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Wildwood Hills Ranch
Wildwood Hills Ranch is a 400-acre Christian leadership-development organization and retreat center in St. Charles, Iowa, about 25 minutes south of West Des Moines. Its Conference & Retreat Center offers private and bunkhouse-style lodging, a dining hall and meeting spaces for up to 160 guests, and equestrian and ropes-course activities, hosting church, corporate, and other group retreats.
Facts verified from the camp’s own website · Last verified 2026-09-11
Getting there
- 45 min from Des Moines
- 2 h 45 min from Omaha, NE
- 3 h 5 min from Waterloo
2552 Union Lane, St. Charles, IA 50240 · drive times are typical, not rush hour
On the property
The facts
| Lodging | Lodge rooms |
| Meals | Full food service |
| Season | Year-round |
| Hosts | Church leadership · Corporate groups · Men's retreats · Women's retreats · Marriage retreats · School groups |
| Affiliation | non-denominational Christian |
| Property | 400 acres |
| Established | 2001 |
| Phone | (641) 396-2414 |
Wildwood Hills Ranch makes a ten-year commitment to the young people it serves, walking alongside them from about age eight through eighteen, and revenue from its Conference & Retreat Center helps fund that programming for more than 1,000 vulnerable youth and veterans a year.