Editing Hiawatha, Iowa (section)

==Parks and recreation==
The city of Hiawatha maintains three parks .<ref name="CoHPaR">{{cite web|url=http://www.hiawatha-iowa.com/mod.php?mod=department&did=33 |title=Hiawatha Iowa ''Official Website'' |publisher=Parks and Recreation Department |access-date=January 29, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711165027/http://www.hiawatha-iowa.com/mod.php?mod=department&did=33 |archive-date=July 11, 2011 }}</ref> Each Park has Free Wifi<ref>{{Cite web|title = ImOn launches free Wi-Fi in Hiawatha parks {{!}} The Gazette|url = http://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/business/imon-launches-free-wi-fi-in-hiawatha-parks-20150818|website = The Gazette|access-date = 2016-02-15}}</ref> & [[Little Free Library|Little Free Libraries]] at each of the parks.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Little Free Libraries In Hiawatha|url = http://cbs2iowa.com/news/local/little-free-libraries-in-hiawatha|website = KGAN|access-date = 2016-02-15|language = en-US|first = Sinclair Broadcast|last = Group| date=April 24, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Hiawatha Little Free Libraries - CJ Flynn|url = http://www.cjflynn.com/hiawatha-little-free-libraries|website = www.cjflynn.com|access-date = 2016-02-15}}</ref>  
*Guthridge Park {{pad|1em}}Located on Emmons Street between 7th and 10th
*Tucker Park {{pad|2em}} Located on B Avenue
*Clark Park Park{{pad|1em}}Located off N. 18th Avenue

===Nature trails===
;<big>Cedar Valley Nature Trail</big>
Located on Boyson Road in Hiawatha is a trailhead for the [[Cedar Valley Trail|Cedar Valley Nature Trail]]. The trailhead is furnished with picnic tables, restrooms, maps and information about the trail, and parking.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.inhf.org/iowatrails/cvnt-th-hiawatha.htm |title=Cedar Valley Nature Trail Hiawatha trailhead Map |publisher=Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation |access-date=January 29, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101217200102/http://inhf.org/iowatrails/cvnt-th-hiawatha.htm |archive-date=December 17, 2010 }}</ref>

The main trail is a continuous path just under {{convert|52|mi|km}} long running northwest from Hiawatha to [[Evansdale, Iowa|Evansdale]], with the first {{convert|4|mi|km}} of the route north from Hiawatha paved with asphalt. The first {{convert|16|mi|km}} going south from Evansdale are also paved with asphalt, the remaining trail is crushed and packed limestone. The trail has wildflowers and pockets of native remnant prairie grasses that have been enlarged through the process of burning surrounding brush and non-native plants. The trail is also known to have abundant wildlife and birds to observe. Although a fee was charged on the southern part of the trail {{As of|2011|January|alt=at one time|url=http://www.inhf.org/iowatrails/cvnt-intro.htm}}, the entire trail is now free.<ref name="CVNTINHF">{{cite web|url=http://www.inhf.org/iowatrails/cvnt-intro.htm|title=Cedar Valley Nature Trail|publisher=Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation|access-date=January 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101217160409/http://inhf.org/iowatrails/cvnt-intro.htm|archive-date=December 17, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>
;<big>Other trails</big>
A connecting segment of trail continues south from the Cedar Valley Nature Trail head through Hiawatha to connect with the Cedar River trail a {{convert|12.6|mi|km|adj=on}} trail in neighboring Cedar Rapids.<ref name="LCTmap">{{cite web|url=http://linncountytrails.org/maps/interactive-google-map/|title=Linn County Trails |access-date=January 29, 2011}}</ref> The city also maintains smaller, unconnected looped walking trails at all three city parks.<ref name="CoHPaR"/>

===Farmers market===
The Hiawatha '''[[farmers market]]''' is located in the 10th Avenue parking lot of Guthridge Park. For the 2011 year, the market will be open beginning April&nbsp;24 and running through October&nbsp;30 on Sundays from 11:00am to 2:00pm (local time). Depending on the day, 25 or more entrepreneurs from the area set up their own displays and sell home grown and home made products. These include, but are not limited to: fresh vegetables, fruits, and flowers, an assortment of baked products, preserved food products, arts, and crafts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hiawatha-iowa.com/mod/press/documents/November%202010.pdf |title=Hiawatha Insights |publisher=Farmers Market Report |access-date=2010-11-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711165240/http://www.hiawatha-iowa.com/mod/press/documents/November%202010.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-11 }}</ref>