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Iowa’s Cedar Valley Nature Trail | Photo by Liz Zabel, courtesy GO Cedar Rapids

Learn about trails in Iowa including top trails, trail statistics, funding, projects and how you can get involved.

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State Stats

101

total rail-trails

1,009

miles of rail-trails

28

current projects

221

miles of potential rail-trail

17.8 M

Available Funds in the State

US Funds

FY23 Total Reserved for Transportation Alternatives and Recreational Trails Program (source: FHWA)

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Learn about Transportation Alternatives funding in the state

News & Stories from IA

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Ribbon cutting of Iowa's High Trestle Trail to Raccoon River Valley Trail Connector | Photo courtesy of Iowa Bicycle Coalition

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Great American Rail-Trail

The Great American Rail-Trail® is the nation’s first cross-country multiuse trail, stretching more than 3,700 miles between Washington, D.C., and Washington State.

^{Iowa’s High Trestle Trail | Photo by TrailLink user jguttormsson}

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