| High Trestle Trail | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Length | 25 mi (40 km) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Central Iowa, United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trailheads | Ankeny Sheldahl Slater Madrid Woodward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Use | Hiking, biking, equestrian (between Slater and the Des Moines River, and the Des Moines River to Woodward, but not on the bridge itself) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Surface | Asphalt / concrete | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Right of way | Local governments and/or groups, on land formerly owned by Union Pacific Railroad[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Trestle Trail is a rail trail running from Ankeny to Woodward in central Iowa.[2] The recreation trail opened on April 30, 2011.[3][4][5][6][7] It is a paved recreational trail that runs through the Polk, Story, Boone, and Dallas counties. The trail's name is derived from a former 1913 bridge that spanned the Des Moines River between the towns of Madrid and Woodward.
Conservation board directors and the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation estimate that more than 3,000 people use this trail each week.[8] The trail is a major component of a planned pair of 100-mile (160 km) loops that will meet near Des Moines.[1][9]
- ^ a b Polk County Conservation Board. "High Trestle Trail". Retrieved July 3, 2012.
- ^ Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation (INHF) website, updated October 2011, retrieved October 14, 2011.
- ^ http://www.inhf.org/pdfs/11_INHF_winter_mag_pp1-16_1-7-11_final_11.pdf Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Celebrate a world-class trails destination INHF Winter 2011 Magazine website retrieved March 14, 2011.
- ^ http://www.inhf.org/high-trestle-trail-intro.cfm Premier trail and bridge officially opens at Grand Celebration, April 2011 INHF website, updated October 2011, retrieved October 10, 2011.
- ^ "Map of High Trestle Trail". INHF website. Archived from the original on October 21, 2011. Retrieved March 14, 2011.
- ^ "High Trestle Trail Map". Polk County Conservation Board website. Archived from the original on July 20, 2013. Retrieved April 20, 2013.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 11, 2009. Retrieved October 27, 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Transportation Map for Bicyclists, 2010 edition, (see trail #2) Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) website retrieved February 17, 2010. - ^ http://www.inhf.org/high-trestle-trail-intro.cfm High Trestle Trail Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation website updated June 2011 retrieved July 19, 2011.
- ^ "Report: High Trestle Trail Bridge top spot on 600 miles of trails". Business Record (businessrecord.com) website. Des Moines, Iowa. June 8, 2015. Archived from the original on September 8, 2018. Retrieved May 22, 2023. See 2015 Trail Counter Report in May 2015 which is a pdf file on the Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (dmampo.org) website.