Pikes Peak State Park Loop 1

McGregor, IA

On our trips to Iowas we will often stop at Pikes Peak State Park to let Cash stretch his legs. One of my favorite loops is to start at the overlook of the Mississippi River and take Bridal Veil Falls Trail (I still haven’t seen the falls with water yet) to East Hickory Ridge Trail which we take out to another overlook of the river. We then follow the West Hickory Ridge Trail to the Weeping Rock Trail back to the parking lot. It is interesting that on the Bridal Falls and Hickory Ridge trails your can see (from a rspectful dstance) effigy mounds created by indigenous peoples.

Walk-Specific Map

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  • Numeric labels correspond to the same labels in the elevation profile and summary information below.

Elevation Profile

Images

GPX Download

A sanitized GPX file of our hike is here.

Summary Information

NUM trackID Primary Description Type Distance CumDist DeltaElev
1 PKSBRDL02 Bridal Veil Falls Tr Mississippi River Overlook to E Hickory Ridge Tr Trail 0.40 0.40 -31
2 PKSHKRYE02 E Hickory Ridge Tr Bridal Veil Falls Tr to Spur to Hickory Ridge Overlook Trail 0.23 0.63 -44
3 PKSHKRYE03 E Hickory Ridge Tr W Hickory Ridge Tr to Hickory Ridge Overlook Trail 0.03 0.66 -7
4 PKSHKRYE03 E Hickory Ridge Tr Hickory Ridge Overlook to W Hickory Ridge Tr Trail 0.03 0.70 7
5 PKSHKRYW01 W Hickory Ridge Tr Spur to Hickory Ridge Overlook to Weeping Rock Tr Trail 0.58 1.28 71
6 PKSWPNGR02 Weeping Rock Tr W Hickory Ridge Tr to E Hickory Ridge Tr Trail 0.19 1.47 10
7 PKSWPNGR01 Weeping Rock Tr E Hickory Ridge Tr to Parking area Trail 0.27 1.73 -2