Destinations · Iowa
Council Bluffs
IA · 41.2619, -95.8608
From Council Bluffs, Iowa, Byway's registries place 5 scenic byways within 30 miles.
Get in
Visitors from an easterly city, like Des Moines will continue west on I-80, or from the west through Omaha until crossing over the Missouri River. To the north and south are Sioux City and Kansas City, respectively, which connect to Council Bluffs via I-29/I-680 and I-29/US-59.
Day-trip loops
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Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
Scenic byways
- Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway · inside · national
- Loess Hills Scenic Byway · inside · national
- Lewis & Clark Scenic Byway · 20 mi
- Western Skies Scenic Byway · 20 mi
- Lincoln Highway Scenic & Historic Byway · 23 mi · national
Lookouts
Named places
- Blockhouse Site · 0 mi
- Union Pacific Railroad Museum · 1 mi
- Historic Squirrel Cage Jail · 1 mi
- Public Safety First Responders Plaza · 1 mi
- Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial · 1 mi
- Angel of Death Statue (Black Angel) · 1 mi
- Kinsman Monument · 1 mi
- Golden Spike Monument · 1 mi
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More day-trip bases nearby
- Omaha · 7 mi
- Bellevue · 8 mi
- Papillion · 12 mi
- Missouri Valley · 21 mi
- Gretna · 22 mi