This is two stage multi cache hidden along the Cedar Valley Nature Trail. Enjoy the trail by foot, by bike.
The Cedar Valley Nature Trail runs from Hiawatha to Evansdale, but there are also a number of connecting trails in the cities of Waterloo, Cedar Falls, and Cedar Rapids. The trail surface is asphalt on the northern 15 miles, and the remainder is crushed limestone. The trail is wheelchair accessible and appropriate for all types of bicycles. The Cedar Valley Nature
Trail Iowa's Cedar Valley contains many trails, the longest of which is the Cedar Valley Nature Trail, a 52-mile linear park that gives you the best of both worlds: It links two metropolitan areas, but the journey between them takes you through forested bottomlands, rolling farmlands, and classic small Iowa towns. The Cedar Valley Nature Trail runs from Hiawatha to Evansdale, but there are also a number of connecting trails in the cities of Waterloo, Cedar Falls, and Cedar Rapids. The trail surface is asphalt on the northern 15 miles, and the remainder is crushed limestone. The trail is wheelchair accessible and appropriate for all types of bicycles
Trail History
The Cedar Valley Nature Trail is built on an abandoned Illinois Central Gulf railroad corridor. The railroad abandoned the track in 1977 and removed the rails at that time. Funds for purchasing the land and developing the trail were primarily provided through private donations with help from the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation, the Federal Land and Water Conservation Fund, and the Iowa Legislature, which appropriated $130,000 from a bequest of Glenn Grover Herrick to restore railroad depots at Gilbertville and Center Point. The purchase was completed in 1983 and the trail officially opened in the fall of 1984