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Destinations · Iowa

Council Bluffs

IA · 41.2619, -95.8608

Loess Hills Scenic Byway, Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway and Lewis & Clark Scenic Byway are 3 of 5 signed byways within 30 miles of Council Bluffs, Iowa.

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.
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The same roads run past Omaha, where they are ranked and described in full.

Day-trip loops

Ready-made loops for Council Bluffs are growing. What is within reach is measured today; plan a live day trip and the engine routes it now.

Within reach

Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.

Scenic byways

Lookouts

Named places

  • Broadway Park · 0 mi
  • Broadway Fountain · 0 mi
  • Discovery Park · 0 mi
  • Blockhouse Site · 0 mi
  • Bayliss Park · 0 mi
  • Squirrel Nest · 0 mi
  • Big Rock · 1 mi
  • Union Pacific Railroad Museum · 1 mi

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