West Des Moines, Iowa Travel Information

Des Moines and Central Iowa For a rural state, central Iowa is surprisingly urban and urbane, in a relatively gentle way. The region includes Des Moines, surrounding Polk County, and bits of neighboring counties. With a populati... Des Moines, IA

Des Moines, Iowa, and the Golden Circle There’s no better place to begin your tour of this part of the state than the town of Grinnell. J.B. Grinnell, the founder of the town and the nationally acclaimed Grinnell College located here, was t... Des Moines, IA

Field of Dreams: Cedar Rapids, Des Moines Baseball Trip Iowa baseball includes a magical site, the Dyersville farm where the movie A Field of Dreams was set. Visitors have been playing on the field, for free, every day in good weather since the movie crew ... Des Moines, IA

Iowa Travel Guide by Fodor's This travel guide is a chapter on Iowa excerpted from the book "Fodor's USA." It covers the entire state of Iowa region by region and contains sections on exploring, dining, lodging, nightlife & the a... Des Moines, IA

Iowa Travel Information by Rough Guides Although at times serene, and almost always verdant, nothing about Iowa truly stands out: this 55,000-square-mile chunk of the Great Plains doesn’t even manage to be completely flat, it just wobbles u... Des Moines, IA

Other Activities

• Des Moines and Central Iowa Off the Beaten Path Travel

Walnut Creek Trail (Distance: 1.4 mi) A lowland trail that eventually hooks onto both the Great Western and Clive Greenbelt Trails, this hike takes you through the woods and past a languid stretch of Walnut Creek, dotted with small island...

West Des Moines, IA - Hiking - length:9.4 mi

Great Western Trail (Distance: 2.2 mi) Beginning on the edge of Water Works Park, a large open green space south of downtown Des Moines, this trail on a former railroad bed winds past the outer edge of Des Moines International Airport yet ...

West Des Moines, IA - Hiking - length:11 mi

Clive Greenbelt Trail (Distance: 2.3 mi) This trail forms a bridge between the Walnut Creek Trail and the eastern edge of the Raccoon River Valley Trail as it heads into the countryside west of Des Moines. Beginning just off a busy road that...

Clive, IA - Hiking - length:7 mi

Brown’s Woods Nature Trail (Distance: 2.5 mi) This hike is a “double loop,” or two trails linked together, and is located inside the largest urban forest preserve in Iowa: Brown’s Woods, 484 wooded acres that hug the Raccoon River just inside the...

West Des Moines, IA - Hiking - length:1.9 mi

Trestle to Trestle Trail (Distance: 5.2 mi) With lots of neat little pools swarming with flora and fauna alongside the trail as it passes through boggy lowlands along the Des Moines River, this hike is a great opportunity to explore the natural...

Urbandale, IA - Hiking - length:3.2 mi

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Waveland Waveland Golf Course Municipal, 18 holes 6437 yards, par 72 2.0 miles from center of West Des Moines, Iowa

Red Willow Creek Golf Course, Inc. Public, 18 holes 6465 yards, par 71 3.5 miles from center of West Des Moines, Iowa

White Willow Creek Golf Course, Inc. Public, 9 holes 2947 yards, par 35 3.5 miles from center of West Des Moines, Iowa

Blue Willow Creek Golf Course, Inc. Public, 9 holes 2438 yards, par 33 3.5 miles from center of West Des Moines, Iowa

Wakonda Wakonda Club Private Equity, 18 holes 6959 yards, par 72 3.9 miles from center of West Des Moines, Iowa

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