Fort Madison
in Lee County of Iowa, United States
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Fort Madison Municipal Airport (2 mi) - Southeast Iowa Regional Airport (15 mi)
- Quincy Regional Baldwin Field (48 mi)
- Ottumwa Regional Airport (68 mi)
- Quad City International Airport (71 mi)
- Kirksville Regional Airport (75 mi)
- Greater Peoria Regional Airport (85 mi)
- The Eastern Iowa Airport (89 mi)
- Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport (102 mi)
- Dubuque Regional Airport (126 mi)
- Spring Lake Golf Course (Golf course, 2 mi)
- Sheaffer Memorial Golf Park (Golf course, 5 mi)
- Great River Road Golf Club (Golf course, 7 mi)
- Green Acres Country Club (Golf course, 13 mi)
- Keokuk Country Club (Golf course, 15 mi)
- Elks Fairview Golf Course (Golf course, 16 mi)
- Flint Hills Municipal Golf Club (Golf course, 16 mi)
- Spirit Hollow Golf Course (Golf course, 16 mi)
- Deer Run Golf Course (Golf course, 16 mi)
- Carthage Golf Course (Golf course, 17 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 40.630 and -91.315 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 40° 37' 47" and W -91° 18' 54"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Dollar - USD
- Spoken languages:
- English, Spanish, French
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 06:31 AM (Sunday)
- Timezone: America/Chicago
- UTC/GMT offset: -10 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:57 am and 8:06 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -37.797 and 77.565 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Martin-de-Vivies - References
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Safety Score: 2,7 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to United States.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning United States. Last Update: 2024-05-05 08:24:42
Delve into Fort Madison
Fort Madison in Lee County (Iowa) with it's 10,717 habitants is a city located in United States about 767 mi (or 1,234 km) west of Washington DC, the country's capital town.
Current time in Fort Madison is now 06:31 AM (Sunday). The local timezone is named America / Chicago with an UTC offset of -5 hours. We know of 10 airports closer to Fort Madison, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United States is Fort Madison Municipal Airport in a distance of 2 mi (or 3 km), North. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
Also, if you like playing golf, there are some options within driving distance. In need of a room? We compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Since you are here already, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Burlington, Carthage, Mount Pleasant, Kahoka and Oquawka. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 17°C / 63 °F
| Morning Temperature | 7°C / 45 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 17°C / 63 °F |
| Night Temperature | 13°C / 56 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 54% |
| Air Pressure | 1017 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 8 km/h (5 mph) from South-West |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 99% of sky |
| General Conditions | Overcast clouds |
Sunday, 5th of May 2024
19°C (66 °F)
17°C (63 °F)
Broken clouds, moderate breeze.
Monday, 6th of May 2024
24°C (76 °F)
13°C (56 °F)
Heavy intensity rain, fresh breeze, broken clouds.
Tuesday, 7th of May 2024
20°C (68 °F)
17°C (63 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, scattered clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Rivers Inn Fort Madison
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Videos from this area
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Fort Madison Swing Bridge & Barge
This will be boring. This I shot on the second week of my vacation I think it was on Wednesday. Was planning on spending the whole afternoon railfanning at different locations in the Fort...
Amtrak station in Fort Madison, IA, June 2004
Here's some video I filmed back on June 16, 2004, of the Amtrak station and BNSF division point in Fort Madison, Iowa. I was 12 years old at the time, and had just finished filming a few trains...
Driving thru Fort Madison, IA & testing DIY camera stabilizer
To test out a new camera stabilizer rig I made, I took it along on a drive thru my hometown in of Fort Madison, IA in May 2013. For some reason the video starts a few seconds into it - you...
Three trains meet in Fort Madison
On a windy April 12, 2014, we caught three trains meeting in Fort Madison. First is an empty coal heading north to Burlington followed by an eastbound, then westbound, stack train. Coal load:...
