Frontier Iowa Trails

Golden Hills RC&D helps coordinate the Frontier Iowa Trails (FIT) network, which is a group of western Iowans who are working to develop a regional multi-use trails system. 

Western Iowa Bike Trails and Routes:
  • Iowa DOT Bike Map - Statewide map showing trails, bike routes, paved shoulders, and traffic volumes. You can also pick up a printed copy of this at our office - 712 South Highway Street in Oakland. ​
  • Metro Area Bike Map - interactive map icludes trails and bike routes in the Omaha-Council Bluffs area.
  • Iowa by Trail - interactive mobile app that connects Iowans to trails and surrounding natural areas.
  • Iowa Bike Routes - includes information about on-road routes, trails, gravel routes, and more.
  • Bike Iowa - this site connects "cyclists with Iowa communities and making Iowa a better place to ride your bicycle with the most comprehensive Event and Race calendar, News, Features, Reviews, RAGBRAI and Team and Club information on the planet."
  • American Discovery Trail - The ADT is a cross-country trail composed of many other existing trails and some unique connector routes between them. 
  • Great American Rail Trail - This coast-t0-coast trail passes through southwest Iowa. Parts of it are already built, with some gaps remaining.
  • Cass County Trails Map - Current trails in Cass County. 
  • Avoca Trails Map - City trail system in Avoca.
  • Pottawattamie County Trails - Current trails in Pott. County.

County Trail Plans

The maps below are from countywide trail plans specifically for hard-surface trails. These maps are based on community input sessions for the most popular routes by residents of the county. The plans are long-range and offer a guide for where people would like to see trails. 
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Harrison County
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Shelby County
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Pottawattamie County
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Cass County
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Mills County
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Montgomery County
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Fremont County
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Page County
FIT partners include: