Local Information:
Cat n' Fiddle Bed and Breakfast is conveniently located in Sigourney, IA: 55 miles west of
Iowa City
, 83 miles southeast of
Des Moines
, 25 miles from
Oskaloosa
, 30 miles from
Ottumwa
, and 36 miles from Fairfield.
Sigourney's web site
:
www.sigourney.com
We are also memebers of the Iowa Bed and Breakfast Guild! Check out their website:
www.ibbg.com
Local Recreation:
BelvaDeer Recreation Area
-2 miles east and 2 miles north of Sigourney. This1669 acre park offers fishing, camping, picnic shelters, hunting, boatramps, horse trails, swimming beach, and hiking trails.
Keokuk County
Exposition Figure 8 Races
-Races run May through September. A fun community event for all ages. Phone
641-622-2647
Yenruogis
County Park
(Sigourney spelled backwards)
-Picnicking, fishing and primitive camping
LegionPark
-located about two blocks from Cat n' Fiddle Bed and Breakfast onWest Spring Street has picnic shelters, grills, playground, basketballcourt, and swimming pool.
HIlltop Bowl
-located 21619 Highway 92
Sigourney Golf Club
-1103 200th Avenue provides private 9 hole golf course and club house.
Local Museums
:
Dumont Museum
3miles south of Sigourney on Highway 149. Open weekends May thruOctober, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. or by appointment. Nice collection ofantique tractors, dolls, toys, wagons, and machinery. Phone
641-622-9937
Keokuk County Courthouse
DowntownSigourney. Open 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday thru Friday. Aneoclassical building built in 1910 displays Indian relics, paintedmurals by C.E. Rang of Chicago in 1912, and oil paintings of LydiaHuntley Sigourney, and Chief Keokuk. Phone
641-622-2320
Keokuk County
HIstorical Society Museum
402 East Elm. Open Wednesday and Thursday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Group tours by appointment. A collection of
Keokuk County
artifacts, a genealogy department with cemetary records and obituaries.
The Stone House
321 North Shuffleton. Open by appointment only. The oldest house in Sigourney built in 1855.
Nearby Regional Attractions:
Pella Tulip Time Festival
Pella, IA
www.pella.org
59th Old Threshers Reunion
August 28 - September 1, 2008
Mt. Pleasant,
Iowa
888-746-3882
www.oldthreshers.org
Tassel Ridge Winery
Leighton, IA
www.tasselridge.com
American Gothic House
Eldon, Iowa
State
Historical Society of
Iowa
515-281-5111
What Cheer Opera House
What Cheer, IA
641-634-2893