Maquoketa Caves State Park

The campground is very nice but the showers are a disgrace! They were the filthiest I have ever seen. There were huge wads of hair all over, there were a lot of black worms in the corners of the stall, smashed bugs on the walls, old spider webs galore and the walls were slimy. I think the camp host is responsible for cleaning them, but the camp host never came out of their RV. It is a disgrace to an otherwise lovely park.

First time visit for us that we enjoyed. Came in at the end of a busy weekend and DNR was monitoring entrance to the camping (presume to keep day-use people from parking there) but had friendly help from them. Free showers. Donations for firewood which was well-stocked. Not much privacy between sites, but worked out OK for us.

Site was very level. Nice picnic table and nice fire ring.

Spent three days going around the cave trails. Cave locations are not consistently marked and some are a real pain to find. The park map needs a good update. Make sure you bring a headlamp per person and would suggest wearing waterproof footwear for a couple of the caves.

$8 for walk in sites, $16 for 20,30,50 electrical hookups. Potable water for your tank, spigots here and there, dump, nice fire rings, tables, firewood available for donation. Showers and bathroom acceptable.
Enough hiking for a couple of days in woods and on prairie.
All sites except #1 by reservation.
Sites are large, level, mostly shady, well thought out.

Great, small (>30 sites), quiet, and clean state park campground. Site 21 is almost fully shaded for most of the day. Verizon cell service was usable for working, but I don't have to do a lot of video chats, just audio - speed test says internet was slow but it worked for me 2.36 mbps download/2.21 mbps upload. ATT worked on my phone and iPad for posting on Instagram and such, facetime, and texting but couldn't get it to work as a hot spot to do a speed test. Only electric hookups but potable water spigots throughout the campground and dump station and water fill station at the front. Shower house had 3 shower stalls - 1 being ADA accessible. Sinks deep enough for dishes. Firewood available for donations. Bottle and can recycle bin and trash dumpster by shower house. Self-checkin for reservations and register for open sites at the kiosk as you enter the campground. I'm not sure if that's normal procedure or a covid thing. Hiking trails easily accessible without having to drive. The hiking trails are not well marked and the caves were closed (covid). Also an easy drive to the town of Dubuque.