Council Bluffs

By plane

• Eppley Airfield Airfield

  phone: +1 402 661-8017
  address: 4501 Abbott Dr, Omaha
  Most likely airport to use, located just across the river in Omaha.

• Council Bluffs Municipal Airport

  phone: +1 712 322-2284
  address: 16801 McCandless Ln #2
  Private planes.

By car

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.

By bus

Omaha Metro operates the blue and yellow routes to Council Bluffs. These routes run from 19th street and Douglas in Downtown Omaha to downtown Council Bluffs, Iowa Western Community College, Mall of the Bluffs and Mid America Center. The westbound buses stop on Dodge street before going to the 16th street Mall and 19th street and Douglas in Omaha.

By bus

Omaha Metro has two routes that serve Council Bluffs: blue and yellow. The blue route stops at the Iowa Western Community College, Mall of the Bluffs. The Yellow route goes to the Mid America Center.

• Historic Squirrel Cage Jail

  phone: +1 712 323-2509
  address: 226 Pearl St
  One of the last lazy Susan style-rotary jails in existence.

• Lewis and Clark Monument

  phone: +1 712 328-4650
  address: 29385 Monument Rd
  A nice view of the Missouri River as well as mountain bike trail.

• Kanesville Tabernacle

  phone: +1 712-322-0500
  address: 222 East Broadway
  Mormon Trail Historic Site has a museum and monuments to the migration that the Mormons took.

• Union Pacific Museum

  phone: +1 712-329-8307
  address: 200 Pearl St
  Details the beginnings of the Union Pacific Railroad and the role it played in westward expansion and has artifacts dating back to the 1860s.

Plenty to do for the gambler. Most of the casinos can be seen along I-80. Since the state of Nebraska doesn't allow gambling, Omaha dwellers cross the state border and do their gambling here.

• Ameristar Casino Hotel

  phone: +1 712 328-8888
  address: 2200 River Rd

• Harrah's Casino and Hotel

  phone: +1 712 329-6000
  address: 1 Harrahs Blvd

• Horseshoe Casino

  phone: +1 712 323-2500
  address: 2701 23rd Ave

Other

• Taco RideBilled as the world's largest weekly group bicycle ride. Every Thursday night in the summer, hundreds of cyclists ride the Wabash Trace through Iowa to a restaruant in Mineola, Iowa to consume thousands of tacos and margaritas. The trail begins in the parking lot of Lewis Central High School.

• Iowa Western Community College

  phone: +1 712 325-3200
  address: 2700 College Rd

• Buena Vista University Council Bluffs Campus

  phone: +1 712 328-0788
  address: 2700 College Rd
  Satellite campus of BVU which is based in Storm Lake.

• Mall of the Bluffs

  phone: +1 712 323-9986
  address: 1751 Madison Ave
  The city's largest.

• Scott Street Pub

  phone: +1 712 328-7275
  address: 25 Scott St
  With 17 TVs, a great place to catch a game.

• Best Western Crossroads of the Bluffs

  phone: +1 712 322-3150
  address: 2216 27th Ave
  Free breakfast and high-speed Internet. 5 mi from Eppley Airfield.

• SpringHill Suites by Marriott

  phone: +1 712 256-6500
  address: 3216 Plaza View Dr
  Free breakfast and Internet.

• Loess Hills State Forest ,40 mi north in Pisgah, offers a sort of oasis in the farmlands of Iowa. Camping and fishing are available. This is arguably the state's most interesting state park or forest.
• Elk Horn is 50 mi east and the nation's largest rural Danish settlement from the prairie days. The Danish Windmill is a state treasure.