Articles Tagged: Mount Trashmore

The $14.9 million Alliant Energy LightLine bridge will connect the historic NewBo and Czech Village districts.

With highs forecast in the 60s and 70s, the trails will be open for walkers on Mount Trashmore for three days this week.

This year, 29,448 people walked, ran or cycled to Linn County’s highest point, according to the Cedar Rapids-Linn County Solid Waste Agency, which operates the reclaimed landfill at 2250 A St. SW in Cedar Rapids.

Unseasonably warm weather — highs temperatures are expected to reach the 70s — has prompted the Cedar Rapids Linn County Solid Waste Agency to open the landfill turned recreation site to pedestrians two days this week.

CEDAR RAPIDS — The trails and overlook on Mount Trashmore will close Sunday for the season. More than 20,000 people …

It’s time to awaken the “Sleeping Giant”: The demolition of the old CRANDIC Railway Bridge will begin this fall to clear a path for a new bridge as part of the $20 million ConnectCR project.

In this week’s edition of Curious Iowa, The Gazette looks at why a landfill was built on the doorstep of Czech Village, how Cedar Rapids Linn County Solid Waste Agency developed a landfill into a hub of nature trails and what will happen when the county’s current landfill reaches capacity.

The Solid Waste Agency has opened the Mount Trashmore trails and overlook for the 2022 season, though hours of operation are weather permitting. Weather-related closures always are posted on the Mount Trashmore website.

The trails will reopen in spring 2022 when the weather allows.