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Welcome to the Carrollton Hotel & Event Centre

Our hotel has earned a reputation for warm hospitality and stellar service. As the top full-service hotel and event venue in west-central Iowa, we take our role as your hosts seriously and always strive to provide the excellent guest experience we’ve become known for.

We offer the amenities visitors love—including a heated indoor pool, indoor fitness center, complimentary breakfast and free Wi-Fi. The Swizzle Stick Lounge features signature cocktails and flat bread pizza. Business travelers, families, and large groups are well catered to here at the Carrollton. Learn more below and book your stay with us soon.

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Rooms & Suites

Our guests are treated to recently renovated rooms and suites outfitted with comfortable beds, refrigerators, DirecTV, and wi-fi. Some accommodations feature patios and whirlpool tubs, and every morning starts with our hot breakfast buffet. We have the traveler’s needs covered from every angle.

Carrollton Home Rooms
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Swizzle Stick Lounge Now Open
serving signature cocktails & homemade flatbread pizza
Tuesday - Saturday 5pm-10pm

1730 US Highway 71 N. Carroll Iowa 51401
Carrollton Inn
1730 US Highway 71 N. Carroll Iowa 51401
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Carrollton Inn
Carroll County Historical Society
123 E 6th St, Carroll, IA 51401, USA
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Carroll County Historical Society
Museums

Carroll County history includes bold bootleggers and hardy farmers. The Historical Society runs its main museum downtown as well as the Farmstead. They have also preserved an original schoolhouse.

123 E 6th St, Carroll, IA 51401, USA
Farmstead Museum
Swan Lake, Iowa 51401, USA
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Farmstead Museum
Museums

Located in Swan Lake State Park, this collection of historical and conservation displays is housed in a classic red barn. Swan Lake is located 2 miles south and 1/2 mile east of Carroll on 220th St.

Swan Lake, Iowa 51401, USA
Carroll Municipal Golf Course
2266 N West St, Carroll, IA 51401, USA
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Carroll Municipal Golf Course
Recreation

This 18-hole course covers 150 acres and offers watered greens and tee blocks, motorized carts, a clubhouse and golf shop.

2266 N West St, Carroll, IA 51401, USA
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Depot and Park
407 W 5th St, Carroll, IA 51401, USA
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Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Depot and Park
Museums

This historic train station located in Wall Lake is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Designed by Charles Sumner Frost in his classic Victorian Romanesque style, the former depot is surrounded by beautiful grounds.

407 W 5th St, Carroll, IA 51401, USA
Templeton Rye Distillery
209 E 3rd St, Templeton, IA 51463, USA
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Templeton Rye Distillery
Distillery Tours

Just 20 minutes south of Carroll, this family-owned distillery began producing ryes in 1920 to feed the demand during Prohibition, and it is now the largest employer in the town of Templeton. 

209 E 3rd St, Templeton, IA 51463, USA
Carroll Bowl
23688 US-30, Carroll, IA 51401-8503, USA
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Carroll Bowl
Recreation

Head to Carroll Bowl for a little competition among friends and relations! This is a good group activity if you’re here for a wedding or family reunion. Call 712.792.9332 for more information.

23688 US-30, Carroll, IA 51401-8503, USA
Carroll Recreation Center
716 N Grant Rd, Carroll, IA 51401-2549, USA
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Carroll Recreation Center
Recreation

The Carrollton Hotel has a heated indoor pool with sloped entry, but if you want to venture out, the local recreation center has an outdoor and an indoor pool, as well as baseball diamonds and courts for basketball, volleyball, racquetball, and tennis.

716 N Grant Rd, Carroll, IA 51401-2549, USA
Lakers Basketball Court
2100 N Grant Rd, Carroll, IA 51401, USA
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Lakers Basketball Court
Recreation

In 1960, when the Lakers basketball team still resided in Minnesota, their plane made an emergency landing in a Carroll cornfield. In honor of this memory, the Los Angeles Lakers built an outdoor basketball court at the Carroll Veterans Memorial Park (corner of Forest and 22nd Street).

2100 N Grant Rd, Carroll, IA 51401, USA
Merchants Park Baseball Stadium
Vine St, Carroll, IA 51401, USA
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Merchants Park Baseball Stadium
Recreation

Take in some of the best collegiate baseball around at the historic Merchants Park, built in 1949 for Carroll's semi-pro team, the Merchants. 

Vine St, Carroll, IA 51401, USA
Sauk Rail Trail
Sauk Rail Trail, Carroll, IA 51401, USA
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Sauk Rail Trail
Recreation

Along this picturesque 33-mile recreational trail, you’ll see joggers, bikers, and families strolling along. The trail connects Swan Lake State Park, just south of Carroll, to Blackhawk Lake State Park.

Sauk Rail Trail, Carroll, IA 51401, USA
Carroll Brewing
226 E 5th St, Carroll, IA 51401, USA
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Carroll Brewing
Distillery Tours

This locally owned brewery creates palate-pleasing lagers and ales, which you can see being made during a distillery tour and then sample in their taproom.

226 E 5th St, Carroll, IA 51401, USA
Swan Lake Park
22676 Swan Lake Trail, Carroll, IA 51401-9153, USA
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Swan Lake Park
Recreation

Beautiful Swan Lake Park’s 510 acres encompasses the lake and wooded areas home to deer and birds. It is also a starting point for the Sauk Rail Trail.

22676 Swan Lake Trail, Carroll, IA 51401-9153, USA
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Bring the Family

Carroll, Iowa

Carroll and the surrounding area features several attractions that make our hotel the perfect place to bring groups with members of all ages—and if you’re planning a wedding or reunion, you know how important that is. We’ve put together a guide to the area that will help you plan outings for the young and old and those in between. Parks, nature trails, museums, and more await.

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