Editing Urbandale, Iowa (section)

==Parks and recreation==
[[File:LivingHistoryFarmsIowa 20071028 174651.jpg|thumb|right|Walnut Hill, part of the [[Living History Farms]], during 2007 Halloween event]]
[[File:95KGGO Arena.jpg|thumb|right|[[Buccaneer Arena]]]]

Urbandale features {{convert|850|acre|km2}} of [[parks]] and {{convert|33|mi|km}} of recreational [[trail]]s that connect to other trails in the Des Moines area.<ref>{{cite web|author=City of Urbandale|url=http://www.urbandale.org/Leisure/Parks_and_Facilities.htm|title=Parks & Facilities|access-date=2006-05-14 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060513191331/http://www.urbandale.org/Leisure/Parks_and_Facilities.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2006-05-13}}</ref>

Urbandale is the home of [[Living History Farms]], where [[Pope John Paul II]] spoke to a crowd estimated at 350,000 on October 4, 1979, and the [[Buccaneer Arena]], home to the [[Des Moines Buccaneers]] hockey team.