Vacation By Rail Planning for Des Moines Residents
Guide to finding the closest Amtrak cities
Distances from Des Moines, IA to cities with Amtrak rail service
- Creston (52 miles from Des Moines)
- Ottumwa (76 miles)
- Mount Pleasant (118 miles)
- Omaha (120 miles)
- Burlington (144 miles)
- Quincy (165 miles)
- Lincoln (168 miles)
- Independence (178 miles)
- Kansas City (180 miles)
- La Crosse (197 miles)
- Lawrence (199 miles)
- Topeka (205 miles)
- St. Paul (234 miles)
- Wisconsin Dells (242 miles)
- Springfield (244 miles)
- Plano (264 miles)
- Columbus (266 miles)
- Kirkwood (270 miles)
- Dwight (273 miles)
- St. Louis (275 miles)
- St. Cloud (276 miles)
- Naperville (285 miles)
- Joliet (288 miles)
- Champaign (301 miles)
- Milwaukee (307 miles)
- Chicago (311 miles)
- Hammond (318 miles)
- Effingham (319 miles)
- Centralia (319 miles)
- Hutchinson (333 miles)
- Carbondale (357 miles)
- Lafayette (362 miles)
- St. Joseph (371 miles)
- Poplar Bluff (377 miles)
- South Bend (380 miles)
- Bangor (391 miles)
- Holland (396 miles)
- Fargo (397 miles)
- Elkhart (397 miles)
- Indianapolis (413 miles)
- Kalamazoo (418 miles)
- Grand Rapids (419 miles)
- Battle Creek (438 miles)
- Albion (460 miles)
- Grand Forks (469 miles)
- Oklahoma City (472 miles)
- East Lansing (475 miles)
- Little Rock (479 miles)
- Norman (486 miles)
- Memphis (487 miles)