Best Cabin Camping near Clinton, IA

Several county parks near Clinton, Iowa offer furnished cabin rentals with modern amenities. Bald Eagle Campground and Cabins features a large modern cabin that sleeps up to 10 people with two sleeping rooms, a loft, and a sofa. According to a visitor, this cabin is "ADA accessible with a covered porch, parking for 3 cars, and all kitchen amenities." Rock Creek County Marina and Campground provides camping cabins along bottomland river forest with access to paddling rentals and fishing opportunities. West Lake Park's Summit Cabins offer lakeside accommodations with full-service kitchens, living rooms with fireplaces, and ADA bathrooms. These cabins include covered porches overlooking the water, fire pits, and picnic tables for outdoor dining.

Rustic and deluxe cabin options are available throughout the region, with most being pet-friendly. Chief Keokuk Campground at Johnson-Sauk Trail State Recreation Area offers a secluded cabin with heat/AC and views of the lake for approximately $45 per night. Geneseo Campground, about 30 minutes from Clinton, features four air-conditioned cabins that each sleep four people. Many cabins remain open year-round, including those at Bald Eagle Campground, which one reviewer noted is "the only campground open in winter in Scott County Park." Reservations are recommended, especially during summer months when lakeside cabins with swimming access are in high demand. Most county park cabins require advance booking through their respective park offices.

Most cabin rentals provide beds and basic furniture but require guests to bring their own linens, towels, and toiletries. Kitchen facilities vary significantly between locations - Summit Cabins include "full service kitchens with serving and cooking ware," while more basic cabins may only offer a microwave or refrigerator. Outdoor cooking options typically include fire pits with grates or gas grills. Firewood is available for purchase at most campgrounds, with some providing it complimentary with cabin rentals. The Wapsi River Environmental Education Center's Kestrel Cabin offers "modern amenities including stove, oven, microwave, dishwasher, refrigerator, coffee pot, and toaster" with "wood at no cost," making it an excellent option for those seeking a fully-equipped forest cabin experience.

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Best Cabin Sites Near Clinton, Iowa (34)

    1. Bald Eagle Campground and Cabins

    18 Reviews
    Long Grove, IA
    18 miles
    Website
    +1 (563) 328-3282

    $17 - $36 / night

    "One of the 6 campgrounds that you will have to choose from here at Scott County Park, Bald Eagle CG & Cabins is one that is more geared for the RV driving and trailer toting tribes as each site has"

    "Cabin sits at end of campground lane with covered porch, parking for 3 cars, ADA accessible. Cabin has 2 sleeping rooms, sleeping loft, and sofa. Capacity is 10, with all kitchen amenities."

    2. Rock Creek County Marina and Campground

    7 Reviews
    Princeton, IA
    10 miles
    Website
    +1 (563) 259-1876

    $14 - $18 / night

    "CG is spread out along bottomland river forest and includes camping cabins, tent and RV sites, RR/showers, playground, dump and water stations, Eco Tourism store/grill, paddling rentals, Blue Heron Cruises"

    "Turn at quarry off Great River Road/Highway 67."

    3. Pine Grove Campground, Scott Co Park

    5 Reviews
    Long Grove, IA
    17 miles
    Website

    $15 - $23 / night

    "Primitive tent sites include: tables, fire rings, parking, water and firewood nearby, shelter for rent, seasonal host, visitor parking, 2 modern cabins adjacent."

    "Seasonal host site offers firewood, there is a play ground, shelter, RR/ showers, trails, dump station.and two cabins available for rent."

    4. Geneseo Campground

    15 Reviews
    Geneseo, IL
    26 miles
    Website
    +1 (309) 442-2662

    $40 - $95 / night

    "This incredibly friendly (pet-friendly as well BTW) operation does an excellent job in how it is set up, offering up a few distinct loops that are ear-marked pretty much exclusively for the wheel-toting"

    "RV, tent, Cabins, and Yurt camping. The couple that run this campsite are so sweet! Pedal bikes for kids (and grown ups), a spray ground, and more!"

    5. Prophetstown State Park Campground

    6 Reviews
    Morrison, IL
    21 miles
    Website
    +1 (815) 537-2926

    "This fairly new State Park would of merited "5 stars", but the pit (aka vault) toilet smell was just tooooooo much and we weren't even close! "

    "Hhidden along the Rock River in Prophetstown Illinois is the state park campground."

    6. Camp Hauberg

    2 Reviews
    Princeton, IL
    15 miles
    Website
    +1 (309) 523-2168

    7. Seven Eagles RV Resort & Campground

    1 Review
    Savanna, IL
    16 miles
    Website
    +1 (563) 219-2076

    "We took several walks and bike rides around it. There is also a pool and a club house on property, however we did not visit them. There is ATT service, but not strong."

    8. Blue Lake Resort

    1 Review
    Morrison, IL
    18 miles
    Website
    +1 (309) 507-6897

    "Great playground, fun pond and a nice restaurant to get a good meal. All while enjoying your time without clothes. Safe and friendly along with welcoming to all."

