Where is WMAW?
The St. Iakovos Retreat Center (SIRC) is a 137-acre facility located in the western corner of Kenosha county in beautiful Kansasville, WI settled on the 11-acre Friendship Lake with over 50 acres of pinewood forest, with a 26-room main lodge featuring individual style accommodations and two cottages featuring communal style accommodations.
How The heck do I get there?
Kansasville is 60 miles north of Chicago, about 30 miles south of downtown Milwaukee. If you are flying in you have two options: O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, or Mitchell International in Milwaukee.
From there, you will need to arrange a ride with someone in advance, rent a car, or take an Uber/Lyft.
Renting a car is the most costly, but easiest, option, especially since if you are not staying on-site; St. Iakovos is about a mile and a half from the nearest hotels, and about three to four times that from the rest.
If you are going to need to either cab it directly from the airport, taxi, Uber, and Lyft transportation are available. It is roughly a 25 minute ride from the train station.
Can I stay on Campus?
Yes! The site holds 200 guests, with a variety of rooms. There are bunk-style cabins (think, high-end boyscout camp) with modern showers and facilities, and quad-occupancy semi-private rooms with their own bathroom/showers in the main hall. The only catch with the quads is that the bottom beds are doubles with linens, the upper bunk is a single and BYOL (bring your own linens). If you like thicker bedding, we recommend bringing an additional mattress pad or sleeping bag for ultimate comfort.
If you aren’t seeing the option for the semi-private rooms on the regisrartion page, that’s because they sell out pretty much immediately.
Prefer to have your own space but don’t want a private room? We will have designated areas for both modern and historical camping. Access to showers (and designated bunkhouse beds, in case of tent failure!) are included as part of the overall registration fee.
Please note that campfires/cooking will NOT be allowed in camp areas; all campfires must be lit and monitored by St Iakovos staff in designated areas.
Finally, you do have the option to stay off-site at a nearby motel but there is no change in the registration fee if you choose this option.
I’m not staying on campus, where can I crash?
There are a number of hotel options in the area.
Hampton Inn & Suites Kenosha Pleasant Prairie
SpringHill Suites by Marriott Kenosha
There are also a number of AirBnB options which would be cheaper if sharing with multiple people.
OK, but what about … ?
If you have any other questions while planning your trip to WMAW, feel free to contact us. We can’t guarantee that we’ll know the answer, but we’ll do our best to find out, or get you to the right person. The goal for the weekend is to have fun and work hard once you get here, not work hard to get here!
St. Iakovos Retreat Center
920 224th Ave,
Kansasville, WI 53139