Road trips in Iowa
4 road trips and 11 hand-picked places in Iowa, with routes, stops and practical tips for driving and camping.
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Trip guides
Road trips through Iowa
Editor's picks
Places worth the detour in Iowa
History
Effigy Mounds National Monument
History
Roseman Covered Bridge
History
Field of Dreams Movie Site
Views
Pikes Peak State Park
Views
Mount Hosmer Park
Nature
Dunning’s Spring
Oddities
Bily Clocks Museum
Nature
Ledges State Park
History
Holliwell Covered Bridge
History
Vermeer Windmill
History
Amana Colonies
FAQs
What are the best road trips in Iowa?
Popular routes include Iowa’s Driftless bluffs and Norwegian Decorah, Covered bridges, Dutch windmills and the Amana Colonies, Great River Road: the upper Mississippi and Giant baskets and infinity rooms: a Midwest oddities run. CampingSpirit has 4 trip guides that pass through Iowa, each with a stop-by-stop itinerary and a route map.
Which places in Iowa are worth a detour?
Our editors recommend Effigy Mounds National Monument and Roseman Covered Bridge.