Editing Dallas Center, Iowa (section)

==Parks and recreation==<!--consensus reached to standardize this heading per WP:WikiProject Cities/US Guideline -->
The city has two large parks located at each end of the city. Mound park, located on the west, includes sand volleyball courts, a gazebo, shelters, tennis court, playground equipment, and a [[rollerskating]] rink which is operational during the summer months. Memorial Park, on the east, contains playground equipment, much open space for flying kites, letting dogs run, a nine-hole [[disc golf]] course, and a basketball area.

In 2009, the {{convert|33.1|mi|km|adj=on}} paved north loop of the [[Raccoon River Valley Trail]] (RRVT) added Dallas Center, Minburn, Perry, Dawson and Jamaica as new trailheads. The original Raccoon River Valley Trail, now known as the south loop, is a {{convert|56|mi|adj=on}} paved multi-use recreational trail which reaches from the [[Clive Greenbelt Trail]] to Jefferson, and passes through Clive, Urbandale, Waukee, Adel, Redfield, Linden, Panora, Yale, Herndon, and Cooper. The RRVT is nearly {{convert|90|mi}} of paved trails with a paved interior loop of more than {{convert|72|mi}}. The shaded trailhead in Dallas Center is at 14th and Walnut and has seasonal restroom facilities, a water fountain, bicycle racks, several benches, and a picnic table.<ref>{{cite web | title = Dallas Center coming RRVT | url = http://www.dallascenter.com/dallascenter-coming-rrvt.php | publisher = dallascenter.com website | access-date = June 21, 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170109071514/http://dallascenter.com/dallascenter-coming-rrvt.php | archive-date = January 9, 2017 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Raccoon River Valley Trail | url = http://www.traillink.com/trail/raccoon-river-valley-trail.aspx | publisher = Rails-to-Trails Conservancy website | access-date = June 21, 2016}}</ref>