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Decorah, Iowa – Trout Run Loop loop from Decorah

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Decorah, Iowa – Trout Run Loop loop from Decorah

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Decorah, Iowa – Trout Run Loop loop from Decorah

01:54

30.7km

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: May 22, 2026

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Parking

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4.68 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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7.35 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 trout streams five times, offering a peaceful journey away from traffic noise, winding along the river and through farmland.

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12.0 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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13.9 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 Run Trail in the spring of 2011.
The R.D. Wheaton Bridge Company of Chicago built the bridge around 1895. It features a kingpost pony truss design, one of the simplest types of trusses, dating back to the Middle Ages.
Many kingpost bridges were constructed on Iowa’s early roads in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, initially using a combination of timber and iron and later in all-metal configurations. The kingpost design is generally limited to relatively short spans.
On a personal note, I have hiked and fly-fished at the original site of the Ten Mile Creek bridge. All that remains now are the concrete abutments of the bridge, and Happy Hollow Road (yes, that's really its name) now dead-ends on both sides of the creek.

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17.7 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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30.7 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

15.6 km

7.99 km

6.93 km

187 m

Surfaces

20.6 km

9.79 km

228 m

148 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (340 m)

Lowest point (250 m)

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Wednesday 1 July

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85 %

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Decorah, Iowa

Trout Run Loop

Trout Run Trail

Ten Mile Creek kingpost pony truss bridge

View from the top of the Trout Run Trail

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