Above: some of the scenery that you'll see on rides in our area. This is from an organized ride on county road J40 in nearby Davis County.
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Places to ride
(Note: Trail surfaces vary. Not all are paved.)
Iowa
Jefferson County Trails (Fairfield)
Volksweg Trail (Pella and Lake Red Rock)
Wabash Trace Nature Trail (southwest Iowa)
Linn County Trails (Cedar Rapids metro)
Johnson County Trails (Iowa City metro)
Cedar Valley trails (Waterloo/Cedar Falls metro)
Prairie Farmer Trail (Winneshiek/Howard co)
​Neighboring states
Katy Trail and State Park in mid-Missouri​
Cowboy Trail in northeast Nebraska
La Crosse River State Trail in western Wisconsin
Elroy-Sparta State Trail in western Wisconsin
Wiouwash State Trail in northeast Wisconsin
Mountain-Bay State Trail in northern Wisconsin
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​Organized rides in Iowa and neighboring states
(Note: The club does not formally organize anything for these events. This list is simply provided as a resource. However, club members are certainly welcome to make plans with other members to ride these events.)
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May 23-24, 2026 - Pedaler's Jamboree. A two-day bicycle ride and music festival on the Katy State Trail in the Columbia and Boonville, Missouri area.
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June 7-13, 2026 - Bike Ride Across Nebraska. BRAN offers small town hospitality and the beauty of the rolling terrain on the great plains through Nebraska. This year's route starts in Valentine and ends in Arlington.
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May 31-June 5, 2026 - RASDak (Ride Across South Dakota). This​ year's route begins and ends in Platte, riding in the area of the Missouri River corridor.
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June 6-13, 2026 - Biking Across Kansas. The route will be announced on January 24.
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June 7-13-2026 - Ride the Fault Line. Ride portions of Illinois, Kentucky, and Tennessee in 7 days. This year's ride is limited to 200 riders.
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June TBD - Tour de Nebraska. ​
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August 1, 2026 - Dairyland Dare. Set in the Dodgeville and Mineral Point area in southwest Wisconsin, the land untouched by glacial flattening during the last ice age, the Dairyland Dare offers some of the most extreme hills in the Midwest. Distances are 50K, 100K, 150K, or 200K.
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​August 13-16, 2026 - Bicycling Around Minnesota.
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​Big BAM rides on the Katy Trail and Route 66. June 7-13 (Katy), September 4-10 (Route 66) and October 11-17 (Katy), 2026
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Bike Wisconsin and Bicycle Illinois offer several events in their respective states.
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