Available for $74 to $79 a night, the Belva Deer Inn is just minutes from Sigourney's Lake Belva Deer recreational area. The lake offers fishing, boating, hiking, camping and more than 1,300 acres for hunting. A swimming beach is also available during the summer. The Belva Deer Inn provides a free continental breakfast and is close to Copper Lantern, a local Sigourney restaurant that serves home-style food. The hotel is also just a short drive from the Dumont Museum, featuring antique tractors, toys, trains and more, which (as of 2011) is open on weekends from May to October with an admission price of $8.
Located 30 minutes southwest of Sigourney, the Quality Inn and Suites of Ottuma, Iowa, offers rooms for $80 and less a night. The inn also provides discounts for seniors and AAA members. Numerous local and chain restaurants sit next to or are less than a mile from the hotel including El Porto, Courtsider, El Rancho and Appanoos Brewing. The hotel is also a short drive to the American Gothic House in Eldon, Iowa, the house made famous by Grant Wood in his painting "American Gothic"; it includes a gift shop, media room and parodies exhibit.
America's Best Value Inn of Oskaloosa, Iowa, is located 30 minutes west of Sigourney. With rooms for just $45 a night, this hotel is less than a mile from many Oskaloosa restaurants that range from Mexican to barbecue to Chinese. The Penn Central Mall is also less than a mile away from the inn. For guests looking for outdoor entertainment, the Oskaloosa recreational trail is within walking or biking distance.
Three Super 8 hotels are located within 30 minutes of Sigourney in Ottumwa, Oskaloosa and Fairfield, Iowa. The Oskaloosa hotel offers rooms at the cheapest rate of $55 a night. Rooms at the Fairfield and Ottumwa locations are $65 and $69. Super 8 provides discounts for seniors, AAA members, advance purchasers and government employees.
