Krushchev in Iowa Trail

Krushchev in Iowa Trail is a planned rail trail running {{convert|17.5|mi}} from Herndon, Iowa, to Coon Rapids, Iowa.{{cite web|last=Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) website|title=Iowa Transportation Commission approves statewide Transportation Enhancement Program funding|date=12 January 2010|url= http://www.news.iowadot.gov/newsandinfo/2010/01/iowa-transportation-commission-approves-statewide-transportation-enhancement-program-funding.html|accessdate=23 October 2010}}{{cite web|last=Creating Great Places website|title=Krushchev in Iowa Trail|date=2009|url=http://www.creatinggreatplaces.org/trails.aspx|accessdate=23 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100220135531/http://www.creatinggreatplaces.org/trails.aspx|archive-date=20 February 2010|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|last=Burns|first=Douglas|title=Garst sees CR-Herndon trail expansion leading to link with Carroll|newspaper=Daily Times Herald|location=Carroll, Iowa|date=19 May 2010|url=http://www.carrollspaper.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=20&ArticleID=10338|accessdate=23 October 2010}} It is a planned part of the American Discovery Trail.{{cite press release|title=Harkin Delivers More Than $15 Million for Transportation Improvements, Housing Initiatives and Economic Development Projects Across Iowa|publisher=Senator Harkin|date=21 July 2010|url=http://harkin.senate.gov/press/release.cfm?i=326573|accessdate=23 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101103202622/http://harkin.senate.gov/press/release.cfm?i=326573|archive-date=3 November 2010|url-status=dead}}

Originally known as the Corn Diplomacy Trail, the Krushchev in Iowa Trail is to be a paved recreational trail that runs through the counties of Guthrie and Carroll along an abandoned Burlington Northern Santa Fe rail line.{{cite news|last=GC Times Staff|title=Corn Diplomacy Trail|newspaper=Guthrie Center Times|location=Guthrie Center, Iowa|date=7 May 2009|url=http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20311428&BRD=2020&PAG=461&dept_id=231738&rfi=8|accessdate=23 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608045010/http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20311428&BRD=2020&PAG=461&dept_id=231738&rfi=8|archive-date=8 June 2011|url-status=dead}}

Trailheads

Planned trailheads:

Connections to other recreational trails

A connection is planned at Herndon to the {{convert|90|mi}} Raccoon River Valley Trail in Guthrie county. A connection is planned to Carroll, which is a terminus of the {{convert|33|mi}} Sauk Rail Trail in Carroll and Sac counties. A third connection is planned between Coon Rapids and Audubon, which is a terminus of the {{convert|21.2|mi}} T-Bone Trail in Audubon and Cass counties.{{cite web|last=Sauk Rail Trail website|title=Sauk Rail Trail|date=2010|url=http://www.saccounty.org/conservation/saukrailtrail.asp|accessdate=25 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110116070807/http://www.saccounty.org/conservation/saukrailtrail.asp|archive-date=16 January 2011|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last=T Bone Trail website|title=T Bone Trail brochure|date=2009|url=http://www.atlanticiowa.com/assets/files/TBoneFinal.pdf|accessdate=25 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707183135/http://www.atlanticiowa.com/assets/files/TBoneFinal.pdf|archive-date=7 July 2011|url-status=dead}}

Lemonade Ride

The annual {{convert|68|mi}} Lemonade Ride is held between Panora and Coon Rapids along portion of the Raccoon River Valley Trail and the Krushchev in Iowa Trail.

{{cite web|last=Bike Iowa website|title=Lemonade Ride|date=March 15, 2011|url=http://www.bikeiowa.com/asp/calendar/RidePopUp.asp?m=&e=5507|accessdate=19 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003095510/http://www.bikeiowa.com/asp/calendar/RidePopUp.asp?m=&e=5507|archive-date=October 3, 2011}}
{{cite web|last=Bike Iowa website|title=Lemonade Ride Flyer|date=March 15, 2011|url=http://www.bikeiowa.com/uploads/PublicUploads/Lemonade%20Ride%20Flyer(3).pdf|accessdate=19 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003095559/http://www.bikeiowa.com/uploads/PublicUploads/Lemonade%20Ride%20Flyer(3).pdf|archive-date=October 3, 2011}}

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20100220135531/http://www.creatinggreatplaces.org/trails.aspx Krushchev in Iowa Trail]

Category:Rail trails in Iowa

Category:Protected areas of Guthrie County, Iowa

Category:Protected areas of Carroll County, Iowa