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.
DICKINSON COUNTY TRAILS 2020 VIRTUAL FUNDRAISER
TRAIL MAINTENANCE WORK CONTINUES Maintenance continues on several segments of the trail system in Okoboji, Spirit Lake and Orleans. In mid-May, new asphalt overlays were completed on the Nature Center Trail and the Spine Trail by Kiwanis Park. The asphalt crew will return at the beginning of June to continue paving the Spine Trail from…
DCTB MAKES PLANS FOR TATONKA SKA TRAILHEAD The site of the former Deja Blues Diner in Spirit Lake became available after the building was sold and hauled away. DCTB was fortunate to receive a grant for purchasing the property and is now in the process of looking at a design for the trailhead. The parking…
DCTB 2020 TRAIL DEVELOPMENT PLANS The Dickinson County Trails Board has substantial plans to expand trail development this coming season. Through a number of foundation, state and federal grants along with donations to the DCTB development fund, the board is working on goals to add nearly 8 miles of new trail this year. A key…
GRANT SECURED FOR SPINE TRAIL MAINTENANCE In January, DCTB was awarded a Federal Recreational Trails grant for a significant maintenance project on the Spine Trail. The grant for $313,300 will provide for a 2-inch asphalt overlay of the trail starting at 15th Street in Spirit Lake and going north to 125th Street in Orleans for…