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Raccoon River Valley Trail (RRVT) is a rail trail running from Waukee, Iowa, to Jefferson, Iowa. In 2013, an additional north loop was completed on the RRVT, making the RRVT nearly of paved trails and having a paved interior loop of more than . The portion of the trail from Waukee to Herndon is part of the American Discovery Trail, which runs between Cape Henlopen State Park in Delaware and Point Reyes near the Bay Area of California. In Iowa, the American Discovery Trail will be concurrent with U.S. Bicycle Route 50 (see United States Numbered Bicycle Routes).〔http://www.co.dallas.ia.us/conservation/images/maps/RRVT4_loop.pdf ''Map of Raccoon River Valley Trail (RRVT)'' Dallas County Conservation Board website retrieved July 17, 2009〕〔http://www.iowadotmaps.com/msp/pdf/bikemap.pdf ''Transportation Map for Bicyclists'', 2009 edition, (see trail #35) Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) website retrieved July 17, 2009〕〔http://www.discoverytrail.org/ American Discovery Trail website, retrieved October 21, 2010〕〔http://www.adventurecycling.org/routes/nbrn/USBRSStatusReport.pdf ''An Update Concerning the U.S. Bicycle Route System: Getting It Done, States Move Quickly toward Implementation'' September 2010, retrieved October 28, 2010〕〔http://fastlane.dot.gov/2010/07/us-bicycle-route-system-begins-connecting-america.html ''US Bicycle Route System begins connecting America'' US DOT website July 2, 2010, retrieved October 28, 2010〕〔http://www.adventurecycling.org/routes-and-maps/us-bicycle-route-system/national-corridor-plan/ ''United States Bicycle Route System: National Corridor Plan'' 2013 retrieved May 29, 2013〕 The recreational trail runs through the counties of Polk, Dallas, Guthrie, and Greene in Iowa. It is a paved trail, mainly asphalt, though three sections are concrete. One concrete section extends from Jefferson south for four miles (6 km). Another concrete section is a twelve-mile (20 km) section connecting Linden, Panora, and Yale. Constructed during 2010-2013, the North Loop, which runs between Dawson and Waukee through Perry, Minburn, and Dallas Center, is the third concrete section.〔http://www.waukee.org/images/content/files/maps/dallascenter_waukee_trailribboncutting_invite.pdf ''Ride to the Ribbon'' flyer, www.waukee.org website, retrieved October 17, 2011〕 In downtown Perry on Saturday, June 1, 2013, the grand opening of the new 33 mile "north loop" included food and beverage vendors; a bicycle poker run from 9:00 until 12:30 with cards at Waukee, Dallas Center, Minburn, Forest Park Museum, Perry, the bicycle bridge over the North Raccoon River west of Perry, Dawson, and Jamaica.〔 See the ("north loop" Grand Opening flyer ) for more. Between Yale and Ortonville, which is a trail head 3 miles east of Adel, the of trail is very scenic and mostly tree covered. The north loop between Herndon and Waukee, is wider, nearly flat, and is much more exposed to the sun and wind. This trail in Dallas Center may include a bicycle tunnel under a widened Highway 44.〔http://www.dallascenter.com/dallascenter-coming-rrvt.php "Dallas Center coming RRVT", www.dallascenter.com website, retrieved October 21, 2010〕〔http://www.traillink.com/trail/raccoon-river-valley-trail.aspx ''Raccoon River Valley Trail'' Rails-to-Trails Conservancy website September 4, 2010, retrieved October 21, 2010〕 The conservation board directors estimate that more than 125,000 people use this trail each year.〔http://raccoonrivervalleytrail.org/history/ ''RRVT History'' Raccoon River Valley Trail Association website, retrieved July 14, 2009〕 ==Locations of trailheads== Original RRVT〔http://www.co.dallas.ia.us/index.aspx?page=886 ''Raccoon River Valley Trail'' Dallas County website retrieved February 19, 2010〕 Waukee, Ortonville, Adel, Redfield, Linden, Panora, Yale, Herndon, Cooper, Jefferson North Loop RRVT Jamaica, Dawson, Perry, Minburn, Dallas Center 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Raccoon River Valley Trail」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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