Trails provide access for visitors while ensuring user safety and resource protection.
Iowa trails are used by hikers, people with varying abilities, as well as those using a variety of transportation forms including touring and mountain bikes, horses, roller skates, skateboards, cross-country skis, snowshoes, snowmobiles, dogsleds and wheelchairs. The Department of Natural Resources provides 600 miles of trails within state park and recreation areas. Some state parks have self-guided interpretive trails. These include points of interest, plant identification and site interpretation. Brochures are available at trail heads and park offices.