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The “trails” at Lehigh Portland Trails consist of around 13 miles of wide gravel trails and singletrack nature trails. The size of the entire property that Lehigh Portland Trails sits on is about 350 acres (including the quarry lake, south shore, and hay meadows). They are the largest publicly-accessible natural space in Allen County. (Lehigh Portland trails)
Find the trails
Located on the south side of Elm Creek in Iola, KS. Bounded by Elm Creek to the north, the quarry lake and Montana Road to the south, 1650 Road to the east, and Washington Avenue to the west.
Eastern Trailhead
160th and Nebraska Road. From downtown Iola, take US-54 east to Kentucky Street, Kentucky Street south to Nevada Road, Nevada Road east to 1700th Street, 1700th Street south to Nebraska Road, and Nebraska Road west to 1600th Street. A gravel parking lot is located at the southwest corner of 1600th and Nebraska. Please do not block trails with your vehicle. If the parking lot is full, you may park along the roadway, but please do not block access to nearby homes
Western Trailhead
Washington Avenue adjacent to Elm Creek Park South and the “King of Trails” Washington Avenue Bike/Ped bridge over Elm Creek. From downtown Iola, take US-54 west to State Street, take State Street south to Bassett Street, take Bassett Street east, where it becomes Washington Avenue, which leads you north to Elm Creek and Elm Creek Park South (an Iola City Park). There is parking available along Washington Avenue, with a trailhead on the southeast corner of Washington Avenue and Elm Creek, with the Lehigh Portland Trails leading east, and a Connector Trail heading west to meet the Southwind Rail Trail.
Trail Map Links
Wide Gravel Trail Maps: Four Trails
Singletrack Trail Maps: Sixteen Trails
Natural Features and Points of Interest: Seven features
Ecosystems