Clive Greenbelt Trail is an urban recreational trail in Clive, Iowa and forms part of the Central Iowa Trails network. This very busy recreational trail runs through Polk and DallasCounties in Iowa. It is a curvy, paved asphalt and concrete trail.
Route
The trail begins at 73rd Street and Walnut Creek at the Walmart in Windsor Heights. It meanders along the north bank of Walnut Creek for to Country Club Blvd. Between the Lake Country Club dam and 142nd Street, the trail is on the street near the northshore of Lake Country Club for. For the next, the trail travels between 1900 142nd Street and Lions Park, which is near Eason Elementary School in Waukee. In western Clive, more trails are being developed north of Hickman Road. Additional links and branches bring the total trail mileage to. You are able to access many of the parks, libraries, and the aquatic center by way of these trails. There are mile markers and helpful route directions to help you on your way.
1910 149th Street at Woodcrest Drive and Lakeview Drive
600 Woodcrest Drive
605 SE Boone Drive at 156th Street: Eason Elementary School, Waukee
Connections to other trails
Waukee
West of Campbell Recreation Area in Clive, a link connects this trail to Waukee and the Raccoon River Valley Trail, which is part of the American Discovery Trail. Additionally, Lions Park at 1700 156th Street in Clive links westward to the Waukee trails system.
Southward along the eastside of 128th Street, this trail links to the West Des Moines trail system via the sidewalk along the eastside of 60th Street in West Des Moines. Additionally, from Campbell Recreation Area, this trail links to the West Des Moines trail system via southward along 123rd Street in Clive and West Lakes Parkway in West Des Moines to the sidewalk along the southside of Westtown Parkway in West Des Moines. This connection between the two trail systems has less traffic and is an easier climb.
At 73rd Street and Walnut Creek, this trail connects to the Windsor Heights trail system and a recreational trail north to the Urbandale trail system. Northside of Little Walnut Creek in western Clive, westside of 156th Street, along 133rd Street, and westside of 100th Street provide connections to the Urbandale trail system. Future connections from Clive to the Urbandale trails system will be along Douglas Parkway, 149th Street, 142nd Street, and westside of Little Walnut Creek near 128th Street.
East of 73rd Street, the Clive Greenbelt Trail is linked to the Des Moines trail system and Valley Junction in West Des Moines via Walmart and Colby Park in Windsor Heights.