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3About Mount Vernon, IA
Mount Vernon is a small college town in eastern Iowa, about 15 miles northeast of Cedar Rapids via Highway 1. Take I-380 to Exit 17, then head north through rolling farmland dotted with corn and soybean fields. From Iowa City, it's a straight 20-mile drive north on Highway 1. The town centers around Cornell College, famous for its unusual "One Course At A Time" system where students focus on just one intensive class every 3.5 weeks.
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Mount Vernon, IA is in United States, at 41.923, -91.424 - about 37 km north of University Heights, IA.
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The closest airport to Mount Vernon, IA is The Eastern Iowa Airport, 31 km (about 30 min by car).