Welcome to Dickinson County Trails
The Iowa Great Lakes Trail winds its way through the Iowa Great Lakes region, which offers plenty of outdoor opportunities for visitors. The multi-use Iowa Great Lakes Trail provides local citizens and visitors a safe place to bike, walk, rollerblade, run and cross-country ski.
“Converting an abandoned rail corridor into a trail is not always an easy task, but it is one whose rewards to your community and region will continue far into the future.” ~ Peter Harnick, Converting Rails to Trails, 1989 ~ 2020 TRAIL PLANNING At the end of each year, DCTB goes through strategic planning…
“The dream is to spiderweb this entire nation with so many green threads, principally along streams and ridges, that every citizen would be only minutes away from one.” ~ NOEL GROVE, Land & People, 1994 ~ COUPLE TREKS THE IOWA GREAT LAKES TRAILS EACH YEAR Every year Bob and Delna Mulhair spend their time…
“Everything’s possible when you’re seeing the world from a bike seat – even changing your life.” ~ DOUG DONALDSON, Bicycling Magazine’s Guide to Bike Touring, 2005 ~ IOWA GREAT LAKES BIKE RIDES SUPPORT TRAILS There are many great bike rides and trail events every year in the Iowa Great Lakes and a number of them…
“A trail in good repair after a hundred years has obviously been greatly valued by humans as a much needed route for trade, transportation, recreation, or pilgrimage.” ~ STEPHEN ALTSCHULER, The Mindful Hiker: On the Trail to Find a Path, 2004 ~ BIKES – BREWS – BITES FUNDRAISER The 2019 trails fundraiser was a big…