Cedar Valley Nature Trail
Trail Details
Surface Type: pavement
Miles: total of 70 miles. This is a major north/south hard surfaced, separated, trail which runs 52 miles between Waterloo and Boyson Rd Trailhead in Hiawatha. It then continues 18 more miles south into Cedar Rapids (Cedar River Trail segment of the CVNT) and to Ely and the Johnson County line (Hoover Trail segment of the CVNT)
Trail Description: city, neighborhoods, dining options and farmland, you will have plenty of time to enjoy the scenery and offerings of each community you pass through.
Features & Sites: Farm fields and city life. Dining options abound in Urbana, Center Point, Hiawatha and Robins, Cedar Rapids and Ely, museums in Cedar Rapids with parks along the way.
Similar Trails: Grant Wood Trail
Links to the following trails: This trail is the backbone of the trail system so the goal is to connect to as many trails as possible. Currently the CEMAR Trail.
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“I’ve ridden my bike all over the country and wish I could take the Cedar Valley Nature Trail with me wherever I go. It’s a real gem right here in our own backyard”
-Ron H
Cedar Valley Nature Trail
Future plans include connecting to the Grant Wood Trail and Cherokee Trail by “trail”. The CVNT is a key link of both The American Discovery Trail, America’s first coast-to-coast trail and the new Great American Rail Trail. When continuing south, out of Ely, the CVNT comes to the Johnson County line, where the trail continues to Solon.