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Big Creek State Park and Neal Smith Trail route map
Difficulty: ModerateLoop
Iowa

Big Creek State Park and Neal Smith Trail

Polk City, Iowa

3.5 mi

Distance

492 ft

Elev. Gain

Loop

Route Type

Moderate

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Big Creek State Park and Neal Smith Trail unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

The managing agency is the authority for conditions, closures and route notes. See official sources below. Spot something we should add?

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

We have no current condition data for this trail. Check with the operator before you go, and submit a report below if you've been recently.

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Elevation Profile

Min:279 ft
Max:298 ft
Gain:150 ft
Loss:150 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 279 ft and 298 ft across 3.5 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.279 ft285 ft292 ft298 ft0.0 mi0.9 mi1.8 mi2.7 mi3.5 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi286 ft
High point0.3 mi298 ft
End3.5 mi286 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Loop

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Polk City, IA · in or next to town
County:
Polk County, IA

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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