Trout Run Loop – River Trail loop from Decorah

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Trout Run Loop – River Trail loop from Decorah

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Trout Run Loop – River Trail loop from Decorah

01:54

30.9km

250m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 23, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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4.75 km

Decorah, Iowa

Highlight • Settlement

Decorah sits in Northern Iowa and boasts a population of just over 7,500. It is said that 470 million years ago a meteorite crashed into what is now Decorah. The crater, nearly 4 miles wide, lies beneath the town.

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7.44 km

Trout Run Loop

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Explore the Trout Run Loop, a 14 km paved trail near Decorah. This 11-mile year-round path invites biking, hiking, running, fishing, nature viewing, and cross-country skiing. Moderately challenging, it crosses …

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12.1 km

Trout Run Trail

Highlight • Trail

The Trout Run Trail winds around the town of Decorah. Along the way you'll see a hilly landscape with cows, wildflowers and hiking paths that venture off the trail.

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14.0 km

Ten Mile Creek kingpost pony truss bridge

Highlight • Bridge

The Ten Mile Creek Bridge, now located on the Trout Run Trail, originally spanned Ten Mile Creek about five miles northwest of Decorah. It was dismantled and relocated to Trout …

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17.8 km

View from the top of the Trout Run Trail

Highlight • Viewpoint

This particular highlight is at the end of a footpath leading 250 meters from a hairpin turn on the Trout Run Trail.

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28.9 km

River Trail

Highlight • Trail

Park in the gravel lot just south of the entrance to Dunning’s Spring Park and next to the Upper Iowa River. The trailhead is just east of where you park …

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30.9 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

17.3 km

6.75 km

6.74 km

116 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

20.3 km

10.2 km

228 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (340 m)

Lowest point (250 m)

Weather

Today

Thursday 15 October

13°C

9°C

98 %

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Max wind speed: 23.0 km/h

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Comments

July 19, 2022,Bike Ride on Trout Run Loop Trail 2022-07-19

This is our 26th bike ride on a virtual biking tour from Land's End to John O'Groats in England, Wales and Scotland.

Each of our bike rides of this virtual tour can be seen in the collection named Virtual Cycling Tour from Land's End to John O'Groats. Here is the link to that collection: komoot.com/collection/1616785/-virtual-cycling-tour-from-land-s-end-to-john-o-groats

October 17, 2021,Trout Run Loop

This tour is our 23rd ride on a virtual bike tour on the Elbe Cycle-Path. This virtual tour follows the Elbe River River from its origin in the Czech Republic to its mouth in the North Sea in Germany. Virtual bike and hiking tours such as this have become our COVID accommodation during this time of restricted travel. You can …

August 15, 2023,Bike Ride on Trout Run Loop clockwise 2023-08-15

This is bike ride #6 on our virtual biking tour of the coast of Britain from Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, Wales to Campbeltown, Scotland. You can follow our virtual tour at komoot.com/collection/2304842/-virtual-biking-tour-cycling-the-coast-of-britain-pembrokeshire-coast-national-park-wales-to-campbeltown-scotland. You can see a komoot collection of all our Virtual Biking Tours completed so far at this link: komoot.com/collection/1791709/-collection-of-our-virtual-biking-tours.