Des Moines, IA: Zirbel's Trail
Enjoy a quiet escape, plus fine lake and forest views, when you travel along the scenic Winnebago River on this 6.3-mile loop to an old brewery site and rock quarry.
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Trail Facts
- Distance: 8.5
Waypoints
ZLT003
Location: 43.1706504821777, -93.1941680908203
Turn R @ bridge; continue N
ZLT002
Location: 43.166748046875, -93.1926498413086
Fishing area; Masonic Grove and Old Randall’s Mill ahead
ZLT001
Location: 43.1648559570312, -93.1933822631836
Head E along trail
ZLT005
Location: 43.1828994750977, -93.1929702758789
Following signs to North trails, turn R; turn R again at a pond of chirping frogs
ZLT006
Location: 43.184154510498, -93.1909408569336
Turn R to old brewery site, then R onto Brewery Loop
ZLT007
Location: 43.1878128051758, -93.1891021728516
Bear R, staying along river
ZLT009
Location: 43.1874694824219, -93.2011871337891
R onto Quarry Lake Trail, circling jagged lakeshore
ZTL010
Location: 43.1862525939941, -93.2014083862305
R onto trali marked by fencing; head S rejoining trail back to parking lot
ZLT011
Location: 43.1839599609375, -93.2007904052734
Turn R onto trail
ZLT012
Location: 43.18408203125, -93.1945571899414
L @ 3-way; follow road E
ZLT008
Location: 43.1908493041992, -93.1954040527344
Continue straight @ next three intersections
ZLT004
Location: 43.177303314209, -93.1954650878906
Bear R; follow Winnebago River