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Walnut Woods Racoon River Trail route map
Difficulty: ModerateLoop
Walnut Woods State Park/Iowa

Walnut Woods Racoon River Trail

West Des Moines, Iowa

3.0 mi

Distance

614 ft

Elev. Gain

1h 1m

Est. Time

Loop

Route Type

Moderate

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Walnut Woods Racoon River 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.

Iowa Department of Natural Resources manages this trail and is the authority for conditions, closures and route notes. See official sources below. Spot something we should add?

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

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Elevation Profile

Min:245 ft
Max:269 ft
Gain:187 ft
Loss:187 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 245 ft and 269 ft across 3.0 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.245 ft253 ft261 ft269 ft0.0 mi0.7 mi1.5 mi2.2 mi3.0 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi263 ft
High point2.3 mi269 ft
End3.0 mi263 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Loop

Official sources & verification

Managed by Iowa Department of Natural Resources

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Source of truth

Where it is

Nearest town:
West Des Moines, IA · in or next to town
County:
Polk County, IA
Jurisdiction:
Walnut Woods State Park · Iowa Department of Natural Resources

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

Verify by phone or mail

  • Operator:(515) 285-4502
  • Address:3155 Walnut Woods Dr, West Des Moines, IA 50265 · IA
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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