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Southern Iowa
Council Bluffs’ riverfront, Winterset’s covered-bridge country and Ottumwa’s local stories stretch across southern Iowa.
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Southern Iowa, a little closer.
Council Bluffs’ riverfront, Winterset’s covered-bridge country and Ottumwa’s local stories stretch across southern Iowa. These are widely separated bases for different trips or different travel days.
Highlighted counties locate these featured towns. These six WTDO discovery areas are editorial groupings. Markers indicate approximate town centers, not entrances or driving routes. Select a town to open its guide. County outlines: U.S. Census Bureau.
Three places to begin.
Choose a local stop, then find food and a place to stay.
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Your next good stop.
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Browse published places around Southern Iowa. Business details are supplied by their owners.
Photo credits & visitor sources
Real Iowa photographs. Photo dates vary; images illustrate places, not current weather or operating conditions.
- Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge 2025d.jpg — Antony-22. Own work CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and converted to WebP; displayed crops may vary.
- Cedar Covered Bridge 1.jpg — Ymblanter. Own work CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and converted to WebP; displayed crops may vary.
- Ottumwa Downtown.png — Gcardinal101. Own work CC0. Resized and converted to WebP; displayed crops may vary.
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County outlines: U.S. Census Bureau TIGERweb, Iowa FIPS19. Six WTDO areas are editorial discovery groupings.