Dog-Friendly Hikes near Des Moines

The directory currently contains 9 quality-checked routes matching this guide near Des Moines. Their average mapped distance is 4.4 km and average recorded ascent is 13 m (43 ft); the longest route in the set is 11.4 km.

This subset represents 13% of the 72 quality-checked routes near Des Moines. Its average distance is 4.4 km, compared with 12.0 km across the full local set.

These routes either have dogs marked as allowed or meet the directory’s dog-score threshold. Current land-manager rules take precedence. Within this set, 7 routes (78%) are rated easy, 0 (0%) are rated hard or expert, and 2 (22%) are recorded as loops. Ratings are computed from available distance and elevation data and do not establish current terrain or access.