Van Meter

Van Meter has served as a railroad town in central Iowa since 1869. Set in the Raccoon River valley west of Des Moines, it retains the small-scale rhythm of a Dallas County community while sitting on the Raccoon River Valley Trail, a long paved route created on a former railroad corridor. The town is closely associated with Bob Feller, the Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher who grew up here; the Bob Feller Museum preserves that connection. Van Meter is also remembered locally for the 1903 “Van Meter Visitor” reports, a curious chapter of Iowa folklore. Move on to other webcams in the region to compare landscapes and settings around central Iowa.

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