Nathan’s Miles Glow Trail

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A path with glowing green particles leads to a silhouette of a person against a twilight sky. Trees and a building are visible on the horizon.

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By day, Nathan’s Miles Glow Trail, looks like a normal path or sidewalk, but at night you see something different! There are 3,000 pounds of glowing stones scattered over the two mile stretch of the paved path.

The glow stones run on solar power, and after only 15 minutes of charge, can light the path for 15 hours. These glowing rocks come from a manufacturer in Canada and are completely non-toxic and non-radioactive.

Named “Nathan’s Miles” for the late Nathan Hesson. Nathan served on the Vinton City Council, and was a huge supporter of the trail and part of the decisions that were made leading up to the trails completion. Vinton was Nathan’s hometown and he wanted it to have the world’s longest glow-in-the-dark trail as well as have it offer an economic benefit to the community by being a unique attraction for this small but charming Iowa town.

Nathan passed away in January 2021 at the age of 37; the trail was completed four months later.

The trail is open 24 hours a day, except for the last Friday & Saturday of August when the trail is closed for Boomtown.

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Address S 2nd Avenue Vinton, IA 52354

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