry Trueblood to Waterworks Prairie ParkHikeJohnson County35.8 miIowa Highway 330 TrailHikeMarshall County33.0 miTerril LoopMTBDickinson County32.5 miSummerset TrailHikeWarren County32.4 miThree Rivers TrailMTBHumboldt County32.3 miDragoon Trail - Des Moines to Lake Red RockHikeMarion County30.8 miVolksweg TrailMTBMarion County30.8 miCedar Valley Lakes TrailMTBBlack Hawk County30.7 miSac & Fox TrailHikeMTBLinn County30.6 miDragoon Trail - Fort Dodge to StratfordHikeWebster County30.3 miIowa Great Lakes TrailMTBDickinson County29.3 miHeart of Iowa Nature TrailMTBStory County28.9 miRaccoon River Valley Trail North LoopMTBDallas County28.5 miKewash Nature TrailMTBWashington County28.0 miADT - Iowa - K - Seg 4HikeStory County27.2 miGay Lea Wilson Trail WestHikePolk County27.2 miOriginal Raccoon River Valley TrailMTBDallas County27.0 mi

Browse by county

Allamakee County
32 trails · 33.4 mi
Benton County
8 trails · 46.3 mi
Black Hawk County
25 trails · 102 mi
Boone County
16 trails · 35.8 mi
Bremer County
11 trails · 35.7 mi
Buchanan County
7 trails · 4.9 mi
Carroll County
4 trails · 32.5 mi
Cedar County
5 trails · 26.1 mi
Cerro Gordo County
26 trails · 84.7 mi
Cherokee County
9 trails · 4.1 mi
Clarke County
9 trails · 6.3 mi
Clayton County
17 trails · 16.4 mi
Clinton County
6 trails · 16.5 mi
Dallas County
68 trails · 176 mi
Davis County
4 trails · 10.5 mi
Delaware County
8 trails · 16.7 mi
Des Moines County
8 trails · 46.0 mi
Dickinson County
9 trails · 97.8 mi
Dubuque County
86 trails · 145 mi
Fayette County
10 trails · 17.8 mi
Greene County
4 trails · 17.1 mi
Grundy County
4 trails · 68.7 mi
Guthrie County
16 trails · 27.1 mi
Hardin County
5 trails · 27.4 mi
Harrison County
27 trails · 72.4 mi
Henry County
3 trails · 7.9 mi
Ida County
15 trails · 9.6 mi
Jackson County
31 trails · 50.0 mi
Jasper County
8 trails · 33.8 mi
Jefferson County
13 trails · 33.4 mi
Johnson County
388 trails · 597 mi
Jones County
19 trails · 22.1 mi
Lee County
3 trails · 2.9 mi
Linn County
159 trails · 293 mi
Louisa County
5 trails · 25.1 mi
Lyon County
7 trails · 8.0 mi
Mahaska County
3 trails · 25.8 mi
Marion County
7 trails · 66.5 mi
Marshall County
3 trails · 102 mi
Mills County
8 trails · 38.0 mi
Mitchell County
17 trails · 21.4 mi
Monona County
10 trails · 22.0 mi
Monroe County
3 trails · 0.6 mi
Montgomery County
3 trails · 27.8 mi
Muscatine County
7 trails · 54.0 mi
Polk County
347 trails · 781 mi
Pottawattamie County
66 trails · 97.0 mi
Scott County
15 trails · 45.2 mi
Sioux County
12 trails · 12.9 mi
Story County
52 trails · 143 mi
Tama County
7 trails · 9.0 mi
Van Buren County
6 trails · 15.0 mi
Wapello County
11 trails · 12.2 mi
Warren County
23 trails · 102 mi
Washington County
11 trails · 31.2 mi
Webster County
23 trails · 56.7 mi
Winneshiek County
38 trails · 44.7 mi
Woodbury County
72 trails · 63.7 mi

Trails by town

North Liberty
40 trails nearby
Decorah
32 trails nearby
Central City
27 trails nearby
Crescent
26 trails nearby
Coralville
18 trails nearby
Lehigh
18 trails nearby
Cedar Rapids
17 trails nearby
Dubuque
15 trails nearby
Solon
14 trails nearby
Waterville
14 trails nearby
Coon Rapids
13 trails nearby
Ida Grove
12 trails nearby
Minburn
12 trails nearby
Center Junction
11 trails nearby
Mason City
11 trails nearby
Des Moines
10 trails nearby
Harpers Ferry
10 trails nearby
McGregor
10 trails nearby
Pisgah
10 trails nearby
Tiffin
10 trails nearby
Ames
9 trails nearby
Baldwin
9 trails nearby
Boone
9 trails nearby
Fairfield
9 trails nearby

Trail geometry from OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed ODbL. Elevation from the USGS 3D Elevation Program. Compiled and published by Trailmonger · trail data last rebuilt .