Cumming, Iowa · Great Western Trail · G14 Trailhead

The south metro has been
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We're building it. Saturdays, 7AM, Cumming. All paces. Dirt loop. Beer optional.

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N 41.2667° · W 93.7833° · ELEV 922 FT · CUMMING, IA

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Saturday Morning Run

When Saturday · 7:00 AM Where G14 & 25th Ave Trailhead, Cumming Distance 4–6 mi Pace Easy

Bring water. All paces welcome. We start and end together.

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Built on the Corn Belt Route

The trail already existed.
The community didn't.

"The G14 trailhead in Cumming sits at what was once a grade crossing. When you run the Great Western Trail, you're running a rail corridor. Infrastructure built to move things. Now it moves people."

The Great Western Trail follows the former right-of-way of the Chicago Great Western Railway — the Corn Belt Route — which ran freight through central Iowa from 1892 until 1968. The flatness of the path isn't aesthetic. It's engineered.

Gravel Crossing is built on that same principle. Not a vibe. A system that already existed, doing something new. Run club first. The store comes when the community earns it.

Founded by a marathoner, triathlete, and mom who pushed a Thule stroller to daycare for miles. Building the thing she wished existed.

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