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From jct US 136 & S 2nd St (Iowa end of Miss. River bridge): Go 1 block W on S 2nd St, then 2 blocks S on Johnson St, then 1/2 block E on Water St, then 100 feet S across RR tracks (under bridge), then 1 block W on frontage road (past museum).
Unmanaged! Someone is cleaning out their garage in 4 of the campsites. Doing repairs on a mobile home. Where's management?! Could be a great spot with a great view.
Two star rating is generous but the location along the Mississippi earns it a second star. There are no bathrooms. No showers. No one told us about the chorus of diesel BNSF locomotives just across the street running all night. One of them must have had a bad cylinder as it sounded like someone beating a bass drum inside our RV. Drove us crazy. A train leaving at 9:30 at night sounded it's horn 13 times in the short stretch along the water while leaving town. (Yes, I understand there are regulations that require horn blowing but those regulations also allow quiet zones (and times) if the crossings are marked and signaled which they are.) There is a incredibly beautiful restored Romanesque train station just down the road. Too bad you can't see it as BNSF parks rows of train cars in front blocking any view. BNSF has pretty well destroyed the waterfront for this historic city. Add to this the locals roaring their un-muffled Harleys up and down the road by the campground and we won't be back.
