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Explore the Sights Nearby our Hotel's Fort Dodge, IA Location

The Country Inn & Suites Fort Dodge is conveniently located on US-Hwy 20 Business and is only five miles from Fort Dodge Regional Airport. Our hotel is also only minutes to most major area businesses, making us the ideal hotel for business travelers. When you stay at the Country Inn & Suites Fort Dodge, the best of the city is right outside your door.

Nearby attractions include:

  • Blanden Art Museum (1.9 miles)
    With a variety of exhibits, this popular museum is a great place to visit less than two miles away from one of the finest hotels in Fort Dodge, IA.
    Phone: +1 (515) 573-2316
  • Fort 8 Theatre (2.0 miles)
    For great entertainment, check out a movie at this local theater nearby.
    Phone: +1 (515) 576-6989
  • Gypsum City OHV Park (2.5 miles)
    With ATV and motorcycle trails, a motocross course, safety training area and youth riding area, this attraction is both thrilling and family-friendly.
  • Fort Museum & Trading Post (3.2 miles)
    Take time to visit this museum that features replica Civil War militia fort houses, pioneer and Native American artifacts.
    Phone: +1 (515) 573-4231
  • Iowa Central Community College (3.5 miles)
    Just minutes away from the Country Inn & Suites, this local college is situated within easy distance of our hotel's Fort Dodge, IA location, an ideal resting spot for visiting parents and students.
    Phone: +1 (515) 576-7201
  • Rogers Sports Complex (5.1 miles)
    This newly renovated facility is home to a variety of sports attractions in Fort Dodge.
    Phone: +1 (515) 576-2851
  • Mineral City Speedway (6.2 miles)
    A racing fan's dream, this exciting speedway offers kids' nights, bikers nights and more full-throttle racing action.
    Phone: +1 (515) 574-7223
  • Community Orchard (6.4 miles)
    With over 20 varieties of apples, a gift shop, cafe and bakery, this orchard makes for a fun (and delicious) time.
    Phone: +1 (515) 573-8212

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Driving Directions:
Our hotel's Fort Dodge, IA location is situated on 5th Avenue South. Take US Highway 20 to exit 124. Follow North to Business 20, go West one mile to hotel.

Area Parks: 

Fort Dodge Businesses:

  • Silgan Container MFG (0.5 miles)
  • Nestle-Purina (0.5 miles)
  • Land 'O Lakes (0.5 miles)
  • CertainTeed (0.5 miles)
  • United States Gypsum (1 mile)
  • Georgia Pacific (1 mile)
  • Trimark (2 miles)
  • National Gypsum (3 miles)
  • Boehringer Ingelheim (5 miles)
  • Koch Nitrogen (7 miles)
  • Des Moines International Airport (90 miles)
Local Events:
  • Frontier Days (June)
  • Couch Freak Dollar Daze Boogie (Labor Day Weekend)
  • Dayton Rodeo (Labor Day Weekend)
  • Iowa Central Community College sporting & cultural events (year-round)
  • Fall Fest (September)
  • Apple Fest (October)

About Fort Dodge

Fort Dodge, located on the Des Moines River in north-central Iowa, feels smaller than its 25,000 population warrants. A wilderness fort - Fort Dodge - was built on the site in 1850, and twenty years later the fledgling settlement cashed in when gypsum mines were opened to tap the area's abundant resources. In fact, Fort Dodge is still known as "The Gypsum City." Like their frontier forebears, Fort Dodge's 25,000 residents embrace an active, vigorous lifestyle - the area boasts over 900 acres of public parks. Organized municipal volleyball, baseball, basketball and tennis teams are popular diversions for adults as well as children. Some of the parks offer overnight camping in rustic cabins or tents. A skateboard park, a Frisbee golf course, a butterfly garden and a model airplane field are some of the city's more unique offerings. Almost every park in the system has a nature trail or a walking trail, and joggers, bikers, inline skaters and cross-country skiers are common sights. Not all of Fort Dodge's attractions are land-based; the Des Moines River is the perfect place to fish, canoe and swim.

Did you know?

Though the "Gypsum City" might seem an unlikely place for it, Fort Dodge is the location of Iowa's first permanent art museum, established in 1930. The Blanden Memorial Art Museum's collection includes works from the European masters, as well as modern Asian and South American art. The Blanden is a cultural destination for much of north-central Iowa thanks to the wide array of art classes, lectures, film festivals and special exhibits staged here.

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