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Mental Health Awareness Month
May 2025

15th Annual Healthiest State Walk
October 1, 2024

2025 Healthiest State Conference
April 16, 2025

2025 Healthiest State Annual Awards

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Soft Trail Stroll: Southwoods Clockwise
Mar
25

Soft Trail Stroll: Southwoods Clockwise

Join us again at Southwoods Park. This park is just off 35th Street, south of Mills Civic Parkway, in West Des Moines. Meet by 10:00 a.m. in the disc golf course parking lot.

We will walk up the paved trail from the lot to the singletrack and turn left. We will follow the outer trail around clockwise and, if the creek is crossable, we will include the south loop. We will continue up to the inner loop. Once we return to the pavement, we can do a quick loop at the top of the hill. Total mileage should be 1.5–2.0 miles.

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Soft Trail Stroll: Denman Woods Inner Loop
Mar
18

Soft Trail Stroll: Denman Woods Inner Loop

Join us for a walk at Denman Woods. This flat trail is south of Center Trails in Des Moines. Park along the south side of North Valley Drive west of the bridge over Walnut Creek. Meet by 10:00 at the west end of the bridge.

This walk uses the paved Levee Trail for 1/3 mile to get to the trail entrance. We will make a clockwise tour of the inner loop of Denman Woods. The return on the paved trail makes the total 2.5 miles. There will be an option right before getting on the pavement to explore some new trail.

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