Trail Section 12 — North Cordova to Hennepin Canal Trail

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Points-of-Interest

Port Byron

• Site of the across-the-Mississippi tug-of-war every August with the townfolk of LeClaire, Iowa. Be ready for a smile or a sneer when you ask who won the last one.

Hampton

• U.S. Lock & Dam #14 approximately 2 miles south of the I-80 overpass. It’s on an unmarked short access road. Nice picnic park and an opportunity to walk out past the fishermen on a 0.2 mile dike to the foot of the dam and its incredibly powerful rushing waters--a place to feel the might of the Mississippi. The closest you will ever get to herons, pelicans, and cormorants who are a lot more interested in the fish than in you.

Food

Rapids City

• Schuler’s Shady Grove Park, 1718 2nd Avenue, 309-496-2965

Accommodations - Motel/Hotel/B&B

Cordova

• Harbor Inn Bed & Breakfast, 701 Main Avenue, 309-654-2233

Port Byron

• Olde Brick House Guest House, 502 North High Street, 309-523-3236

East Moline

• Super 8 Motel, 2201 John Deere Road, 309-796-1999

Colona

• Indian Trails Resort - 5775 Poppy Garden Rd, 309-949-2128; 309-949-2697

Accommodations — Campgrounds

Camp Hauberg

• 2 miles south of Cordova on the GIT/Great River Trail, 309-523-2168

Hampton

• Illiniwek Forest Preserve, on the GIT/Great River Trail, 309-496-2620
• Fisherman’s Corner Campsite, 1 mile north of Hampton, on the GIT/Great River Trail, adjacent to U.S. Lock & Dam #14, an Army Corps primitive campsite

Geneseo

• Geneseo Campground, Next to the Hennepin Canal (4 miles north of I-80 @ Exit 19), 309-944-6465

Bike Shops

Geneseo

• B&B Lawn Equipment & Cyclery, 820 South Chicago Street, 309-944-2660