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Grays Lake Park in Des Moines, IA
Grays Lake is a nice park in Des Moines off of Fleur Drive. It has many activities available.From the North entrance, you can access the beach, playground, boat launch, picnic tables, and grills. From the south entrance your near paddle boat rental, tables, and a beautiful bridge out over the lake. Kruidenier Trail can be accessed from either the...
3.2 mile trail near West Des Moines, Iowa
Racoon River Park Loop is about 3.2 miles long and located near West Des Moines, Iowa. The trail is great for hiking and normally takes 1-3 hours. nice easy gravel trail through the woods, and paved near the road. It has benches, emergency call boxes, garbage cans, picnic tables, port-a-potties, and bags to dispose of your dogs waste. It's a very...
2.9 mile trail near West Des Moines, Iowa
Walnut Woods State Park trail is about 2.9 miles long and located near West Des Moines, Iowa. The trail is great for hiking and normally takes 1-3 hours. This was a really nice trail with look out points along the river. Very pretty and peacefull.
1.9 mile trail near West Des Moines, Iowa
Browns Woods Loop is about 1.9 miles long and located near West Des Moines, Iowa. The trail is great for hiking and normally takes 1-3 hours. This is a nice moderate dirt trail through Browns Woods. It has primitive benches to rest along the trail, a cellular phone audio tour, and port a pottys at the parking lot.
Trips
This is a nice moderate dirt trail through Browns Woods. It has primitive benches to rest along the trail, a cellular phone audio tour, and port a pottys at the parking lot.
This easy dirt trail runs from the trail head near theplayground and spits you out near the East entrance. I took the road back to my car. This was a really nice trail with look out points along the river. Very pretty and peacefull.
Spraying the trails before first frost.
Wonderful temperatures in the 70s compelled me to head out doors to the Skunk River Greenbelt with my two oldest Schnauzers. The Greenbelt has been muddy for the past couple of visits I have made, but it has dried up nicely and allowed us to make the complete trip to the Anderson Canoe access. Good to see that more people have discovered this wonderful trail in northern Story County. We met several...
This is a short hike on a well maintained trail that leads to an elevated wooden tower that overlooks the valley. It is a "out and back" trail with some steep elevation change. On the trip back we took a side trail which led us to the bunk house in a small valley. This is a nice hike and great for kids.
This is a beautiful county park with 4.1 miles of hiking trails. This hike covers 2.8 miles of these trails. It is an out and back hike. There are several points of interest that are marked with descriptions of the area. The first leg of the hike is on a well maintained gravel/dirt trail with some elevation change to take you past the bunk house to the Swinging Bridge. The next section...
nice easy gravel trail through the woods, and paved near the road. It has benches, emergency call boxes, garbage cans, picnic tables, port-a-potties, and bags to dispose of your dogs waste. It's a very nice, clean, senic trail.
Took the dog out for a spirited hike through central Iowa's best park, Ledges. Great ascents.
Took the dogs on the Skunk River Greenbelt south of Story City. Neat trail, but the mud forced us to turn back.
