High Trestle Trail
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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.
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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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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]