Ottumwa is a city in South Central Iowa.

Get in

By car

Ottumwa is at the junction of US Highways 34 and 63.

By train

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. (updated Oct 2019)

By bus

Buses stop at the Amtrak station at 210 West Main St.

• Trailways (+1 641-682-2009)
• Greyhound Bus Lines (+1 641 682-2009)

By plane

• 2 Ottumwa Regional Airport (OTM ^IATA). General aviation airport. No scheduled passenger service. (updated Aug 2020)

Get around

By bus

Ottumwa Transit runs Monday through Friday from 6:46AM until 6PM. Fare is $1.50.

See

• 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.  

Eat

• 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. 

Sleep

• 1 Fairfield Inn, 2813 N Court Rd (at Rochester St), ☏ +1 641 682-0000, toll-free: +1-800-228-2800, fax: +1 641 682-0000. Check-in: 3PM, check-out: 12PM. 
• 2 Days Inn, 2824 N Court Rd (between Rochester and Fox Sauk Rds), ☏ +1 641-683-3000, fax: +1 641-683-3000, ✉ generalmanager30264@wynhg.com. Check-in: 2PM, check-out: 11AM. 
• 3 AmericInn, 222 W 2nd St (between Marion and Washington Sts), ☏ +1 641 684-8222, fax: +1 641 683-1881, ✉ ottumwa.ia@americinn.com. Check-in: 3PM, check-out: 11AM. 
• 4 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. 
• 5 Quality Inn & Suites, 125 Joseph Ave (at Court Rd), ☏ +1 641 682-8526, fax: +1 641 682-7124, ✉ gm.ia401@choicehotels.com. Check-in: 3PM, check-out: 11AM. 

Go next

Routes through Ottumwa

Omaha ← Osceola ←	W  E	→ Burlington → Chicago
Osceola ← Albia ←	W  E	→ Fairfield → Burlington
Waterloo ← Jct W E ← Jct W ←	N  S	→ Kirksville → Columbia