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Hoover Park
4.5 ★★★★★ 40 Google reviews · Running trail in Cedar Rapids, Iowa · Posted hours
Runner's snapshot
- Surface
- Not reported
- Distance
- Not reported
- Shape
- Not reported
- Shade
- Not reported
- Access
- Posted hours
Confirmed from Hoover Park's own listing, the park or land manager's website, and runner reviews. Blank cells mean we could not verify that fact — we would rather say "not reported" than invent one. There is no Easy / Moderate / Hard rating on this page on purpose: a one-word difficulty score tells you nothing about whether a trail suits your run. Surface, distance, shade and hours do.
What runners say about Hoover Park
This is such a great park along the Trail! It has a picnic area with plenty of tables, a great playground, tools to fix a bike if needed, and a bathroom.
Great Park with a small shelter and permanent porta potty. There is decent amount of parking although most people just walk or bike there. There is also a bike tool station if you need to make any repairs on your bike. Lastly, water fountain and dog fountain. No monkey bars or hanging stuff unfortunately!
Awesome place to park and ride the bike trail north or south. They do have some construction going on right now taking away some parking spots. My biggest wish is for some large shade trees to be planted!
This is a really nice little park. Used mainly for biking and hiking access to the Cedar Valley Nature Trail.
Trail conditions & character
“It has a picnic area with plenty of tables, a great playground, tools to fix a bike if needed, and a bathroom.”
“Restroom was clean and the drinking fountain worked.”
Plan your run at Hoover Park
The practical stuff
- AccessPosted hours — posted hours below; park gates sometimes close earlier than the listing says
- DistanceNot reported. Trail systems often quote total path mileage rather than a single loop, so measure the route you actually want before you drive out.
- ShadeNot reported. Assume some of it is exposed and carry water in summer.
- At the trailheadrestrooms, water — reported by runners
Hours
| Monday | 6 am–10 pm |
| Tuesday | 6 am–10 pm |
| Wednesday | 6 am–10 pm |
| Thursday | 6 am–10 pm |
| Friday | 6 am–10 pm |
| Saturday | 6 am–10 pm |
| Sunday | 6 am–10 pm |
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