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High Trestle Trail route map
Difficulty: EasyPoint to Point
Iowa

High Trestle Trail

Ankeny, Iowa

25.0 mi

Distance

1,552 ft

Elev. Gain

8h 33m

Est. Time

Point to Point

Route Type

Easy

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for High Trestle 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:278 ft
Max:326 ft
Gain:473 ft
Loss:451 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 278 ft and 326 ft across 24.8 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.278 ft294 ft310 ft326 ft0.0 mi6.2 mi12.4 mi18.6 mi24.8 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi299 ft
High point24.6 mi326 ft
End24.8 mi321 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Point to Point

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Ankeny, 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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