Best Riverside Hikes near Des Moines

The directory currently contains 7 quality-checked routes matching this guide near Des Moines. Their average mapped distance is 24.4 km and average recorded ascent is 30 m (98 ft); the longest route in the set is 91.0 km.

This subset represents 10% of the 72 quality-checked routes near Des Moines. Its average distance is 24.4 km, compared with 12.0 km across the full local set.

These routes carry the river tag. The tag does not establish how much of the mapped line follows water or whether crossings are safe. Within this set, 4 routes (57%) are rated easy, 2 (29%) are rated hard or expert, and 1 (14%) are recorded as loops. Ratings are computed from available distance and elevation data and do not establish current terrain or access.