Linn County, IA Road Trips
Plan drives from Linn County, IA with practical route pages for distance, drive time, fuel cost, road character, and places to stop along the way.
Photo: Tom Fisk
Trip Routes
1
Longest Drive
205.1 mi
Denison, IA
Quickest Drive
4h 23m
Denison, IA
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Linn County, IA at a Glance
Founded
1839
Area
725 mi²
Notable People from Linn County, IA
A sampling of people born in Linn County, IA.
Dick Clark
1928–2023
American politician (1928–2023)
Landmarks & Historic Sites
Attractions and heritage-registered places located in Linn County, IA.
Mays Island
island in the Cedar River in Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, United States
Chain Lakes Bridge
historic structure located west of Palo, Iowa, United States
Iowa Building
listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Linn County, Iowa
Whittier Friends Meeting House
meeting house in Linn Count, Iowa
Samuel M. Lane House
Marion, Iowa, listed on the NRHP in Linn County, Iowa
West Side Third Avenue SW Commercial Historic District
historic district in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
Torrance House
historic building located south of Lisbon, Iowa, United States
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Traveler Guide to Linn County, IA
Eastern Iowa is the central region along the Mississippi River in Iowa, home to several of the state's main population centers. The region is both somewhat characteristic of the rest of the state in terms of demographics but also unique in both its geography (bluffs and rolling hills) and its denser population. In many respects, it shares more in common with the nearby Illinois and Wisconsin regions than the rest of Iowa.
Eastern Iowa is most heavily populated and developed area of Iowa outside of Des Moines. It includes the counties of Dubuque, Linn, Jones, Jackson, Iowa, Johnson, Cedar, Clinton, Scott, Muscatine, and Washington. Note that Iowa City is in Johnson County, not Iowa County.
Field of Dreams in Dyersville, west of Dubuque, is considered one of baseball's most-treasured landmarks. The field is the same used in the 1989 film Field of Dreams.
Eastern Iowa is located along two of the country's major east-west thoroughfares (I-80 and US 30) and the Highway of the Saints, a designated route of shared highways between the Twin Cities and St. Louis. I-380 serves a secondary route connecting Iowa City to Cedar Rapids and Waterloo. The entire region is also serviced by airplane via the Eastern Iowa Airport, located just south of Cedar Rapids.
Travel tips adapted from Eastern Iowa on Wikivoyage, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Content summarized; visit the source for the full article. See our methodology for how we use it.
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