Hikes near West Des Moines, Iowa
Ambleway maps 211 hikes within 60 miles of West Des Moines. The wildest is 517th Lane at 76% wild, 44 miles out in Stephens State Forest - Cedar Creek Unit. Nothing within 5 miles of the centre scores as wild; the nearest that does is Northeast 45th Street, 14 miles out.
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Hikes
A short drive · 5–25 miles
180th Avenue
16 mi away · 2.5 mi · ▲ 112 ft
Woodland Mounds Trail
22 mi away · 2.6 mi · ▲ 115 ft
Big Creek Lake
18 mi away · 2 mi · ▲ 54 ft
Cardinal Flower Trail & Otter Trail
21 mi away · 3.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft
Northeast 45th Street
14 mi away · 4.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft
Saylorville Lake & Lakeshore Trail
15 mi away · 1.1 mi · ▲ 27 ft
High Trestle Trail
22 mi away · 9.1 mi · ▲ 160 ft
Chichaqua Valley Trail
23 mi away · 11.7 mi · ▲ 192 ft
Worth the drive · 25–60 miles
517th Lane
44 mi away · 2.1 mi · ▲ 156 ft
Knapp Avenue
40 mi away · 2 mi · ▲ 136 ft
F Avenue
59 mi away · 2.6 mi · ▲ 114 ft
Polk Street Sunset Point & Polk Street
28 mi away · 2 mi · ▲ 27 ft
West River Loop
54 mi away · 1.9 mi · ▲ 82 ft
Shaw Place
26 mi away · 2.3 mi · ▲ 166 ft
Lake Red Rock & 150th Avenue
36 mi away · 2.3 mi · ▲ 54 ft
697th Avenue
59 mi away · 1.9 mi · ▲ 126 ft
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Lake Colechester via Highway 28 Trail
4 mi away · 8.3 mi · ▲ 247 ft
Bill Riley Trail & Walnut Creek Trail
1 mi away · 4.2 mi · ▲ 27 ft
Around the Block–Bill Riley Trail, 9 sights
2 mi away · 8.6 mi · ▲ 54 ft
Lime Basin–J11 Mountain Bike Trail, 3 sights
1 mi away · 7.9 mi · ▲ 26 ft
Gray's Lake–Gray's Lake Park Beach, 3 beaches
4 mi away · 4.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft
Lime Basin–Clive Greenbelt Trail, 4 sights
3 mi away · 15 mi · ▲ 53 ft
Around the Block–Dirty Connector Mountain Bike Trail, 5 sights
1 mi away · 3.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft
Raccoon River Park Beach & Jordan Creek Trail
2 mi away · 8.9 mi · ▲ 136 ft