Rows of concrete pads under the trees at Woodside campground hold rigs backed in off an asphalt loop road. From the pad, the only open question for the day is the river or the pool. Scott County Park is the largest park in the county, a big spread of woods and campground loops north of Davenport, and its Olympic-size heated pool is where a lot of afternoons end up. Run the slides and the awning out and leave them for a few days, because the week works best with the motorhome parked and the Quad Cities taken a day at a time.
The best show in town is on the Mississippi at Lock and Dam 15. From the overlook at the Mississippi River Visitor Center you can watch a towboat nose a string of barges into the lock chamber, wait while the water lifts or lowers the whole load, then push on toward the next pool. Downtown Davenport's riverfront is just across the channel for the rest of the afternoon.
The visitor center is on Rock Island Arsenal, an active Army post, so getting there takes a little paperwork. Every adult in the group needs a visitor pass and a favorable background check, and first-time visitors bring REAL ID or a passport to the Visitor Welcome Center outside the Moline Gate.
Woodside and Bald Eagle at Scott County Park
The park is about nine miles north of Davenport off US Highway 61, with the entrance on 270th Street. Woodside and Bald Eagle are the two loops to aim a motorhome at. The county lists Woodside and Bald Eagle for large RVs, with electric, water and sewer at every site.
Of the park's other two campgrounds, Pine Grove has electric only and Incahias is closed indefinitely as of October 2026. The park gates lock after closing, so a late arrival is better off spending the first night at Interstate RV Park off I-80, which has 50-amp service and a dump station and takes reservations by phone. If Scott County Park is full, the county runs more RV campgrounds at Park Terrace and Summit in West Lake Park and at Buffalo Shores.
Maquoketa Caves State Park and the Natural Bridge
Midweek, pull the slides in and move the rig north to Maquoketa Caves State Park for a night or two in a campground among the pines. The trails lead to the Natural Bridge, a rock span standing 50 feet above Raccoon Creek, and to Balanced Rock, a 17-ton block that looks one good shove from rolling. The caves are the other reason to come, and they close every year from mid-November through March for the bats.
The campground's 24 electric sites run 20, 30 and 50 amp, all back-in, with a dump station and no water or sewer hookups listed, so fill the fresh tank before you leave Scott County Park. Every site requires a reservation, so lock in the Maquoketa nights first and build the rest of the week around them.
Neither the DNR nor the reservation page states a maximum length for those back-in sites, and if it's only two of you, a smaller rig built for two backs into them with less fuss. For the rest of the state, from the Army Corps lakes to Pikes Peak State Park on the bluffs upriver, the Iowa RV page picks up the trip.