    9. Timber Lake Resort and Campground

    2 Reviews
    Savanna, IL
    21 miles
    Website
    +1 (815) 244-1600

    "Highly recommend Timber Lake Resort"

    10. Camelot Campground Quad Cities USA

    17 Reviews
    Rock Island, IL
    33 miles
    Website
    +1 (309) 787-0665

    "Stayed one night for tent camping, campsite was clean and accommodating with fire pit, picnic table, lights, Wi-Fi, and power plug. Bathrooms and showers were clean. Perfect camping site."

    "They do have very nice cabins on site and a decent sized pond where the campground goes around. Mini golf is available with a pool. Had to go here once just to use the dump station."

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Cabin Reviews near Clinton, IA

216 Reviews of 34 Clinton Campgrounds


  • James M.The Dyrt PRO User
    Apr. 5, 2023

    Rock Creek County Marina and Campground

    Neat County Backwaters CG & Marina

    CG is spread out along bottomland river forest and includes camping cabins, tent and RV sites, RR/showers, playground, dump and water stations, Eco Tourism store/grill, paddling rentals, Blue Heron Cruises, nature center. Sites include fire rings, tables, gravel backing pads, electric with some right near water edge.

  • James M.The Dyrt PRO User
    Aug. 15, 2024

    Summit Cabin 1

    Very nice, clean County cabin overlooking lake

    This modern cabin offers to better bedrooms, full service, kitchen, living room, with sofa, sleeper, and fireplace, ADA bathroom, covered porch with chairs and view of the lake, fire pit, and picnic table outside. Park offers, kayak and paddleboard, rentals, concessions, and a swimming beach in season.

  • James M.The Dyrt PRO User
    Aug. 15, 2024

    Summit Cabin 2, West Lake Park

    Very, very clean, County, modern cabin, surrounded by Prairie overlooking lake

    This cabin has all modern conveniences with two sleeping rooms, full service, kitchen, living room, with sofa, sleeper, and fireplace, ADA bathroom and a covered porch overlooking the lake. There’s a gas grill, fire pit, picnic table for outdoor recreation. The park offers kayak rentals, paddle boat rentals, swimming beach in season, and concessions.

  • Stuart K.The Dyrt PRO User
    Mar. 7, 2025

    Bald Eagle Campground and Cabins

    Barren RV-Riddled Campground Outpost

    One of the 6 campgrounds that you will have to choose from here at Scott County Park, Bald Eagle CG & Cabins is one that is more geared for the RV driving and trailer toting tribes as each site has FHUs with electric, water & sewage, fire rings and picnic tables; however, if you wanted to pitch a tent here, you could, although I would recommend nearby Incahias as an alternative. Unlike some of the other campgrounds here, Bald Eagle kind of lives up to its name as there’s not much in the way of tree cover or brush, so the land is somewhat BALD. The land is incredibly flat, back-in slots are spacious, hard and very level grounds are incredibly well-organized and the bathroom / shower facilities with great HOT running water and are about as impeccably clean as can be.

    Near by Bald Eagle is Pride Lake, which makes this pet-friendly CG your top pick if you’re an angler or looking to get some decent oaring with your kayak or canoe. Sitting in front of Pride Lake are 2 very large shelters – Whispering Pines and Hickory Hills – as well as a playground for the kiddos and a restroom facility that is also spartan-clean. Surrounding Bald Eagle is also no shortage of hiking / biking / horse trails. We found the CG itself to be fairly quiet, although lacking in privacy without the benefit of any real brush or trees to blot out our next-door neighbors, but that said, everyone was incredibly friendly with full displays of Midwestern hospitality that this area is known for. There is also a single large cabin available for rent that has capacity for 10 people.

    We loved Scott County Park so much because there is a lot that this gem offers up, from fresh water catch & release lakes, a combination of topographies (from woodlands, wetlands and prairie grasslands), a beautiful 18-hole championship golf course, outdoor exercise areas, club house and concessions, stand-alone cabins for rent, designated dump stations and trash receptacles, numerous picnic areas, a massive heated swimming pool complete with a snake-like water slide, volleyball court, ranger stations, seasonal on-site hosts, firewood available for purchase at entry stations, Walnut Grove Pioneer Village and St. Anne’s church at the park’s NW perimeter, 7 community shelters, designated picnic areas, a memorial park, equestrian area and an incredibly well-paved network of roads that allows you to easily access just about every corner of this park.

    Happy Camping!

  • James M.The Dyrt PRO User
    Aug. 2, 2023

    Wapsi River Environmental Ed. Ctr.

    Nice Family cabin in quite park

    Park is a nature preserve with only 1 cabin for rent (Kestrel Cabin) sleeping six. Cabin offers modern amenities: stove, oven,micro, dishwasher, refrigerator, coffee pot, toaster, ADA access, shower. AC/heat, covered porch, firewood, picnic table, Charcoal grill, trails. Park is also site of nature center with live animals, an observatory, access to Wapsipinicon River.

