Great Western Trail (Iowa)

The Great Western Trail is a rail trail in the Des Moines metropolitan area south-central Iowa, United States.

Not to be confused with Great Western Trail.

The Great Western Trail south of Cumming in northwestern Warren County

Description

The trails is 16.5 miles (26.6 km) long and paved with asphalt.[1] The trail follows the route of an abandoned line of the Chicago, St. Paul and Kansas City Railroad, constructed in 1899 and last operated by the Chicago and North Western Railway.[2] It runs between southwestern Des Moines at its north end and Martensdale at the south, passing through suburban areas, Willow Creek Golf Course, fields and farmland, and the wooded valley of the North River.[3]

The trail is maintained by the Conservation Boards of Polk and Warren Counties.[2]

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See also

References
  1. Central Iowa Tourism Region: Trails of central Iowa.
  2. Warren County Conservation Board: Great Western Trail. Archived 2007-02-13 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Trails.com: Great Western Trail". Archived from the original on 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2006-10-15.


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