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Northern Illinois · Kingston, IL
Walcamp Outdoor Ministry and Retreat Center
Walcamp Outdoor Ministry and Retreat Center is a Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod camp and retreat center on 200 acres in Kingston, Illinois. It offers full meal service and hosts youth retreats, junior-high and high-school retreats, family camp weekends, and congregation retreats.
Facts verified from the camp’s own website · Last verified 2026-09-11
147
Sleeps
150
Dines
40
Largest room seats
Getting there
- 45 min from Rockford
- 1 h 35 min from Chicago
- 2 h from Madison, WI
32653 Five Points Road, Kingston, IL 60145 · drive times are typical, not rush hour
On the property
PaintballClimbing wallCampfire areasHiking trails
The facts
| Lodging | Lodge rooms (65 beds) · Cabins (56 beds) · Retreat houses (8 beds) · Retreat houses (18 beds) |
| Meals | Full food service |
| Hosts | Youth groups · Families · Church leadership |
| Affiliation | Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) |
| Property | 200 acres |
| Established | 1963 |
| Phone | (815) 784-5141 |
Walcamp was founded in 1963 by high-school-age Walther League members on 200 acres purchased by the Lutheran Camp Association in Kingston, Illinois.
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