Ottumwa is a city in South Central Iowa.
Understand
[edit]Get in
[edit]By car
[edit]Ottumwa is at the junction of US Highways 34 and 63.
By train
[edit]Amtrak serves Ottumwa via its California Zephyr route, running between Chicago to the San Francisco Bay Area.
- 1 Ottumwa railway station, 210 W Main St.
By bus
[edit]Buses stop at the Amtrak station at 210 West Main St.
- Trailways[dead link] (+1 641-682-2009)
- Greyhound Bus Lines (+1 641 682-2009)
By plane
[edit]Get around
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Map of Ottumwa
By bus
[edit]Ottumwa Transit runs Monday through Friday from 6:46AM until 6PM. Fare is $1.50.
See
[edit]- 1 Wapello County Courthouse, 101 N 4th St (at Court St). Constructed in 1894 in the Romanesque Revival style. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Do
[edit]Buy
[edit]Eat
[edit]- 1 Canteen Lunch in the Alley, 112 E 2nd St (in the back alley parallel to 2nd and Main Sts, perpendicular to Court and Market Sts), ☏ +1 641 682-5320. M-W 10AM-7PM, Th-Sa 10AM-8PM. The Canteen has been around since the 1930s and is known for their loose-meat sandwiches. The restaurant was the model for the Lanford Lunch Box on the 1990s sitcom Roseanne.
Drink
[edit]Sleep
[edit]- 1 AmericInn, 222 W 2nd St (between Marion and Washington Sts), ☏ +1 641 684-8222, fax: +1 641 683-1881, [email protected]. Check-in: 3PM, check-out: 11AM.
- 2 Hampton Inn, 943 N Quincy Ave (across from Quincy Place Mall), ☏ +1 641 814-8888, fax: +1 641 814-8889. Check-in: 3PM, check-out: noon.
- 3 Quality Inn & Suites, 125 Joseph Ave (at Court Rd), ☏ +1 641 682-8526, fax: +1 641 682-7124, [email protected]. Check-in: 3PM, check-out: 11AM.
Connect
[edit]Go next
[edit]| Routes through Ottumwa |
| Omaha ← Osceola ← | W  E
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→ Burlington → Chicago |
| Osceola ← Albia ← | W  E
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→ Fairfield → Burlington |
Waterloo ← Jct W  E ← Jct W  ←
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N  S
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→ Kirksville → Columbia |