Big Woods Loop
Distance: 9.1 miles
Trails: Big Woods, Lone Tree Road and Cedar Valley Lakes
Within moments of downtown Cedar Falls, explore a wooded wetland area interlaced with small quarry lakes and abundant wildlife before emerging at Big Woods Lake. You then have a decision to make: go around the lake or head to Black Hawk Park? Either way, make sure you visit the Cedar Falls Rotary Club's prairie restoration where interpretive signs identify tall grasses and colorful prairie flowers. If it's on to Black Hawk Park, you will cycle along open spaces and residential areas, the forested bank of the Cedar River, past Cottage Row's summer homes, and through lovely Island Park on your return to downtown Cedar Falls.
Did you know?
The area of Snag Creek was home to the first European in the area, Paul Somoneaux - a French fur trader!