  • James M.The Dyrt PRO User
    Aug. 28, 2024

    Bald Eagle Campground and Cabins

    Nice modern cabin in County campground

    Cabin sits at end of campground lane with covered porch, parking for 3 cars, ADA accessible. Cabin has 2 sleeping rooms, sleeping loft, and sofa. Capacity is 10, with all kitchen amenities. Has fire pit, wood available in campground, tables, and gas grill with rental. Playground nearby, park has seasonal pool, garden of course, trails, Pride Lake for fishing and paddling.

  • James M.The Dyrt PRO User
    Aug. 30, 2025

    Wapsi River Environmental Ed. Ctr.

    Very nice, quite, cabin surrounded by forest

    Cabin has all amenities for six. Charcoal grill, fire ring with wood supplied, picnic table, covered porch, trail head right next to cabin. After hours offers quite park, dark skies, and trails with wildlife. Wapsipinicon River access just down River Trail.

  • Stuart K.The Dyrt PRO User
    Jul. 28, 2025

    Hickory Grove Campground

    Midwest Pasture Camping @ Its Finest

    Located just due north of Sheffield, right off I80 (2 miles to be exact), and due west of Princeton by about 20 minutes, Hickory Grove Campground, on the one hand, is so far off the grid that you will really feel as though you are truly ‘getting away from it all,’ yet on other hand, this place is just a couple stone’s throw from one of the busiest highways that runs through the great state of Illinois, making it incredibly accessible. What I love most about Hickory Grove Campground is that it is run by good folks (husband and wife duo, Dave & Joan) that have been in this particular area of north central Illinois for a very long time. On your way to Hickory Grove, you won’t help but notice that there is a supreme amount of gorgeous farmland that you will bear witness to, complete with golden rows of sweet corn or fields of drilled beans. Any way you look at it, enroute to Hickory Grove, you will feel right at home here in the heartland of the Midwest, where we take great pride in our hospitality.

    As for this pet-friendly campground itself, upon entry, you will discover that there is a main house, immediately followed by the main office, which is where you will check in. Once doing so, you’ll be able to access your slot, depending upon which one you have selected (and there is nearly 100 to choose from), whether that be an RV or 5th Wheeler slab, deluxe cabin rental or primitive camping site. There are 15 pull-through sites (all with 50 amp electric) with all RV and Trailer sites offering full hook-ups (30 / 50 amp electric, water and sewage) most with shaded lots. Other amenities include a doggie park, ice for sale, scattered picnic tables, designated trash dumpsters, BBQ grills, boat launch, pedal cart rental, restroom and shower facilities, ramp and dock on the Hennepin Canal horseshoe pit and 3 miles of hiking trails.

    Insider’s tips? Here’s a few: (1) If you’re a biker like me, you better come bringing the cycles as from this vantage point, you’ll be able to access the 80 mile long bike trail that you’ll find is easy to access from Hickory Grove Campground; (2) As a fellow kayak enthusiast, you’ll appreciate the nearby access at Hennepin Canal; (3) After a good day of hiking, biking and kayaking, likely you’ll want to ‘whet that whistle’ and if so, nearby Psycho Silo Saloon has you covered in spades (April until October that is) with a full stocked bar of spirits, live music and some nice iced tall boys, but be sure to bring cash because this watering hole doesn’t know how to make credit cards work yet; (4) For those looking for a nice, easy and economical seasonal rental, Hickory Grove is quite affordable offering up sites for as little as $1,400 / season; (5) Specific sites that I recommend include: (a) those on the river’s edge of the Hennepin Canal: #30A, #30B, #34 – 39, #80R; (b) those on the western edge of the property: #12A – B, #13, #16 –19, #30A – B, #34 – 39; as well as (c) those sites that fall against the eastern treeline: #80, #82, #86A – C, #97 – 99; (6) When I head out camping, I like to bring 2-3 choice cuts of rare, sometimes exotic meats and whatever you might be into, should you want some fresh cut meats, check out nearby Wyanet Meat Locker, which will have the standards (NY Strip, Ribeye, hamburger patties) as well as some nice cuts from the top-shelf, including: buffalo, lamb chops and duck; and (7) For a slice of pure Midwestern joy, check out Myrtle’s Pie, which have some amazing selections including banana cream, salted caramel, lemon meringue, carrot cake cheesecake and my favorite, the coconut cream – but everyday Myrtle runs out of pies by early-to-mid-afternoon, so call ahead to order your pie or just get in there as soon as she opens for some freshly baked cinnamon roles and brewed coffee.

    Happy Camping!

  • James M.The Dyrt PRO User
    Apr. 28, 2022

    Summit Cabin 1

    Well maintained County cabins overlooking Railroad Lake

    Lake Restoration is currenlty underway! These modern cabins have everything a family needs. Site has parking including handicap and overflow, fire pit, tables, grill, covered porch overlooking lake and prairie, firewood, ice, concessions at cg office or beach/boathouse( when open), world-class disc golf, fishing, trails, playgrounds nearby. Cabins are within West Lake Park.


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