River Motels in the Midwest

Riverboat Inn & Suites

Madison, IN

A family-run riverfront perch where the Ohio River rolls by the covered back deck and the lobby bar fills with live music on weekend nights in season. River-view rooms and a vintage sister building sit a short walk from the largest historic downtown in the country.

The Guttenberg Motel

Guttenberg, IA

A lovingly kept single-story motor court from the 1940s, sitting right on US-52 with remodeled rooms, a real metal key in your hand at check-in, and a log-cabin office out front. Out back there is a patio with a firepit and a grill, so a quiet evening feels less like a room number and more like a place you were invited to stay.

Frontier Motel

Marquette, IA

A tidy, family-run riverfront perch in the wooded bluffs of northeast Iowa, where you park at your door and watch towboats and freight trains roll along the Mississippi. A heated pool ringed with hanging flower baskets and immaculate single-story rooms make it a warm base for the Great River Road.

Hotel Manning

Keosauqua, IA

A community-owned riverfront landmark in Keosauqua, pairing an 1890s Steamboat Gothic hotel with a classic exterior-door motor lodge beside it. The motor-lodge rooms are simple, comfortable, and honest, with park-at-your-door entrances and the wandering Villages of Van Buren just outside.