I was just wondering where i can ride in Iowa? Are there any legal trails I can ride?

 

beartracker it depends on what part of the state your inwhere the best spot for u is. there is a iowa ohv site hosted by atving, that u can find on the links page, when i last checked it was down though. but there are parks in waterloo(inside city limits i hear), solon(NE of the reservior), bluff creek is about 15mi SW of oskaloosa, there ia another 20-30 mi sw of bluff creek i cant remeber very well off hand. and there is spose to be one opening near council bluffs sometime.

 

There is a 428 acre park near Montrose. I
haven't been there yet. Call 800 368 2604

 

There is a place called "Sandcastle Raceway" that is privately owned in Des Moines. it consists of 2 motocross tracks and a very large sandbar. The owner charges admission or season passes. It is 160 acres. There are two places south down by Chariton. One is near Bussey, IA and the other one is called Rathbun by lake Rathbun. There is a place called Bluff's Run over by Omaha. There is a place in or by Waterloo also. I believe that there is one more by Ottumwa, but I am not sure. Hope it helps.

 

Illegally, there are trails all over the Des Moines area. They lead from Saylorville to downtown Des Moines. I would guess that there are at least 50 miles of trails in the Des Moines area. There are two tiny tracks and some serious hills on these trails. Hope it helps.

 

To hakmazter;
Do the trails in and around Des Moines and Saylorville follow the bike path? Where is a good place to park/unload to go ride? Thanks for the riding info.

Smerk
2000 Polaris xpedition 425
Kawasaki Mojave

 

are there any trails in northern iowa??? i am starting to think there isnt, does anyone know of any privately owned trails in north iowa?? well thanks

Ranger
87 250X

 

Hey Hakmazter hows it going? I think your a little mistaken on one location, Bluffs Run in Council Bluffs (Where I'm from) is a dog track and casino. They are trying to open a trail system near there at the river (people do ride there buts its illegal right now and you can get fined if caught) all they need to make it legal is parking area and trail access point, then it's basically legal. But they have had problems like flooding in recent years hold up the project. Now I'm in Cedar Rapids Iowa and a place called 700 acres is located in this area to ride.

Hope this helps,

Sickman

 

Sickman, My quad is disassembled right now, but it will be back together in about 3 weeks. Needed a new frame color. If you give us directions, we'll come to this 700 acres place and ride with you. What is it like? MX? Is it public or private?

 

Hakmazter, I ahve actually never ridden at 700 acres myself, so I can't tell you what it's like. I'm pretty busy (Work full time at Rockwell and taking 2 classes for College) so I don't know how much riding other than racing I will be doing until summer. Also I'm not going to ride mine because I'm trying to get a Laeger's, so it will hopefully be for sale around that time. So I probably won't go riding then because I don't need to risk crashing and hurting the quad at all because it's in mint condition now.