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The Interstate Trail Connector between Iowa and Minnesota
The Wapsi-Great Western Line Trail was founded in 1990 - ten years
after the Chicago Great Western Railroad ran its last trains through the
area. The railroad bed, upon which much of the 18 mile trail is built,
runs along the headwaters of the storied Wapsipinicon River. You will
ride or walk past a lake and through prairie, farmland, forests and
marshland to the Minnesota border. The trailhead is in the charming
rural community of Riceville, Iowa (featured in the Smithsonian
Magazine) just West of US 63 on IA Hwy 9. You will also pass Amish and
Mennonite farms and communities and giant wind turbines.
WGWL Trailhead "welcome center" is open on
Sundays 2:00-5:00 p.m.
110 East Main, Riceville, Iowa
641-985-2621
The Gateway to Iowa The Gateway to Minnesota
Join the Movement
WE ARE IN A FUNDRAISING MODE!
We must raise $560,000 to match the $1.3 million in
grants already received in order to finish paving the last few miles of
the present18 miles of trail and then to extend it southward toward the
rest of the Iowa free trail system. If anyone has ideas or would
like to donate, please call 1-641-985-2621.
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