Though the city proper of Davenport, Iowa, is only home to one RV park, there are several additional unique options located within minutes of Davenport's city limits. The Iowa side parks offer sunrise views, and the Illinois side offers sunset views. Depending on your mood, you can also choose to camp near lakes, in a forest setting, along the Mississippi River or all three.
Lake Camping
West Lake Park is located on the outskirts of the city of Davenport just off the I-280 bypass. The park has two campground areas with electricity, water and/or sewer hookups, modern restrooms and a playground within one of the campgrounds.
The park is situated on four separate lakes that comprise West Lake where you can fish, swim or slow boat including in the paddle boats available for rent.
Outside the camping area, you can also play on a playground, picnic in a shelter or at one of the many available picnic tables or play a round of disc/Frisbee golf in the recently installed course located in this 620-acre park.
Forest Camping
Just north of the city of Davenport, you can camp in one of the five unique camping areas available at Scott County Park, which is located a few miles east of U.S. Highway 61. The camping areas offer modern restrooms and showers. While you are camping, you can enjoy the swimming pool, numerous hiking and multiuse forest trails, playground structures or equestrian areas in this 1,290-acre park.
Mississippi River Camping in Iowa
Buffalo Shores is a twenty-five acre park located just southwest of the city of Davenport along the Mississippi River in Buffalo, Iowa. The campground has sixty-five sites with electricity, water, a dump station and a modern comfort station with toilets and showers. You can also launch your boat or swim at the free beach available at Buffalo Shores.
Mississippi River Camping in Illinois
Illiniwek Forest Preserve is located across the Mississippi River and a bit northeast of Davenport in Hampton, Iowa. You can camp in your RV on one of the 60 camping pads with water and electrical hookups. The campground also offers shower houses and a dump station.
Other activities you can enjoy in this park include boating in the Mississippi River using the available boat launch ramp or hiking on one of the park's hiking trails.
If you want to venture out of the preserve, you can ride your bike, walk or rollerblade on the multiuse path running along the Mississippi River more than 40 miles up the river to Savanna, Illinois. You can access the path at several locations including the parking lot at Empire Park in Hampton where your kids can play on the massive wooden play structure also in Empire Park.
Lake Camping in Illinois
The 167-acre Lake George along with the Mississippi River provides the setting for Loud Thunder Forest Preserve, which is located southwest of Davenport across the Mississippi River. The preserve has 25 camping sites with water and electric hookups as well as a dump station. While you're camping, you can view wildlife, hike, fish or boat.
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