Contact

Our friendly Welcome Center staff is here to welcome guests and to make sure visitors are provided with the maps and information they'll need to best enjoy and explore Madison County. Whether you’re visiting for the first time or this is a return visit, we hope you’ll stop here first. The Welcome Center is full of information about Madison County and surrounding areas, as well as souvenirs and locally-made items.

Getting here:

Madison County, Iowa is located in south central Iowa, just 15 minutes south of I-80 at DeSoto or 15 minutes west of I-35 at Bevington. 

Distance from the following cities to Madison County, Iowa:

• Des Moines, Iowa/DSM Airport - 36 miles (40 minutes)
• Pella, Iowa - 68 miles (1.25 hours)
• Omaha, Nebraska/OMA Airport - 125 miles (2 hours)
• Kansas City, Missouri/MCI Airport - 178 miles (2.5-3 hours)
• Sioux Falls, South Dakota/FSD Airport - 274 miles (4 hours)
• Minneapolis, Minnesota/MSP Airport - 280 miles (4 hours)
• Madison, Wisconsin/MSN Airport - 321 miles (5 hours)
• St. Louis, Missouri/STL Airport - 364 miles (5.5-6 hours)
• Chicago, Illinois/ORD Airport - 369 miles (5.5-6 hours)
• Dallas, Texas/DFW Airport - 683 miles (10.5 hours)

Would you like to schedule a personal guided tour of the covered bridges? Need information over the phone or by email? Please fill out the form below. Our team will get back to you as soon as possible.

This project paid for in part by the Iowa Tourism Office.