Quad Cities Summer Bucket List | 2022

2022 Quad Cities Summer Bucket List ideas

1. Go to the Food Truck Fight in Galena, Bettendorf or Muscatine! There will be live music, lots of fun, and of course FOOD!
2. Plant a raised bed vegetable garden
3. Ride the Channel Cat Water Taxi! Boats will be running starting Memorial Day weekend
4. Visit Niabi Zoo!
5. Go for lots of walks and hikes along the river
6. Head to the Maquoketa Caves
7. Attend Red, White & Boom (July 3)
8. Check out Nahant Marsh – an urban wetland boardwalk
9. Pick some strawberries
10. Walk around the shops in LeClaire – along the river or downtown
11. Fly a kite
12. Get out the sidewalk chalk and bubbles
13. Check out the Family Museum in Bettendorf
14. Visit the Quad City Botanical Center
15. Check out Quad City Arts’ Chalk Art Fest (July 16-17)
16. Attend Sunflower Days at Pride of the Wapsi (mid-July)
17. Check out Black Hawk State Historic Site
18. Visit a splash pad
19. Run through the sprinkler at home or have a water balloon fight
20. Check out Whitewater Junction Aquatic Center
21. And view local pools and aquatic centers
22. Check out the Figge Art Museum
23. Watch the Backwater Gamblers (water ski club – free family fun in the Quad Cities has shows on Wednesdays and Sundays in the summer)
24. Head to Fryexell Geology Museum – located on the campus of Augustana College in Rock Island – one of the largest and finest collection of rocks and minerals in the Midwest
25. Have an outdoor movie night with friends (or go to the Highway 61 Drive-In!)
26. Have a scavenger hunt or play nature bingo
27. Go to Empire Park in East Moline
28. Walk the Skybridge in Davenport
29. Check out Wild Cat Den State Park in Muscatine, IA
30. Pick out some fresh produce at a Farmers’ Market
31. Play Frisbee Golf (Courses in the QC: West Lake Park in Davenport, Middle Park in Bettendorf, Eastern Avenue Park in Davenport, Devils Glen in Bettendorf, Prospect Park in Moline, and Camden Park in Milan)
32. Make your own Summer Reading Program and join in on the local library’s
33. Go Bowling (check out the Kids Bowl Free program)
34. Go camping – we love Scott County Park!
35. Check out the Mississippi Valley Fair (August 2-7)
36. Get to a River Bandits baseball game at Modern Woodman Park
37. Enjoy the many trails the Quad Cities has to offer
38. Visit the fountain at Vander Veer Park
39. Practice yoga in the park by taking your mats and an iPad to watch a virtual teacher
40. Take a bike ride by the Mississippi River
41. Visit a State Park in Iowa or Illinois (16 within a couple hours of the QC!)
42. Stroll through the Village of East Davenport
43. Hit up Schweibert Riverfront Park
44. Eat some Whitey’s Ice Cream
45. Make snow cones at home
46. Enjoy Kurbside Kona Ice when possible (you can check the schedule with the zip code)
47. Go on a day trip (these are some options!)
48. Stargaze – or go to the Augustana Planetarium
49. Have a picnic in the yard or at one of our local parks… simple can still be fun!
50. Go bowling… kids bowl free at certain centers this summer!