About the Area

Where can you find four cities, three bridges, two states and one great liberal arts college? In the Quad Cities, home of Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois. The Quad Cities area is a diverse community of 400,000 residents spanning the border between Illinois and Iowa on the Mississippi River. Augustana has been located in Rock Island since 1875 and joins with community partners in making the Quad-City area a great place to live, work, study and play.

Rock Island is located only 175 miles west of Chicago, 175 east of Des Moines, 250 miles north of St. Louis and 350 miles south of Minneapolis.

Resources and calendars

Quad-Cities Convention and Visitors Bureau
Quad-Cities Online (The Dispatch and The Rock Island Argus)
Quad City Times
River Cities Reader
WQAD Newschannel 8

Museums and galleries

Augustana College Art Museum
Bucktown Center for the Arts
Buffalo Bill Museum
Colonel Davenport House
Family Museum
Figge Art Museum
Fryxell Geology Museum at Augustana College
German American Heritage Center
Jenny Lind Chapel
MidCoast Fine Arts
Quad City Arts
Rock Island Arsenal Museum
Rock Island Historical Society and Library

Attractions

Niabi Zoo
Mississippi River Visitor Center
Putnam Museum and IMAX Theater
John Deere Pavilion and historic sites
Deere family homes
Quad City Botanical Center
Vander Veer Botanical Park
Black Hawk State Historic Site
Celebration River Cruises
Channel Cat Water Taxi
Davenport Skybridge