Iowa Trail Maps | Trailmonger

About trails in Iowa

Iowa has 1,855 named trails mapped across 82 counties, covering 4,261 miles in total, an average of 2.3 miles per trail. 949 of them are tagged for hiking and 1,176 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, 903 campsites, 19 waterfalls, and 670 boat launches.

Top trails in Iowa

Neal Smith TrailMTBPolk County73.1 mi Clear Creek TrailHikeMTBJohnson County61.7 mi Heritage TrailMTBDubuque County57.7 mi Raccoon River Valley TrailHikeDallas County56.1 mi Linn Creek Recreational TrailHikeMTBMarshall County50.0 mi Lewis and Clark TrailMTBHarrison County42.0 mi ADT - Iowa - K - Seg 3HikeGrundy County41.2 mi Iowa River Trail - Terry Trueblood to Waterworks Prairie ParkHikeJohnson County35.8 mi Iowa Highway 330 TrailHikeMarshall County33.0 mi Terril LoopMTBDickinson County32.5 mi Summerset TrailHikeWarren County32.4 mi Three Rivers TrailMTBHumboldt County32.3 mi Dragoon Trail - Des Moines to Lake Red RockHikeMarion County30.8 mi Volksweg TrailMTBMarion County30.8 mi Cedar Valley Lakes TrailMTBBlack Hawk County30.7 mi Sac & Fox TrailHikeMTBLinn County30.6 mi Dragoon Trail - Fort Dodge to StratfordHikeWebster County30.3 mi Iowa Great Lakes TrailMTBDickinson County29.3 mi Heart of Iowa Nature TrailMTBStory County28.9 mi Raccoon River Valley Trail North LoopHikeDallas County28.5 mi Kewash Nature TrailMTBWashington County28.0 mi ADT - Iowa - K - Seg 4HikeStory County27.2 mi Gay Lea Wilson Trail WestMTBPolk County27.2 mi Original Raccoon River Valley TrailMTBDallas County27.0 mi

Browse by county

Allamakee County

32 trails · 33.4 mi

8 trails · 46.3 mi

Black Hawk County

25 trails · 102 mi

16 trails · 35.8 mi

11 trails · 35.7 mi

Buchanan County

7 trails · 4.9 mi

4 trails · 32.5 mi

5 trails · 26.1 mi

Cerro Gordo County

26 trails · 84.7 mi

Cherokee County

8 trails · 3.7 mi

9 trails · 6.3 mi

17 trails · 16.4 mi

6 trails · 16.5 mi

68 trails · 176 mi

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

87 trails · 146 mi

10 trails · 17.8 mi

4 trails · 17.1 mi

4 trails · 68.7 mi

16 trails · 27.1 mi

5 trails · 27.4 mi

Harrison County

27 trails · 72.4 mi

3 trails · 7.9 mi

15 trails · 9.6 mi

31 trails · 50.0 mi

8 trails · 33.8 mi

Jefferson County

13 trails · 33.4 mi

388 trails · 597 mi

19 trails · 22.1 mi

3 trails · 2.9 mi

159 trails · 293 mi

5 trails · 25.1 mi

7 trails · 8.0 mi

3 trails · 25.8 mi

7 trails · 66.5 mi

Marshall County

3 trails · 102 mi

8 trails · 38.0 mi

Mitchell County

17 trails · 21.4 mi

10 trails · 22.0 mi

3 trails · 0.6 mi

Montgomery County

3 trails · 27.8 mi

Muscatine County

7 trails · 54.0 mi

347 trails · 781 mi

Pottawattamie County

66 trails · 97.0 mi

15 trails · 45.1 mi

12 trails · 12.9 mi

52 trails · 143 mi

7 trails · 9.0 mi

Van Buren County

6 trails · 15.0 mi

11 trails · 12.2 mi

23 trails · 102 mi

Washington County

11 trails · 31.2 mi

23 trails · 56.7 mi

Winneshiek County

38 trails · 44.7 mi

Woodbury County

72 trails · 63.7 mi

Trail geometry from OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed ODbL. Elevation from the USGS 3D Elevation Program. Compiled and published by Trailmonger · trail data last rebuilt August 9, 2026.