Fitness Around Ida Grove

— Ida Grove Outdoor Swimming Pool

— Pleasant Valley Trail

Ida Grove Community Rec Center
311 Barnes Street
Ida Grove, Iowa 51445

Phone: 712-364-3716
Fax: 712.364.3563
E-mail: igrec@longlines.com

Along with the Ida Grove Community Recreation Center and the outdoor swimming pool, Ida Grove has another great fitness resource, the Pleasant Valley Trail. The trail came into being in several phases between the years of 1994 and 2001. It is a great place to walk, jog, bicycle and rollerblade. No motorized vehicles are allowed on the trail. The overall length of the trail is 3.76 miles. It takes you completely around the town, from along the Odebolt River on the north side, to the high school on the south side, and along the golf course and by the Rec Center on the northeast side. In 2001, a bridge was built over the Maple River on the north side of the trail, which connected the existing trail to a new addition which runs through Moorehead Park. This new area is 1.23 miles through the scenic woods and by Moorehead Park to the playground.

History Of The Trail

City Phase One:
Leg One & Two: Constructed Summer of 1994 - 1.84 miles.
Leg Three: Constructed Summer of 1997 - .53 miles.

City Phase Two: Constructed Summer of 1997 - .84 miles.

Pleasant Valley Trail Bridge: Constructed May of 2001 - 300 feet long and 10 feet wide.

City Phase Three: Constructed May of 2001 - .73 miles. This extends the trail from the Pleasant Valley Bridge to the Grant Center School House in Moorehead Park.

County Phase: Constructed August of 2001 - .86 miles. The County Phase runs from the Grant Center Schoolhouse to the Moorehead Park playground.