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Attractions near Coal Valley

A zoo & aquarium to see in Coal Valley: Niabi Zoo

Around Coal Valley, the places to visit include 8 museums, 3 gardens and a zoo & aquarium. Only one place to visit is inside Coal Valley, but 12 more are within 40 miles. Some 77K visitors a year come to Figge Art Museum. Further out, Kinnick Stadium is 60 mi away.

Attractions nearby
22
within 60 miles
The big one
8 mi
Rock Island Arsenal
National park units
2
parks & monuments
Ancient site · 8 mi northwest

Rock Island Arsenal

Army post located on Arsenal Island on the Mississippi River.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Mapped around Coal Valley

The farthest of them, Carl Sandburg State Historic Site, is 35 mi out.

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Orange: Coal Valley. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

The complete list

13 places in all: one in town and 21 within 60 miles.

The places inside Coal Valley lead. The rest are ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places come first and the local favorites follow.

Coal Valley’s history →

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Rock Island Arsenal: Robert A, Ryan, J. Ceronia, and Bruce A. Harms, Photographers, Public domain · Kinnick Stadium: Count_de_Des_Moines (talk) (Uploads), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum: Shadow2700, Public domain · Carver–Hawkeye Arena: Asolsma1988, CC0 · Herbert Hoover National Historic Site: Billwhittaker, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Black Hawk State Historic Site: Bill Whittaker (talk). Original uploader was Billwhittaker at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home National Historic Site: Teemu008 from Palatine, Illinois, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Figge Art Museum: Ctjf83, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Putnam Museum: Ctjf83 of English Wikipedia (log), Public domain · John Deere House and Shop: IvoShandor, CC BY 2.5 · University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art: w_lemay, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Carl Sandburg State Historic Site: Robert Haugland, CC BY-SA 4.0 · University of Iowa Museum of Natural History: Billwhittaker (talk) at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Vander Veer Botanical Park: David Wilson, CC BY 2.0 · Buffalo Bill Cody Homestead: Kepper66, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Crapo Park: Ian Poellet, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bickelhaupt Arboretum: Photo by Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man), CC BY-SA 2.5 · Black Hawk Museum and Lodge: Smallbones, CC0 · Pine Creek Gristmill: Kepper66, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Quad City Botanical Center: Ctjf83 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Ryan Round Barn: Ibzumin, CC BY-SA 3.0

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