Popular tourist activities during summer include biking (dedicated bikeway), playing tennis, swimming (Riverview Pool), fishing, boating, camping (dedicated campground), watching shows at Clinton Showboat Theater (traditional steamboat). The best-known tourist attractions include the nature parks in The Clinton Iowa Riverfront (the most visited being Eagle Point, Riverview, Dewitt, Root, Southside, Edwin Neubauer, Four Square), Bickelhaupt Arboretum (which has one of USA's largest dwarf conifers collections) and Felix Adler Discovery Center (themed on science, culture, and arts). Lyons and Clinton officially merged in 1895.
At Clinton IA's sawmills, they were cut into lumber and shipped or transported by railroads. Huge log rafts from Wisconsin and Minnesota were floated down the Mississippi River.
Lyons and Clinton quickly developed the lumber industry. The first business enterprise was a ferry service across the river (between Lyons and Fulton IL). The town (as Lyons / initially named after Lyon France) was officially established in 1837.
Nearby are located dining and entertainment venues and outdoor playgrounds. The dedicated cruise dock (wharf) is surrounded by forests. The nearest port cities are Dubuque IA and Hannibal MO.Īs cruise port, Clinton is included in the schedule of AQSC-American Queen Voyages/Steamboat Company and visited by the AQSC's riverboats American Queen and American Duchess. Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge (total area 970 km2 / 375 mi2) pass through the town along the river.Ĭruise ships to Clinton dock near the Marina adjacent to the Historic Lighthouse (at The Dike / Clinton Iowa Riverfront).
Clinton IA is a Mississippi River cruise port and town in Clinton County (Iowa USA) with a population of around 27,000.
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