BNSF Warbonnet leads mixed freight in Fort Madison, IA, June 2004
Way back on June 16th, 2004, I filmed an eastbound BNSF mixed freight train departing the division point in Fort Madison, Iowa. I was 12 years old at the time, and this was one of my very first...
Amtrak's Southwest Chief with Mail & Express, Fort Madison, IA June 2004
This is a video I filmed on June 16th, 2004, of Amtrak's Southwest Chief making its station stop at Fort Madison, Iowa. This was my first ever recording of this train, as I'd just started shooting...
Santa Fe GP60 leads the Southwest Chief - Fort Madison, IA 5/25/13
On May 25th, 2013, I learned that there would be, yet again, a freight locomotive leading the eastbound Amtrak Southwest Chief. Apparently the train encountered engine problems out west, and...
AT&SF (Santa Fe) Caboose Fort Madison, Iowa
I recorded this yesterday, December 17th of 2014. Temperature wasn't too bad, in the upper 30's. At the end, a stack train comes along with 5 lead locomotives........I didn't hang around for...
Water Treatment in Fort Madison Iowa
This video illustrates the story of Fort Madison's reverse osmosis water treatment facility. HR Green performed a pilot study to select the treatment technology, designed the new facility,...
Crossing the Mississippi River at Fort Madison Iowa
Crossing the Mississippi River at Fort Madison Iowa BNSF Railroad bridge Amtrak SW Chief.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Fort Madison, Iowa
Fort Madison, Iowa (pop. 11,051) is located along the Mississippi River in the southeast corner of Iowa. Fort Madison is situated between small bluffs and one of the widest portions of the river. It is one of two county seats of Lee County (the other is Keokuk). It is the only county in Iowa with two seats of government.
Iowa State Penitentiary
The Iowa State Penitentiary (ISP) is an Iowa Department of Corrections maximum security prison for men located in the Lee County, Iowa community of Fort Madison. ISP is part of a larger correctional complex. The ISP itself is a 550 person maximum security unit. Also on the complex is a John Bennett Correctional Center - a 169 person medium security unit. Two minimum security farms with about 170 people are located within a few miles of the main complex.
Fort Madison Toll Bridge
The Fort Madison Toll Bridge (also known as the Santa Fe Swing Span Bridge for the old Santa Fe rail line) is a tolled, swinging truss bridge bridge over the Mississippi River that connects Fort Madison, Iowa and unincorporated Niota, Illinois. Rail traffic occupies the lower deck of the bridge, while two lanes of road traffic occupy the upper deck. It is widely considered the longest double-deck swing-span bridge in the world.
Appanoose Township, Hancock County, Illinois
Appanoose Township is one of twenty-five townships in Hancock County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 350.
Fort Madison (Amtrak station)
The Fort Madison Amtrak station is a train station in Fort Madison, Iowa, United States served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. On December 2009 the city received $1.1 million to restore the former Santa Fe station and move the Amtrak stop there, near to the city center. Of the six Iowa stations served by Amtrak, Fort Madison was the fifth busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 21 passengers daily.
Holy Trinity High School (Fort Madison, Iowa)
Holy Trinity Jr/Sr High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Fort Madison, Iowa. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Davenport. Other sites include the Early Childhood Center in St. Paul, an Early Childhood Center in Fort Madison and an Elementary School located in West Point, Iowa.
Niota, Illinois
Niota is an unincorporated community in Appanoose Township, Hancock County, in the U.S. state of Illinois. The community is located on the bank of the Mississippi River and is at the eastern end of the Fort Madison Toll Bridge, which connects Niota to Fort Madison, Iowa. Niota is the western terminus of Illinois Route 9 and is also served by Illinois Route 96, which is part of the Great River Road. The community has fought Mississippi River flooding (cresting levees) through its history.
KDME-LP
KDME-LP is a radio station licensed to Fort Madison, Iowa, USA. The station is currently owned by Divine Mercy Educational Radio Association.
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This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Potowanek, فورت ماديسون, Fort Madison, فورت مدیسون، آیووا, FMS, Форт Мэдисон, Форт Медисон
