We especially enjoyed the area around Copper Creek Lake! We connected with the trail coming from The Chichaqua Valley Trail at Berwick. Coming into Altoona there were a few hills which made it more interesting. Looking forward for the completion of the trail with the connection to Bondurant! Loved it!!

Beautiful ride. Wide concrete trail around a lake. Wooded, bridges, scenic. Plenty of places to stop with picnic tables.

Perfect length, completely paved, great views!

After the high school, I wouldn't call the hills "gentle". Even the ones that aren't as steep are long. Trail surface was good. I enjoyed the country landscape, and Rock Creek State Park is a worthy destination. But if you don't like hills, you will NOT like this trail.

We simply walked from marsh in south Ankeny up to Oralabor. We saw a Oriole, Indigo Bunting, and had a beautiful Goldfinch fly up to two feet of us on a tree branch. There were several off trails from the main one. The second marsh had several turtles sunning themselves on a log. We are looking forward to walking this again.

Good trail. Started at Bondurant parking lot and went about 6 miles toward Berwick/Ankeny-ish direction, so this is the portion of the trail I’m speaking for. No major hazards like cracks or uneven pavement that tripped me up. A decent amount of road crossings to look out for. There was a decent sized hill near the start, so just prep for that. Other than that, it was somewhat flat. A little bit downhill on the way there in some spots, but nothing major. A decent amount of road crossings with the little red rumble strips which can be tricky. Also, toward where I parked there was some cobblestone to get on the trail. Hard to skate on, so I walked in the grass around. Inconvenient but not a huge deal. Overall, decent trail. Pretty smooth concrete, looks new. Not amazingly scenic, but a nice view. Would recommend if you’re just looking to get out for a ride.

I like loop trails. this one takes you along small lakes, forest areas, and across beautiful bridges.

Steepest grade (according to our Garmin GPSMap64) was 8% on the trail; on the detour (crossing the dam to accomplish the detour) was 15%. No signs to direct you around the detour ¿¿, but there is a foot bridge crossing the river that connects Hoewell Station Rec Area with North Overlook Rec Area. But it requires riding across the dam. While crossing the dam you will see that the trail could be reopened ¿¿.

I ride trails in Kansas City, have ridden on portions of The Katy Trail, etc. this trail isn’t in as good of shape as The Katy Trail but it was good enough to have a great ride! I rode from Keota to Washington. The first day was a day after a storm and there were branches, vegetation and some mud spots. All part of a nature trail bike ride. The next day most of the vegetation, branches, etc were cleared. The trail was dried up and it was very good. It is mostly flat with small inclines and declines. Great ride!