In the area west of the University of Iowa campus, the Clear Creek Trail and Tiffin Trail form a nearly 10-mile linear park trail. Also enjoy a terrific running track and a well-known cross-country course.
Start either off the Iowa River Trail @ 1st Ave. or at the athletic complex area of the University of Iowa, where there’s the Francis X. Cretzmeyer Track. Head west on the Clear Creek Trail, a combination gravel and paved path passing through open & wooded terrain. You’ll be running west through Mormon Handcart Park and the University of Iowa Outdoor Research Area, where you can get off the trail and run the Ashton Cross-Country Course. Cross Camp Cardinal Blvd. and continue through the Clear Creek Greenbelt, along a creek in some sections. At 5.3 miles, you’ll reach I-80, where you can continue across the highway onto the paved, 4-mile Tiffin Trail, through Tiffin City Park. The trail ends at Half Moon Ave. NW.
Add-Ons. The Iowa River Trail at the east end, and also paths through the University of Iowa Campus.
In the area west of the University of Iowa campus, the Clear Creek Trail and Tiffin Trail form a nearly 10-mile linear park trail. Also enjoy a terrific running track and a well-known cross-country course.
Start either off the Iowa River Trail @ 1st Ave. or at the athletic complex area of the University of Iowa, where there’s the Francis X. Cretzmeyer Track. Head west on the Clear Creek Trail, a combination gravel and paved path passing through open & wooded terrain. You’ll be running west through Mormon Handcart Park and the University of Iowa Outdoor Research Area, where you can get off the trail and run the Ashton Cross-Country Course. Cross Camp Cardinal Blvd. and continue through the Clear Creek Greenbelt, along a creek in some sections. At 5.3 miles, you’ll reach I-80, where you can continue across the highway onto the paved, 4-mile Tiffin Trail, through Tiffin City Park. The trail ends at Half Moon Ave. NW.
Add-Ons. The Iowa River Trail at the east end, and also paths through the University of Iowa Campus.
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