Nauvoo Log Cabins

What an amazing place! I wanted to get away from the hustle and bustle of Chicago for a personal spiritual retreat to celebrate the new year 2016, and I’m so glad I found Nauvoo Log Cabins. I was a little skeptical at first since I desired a cabin more secluded and in the woods but I thought I’d give it a try considering the affordability, and the location (about 4hrs from Chicago) — I’m so glad I did! Although not secluded, the grounds are very quiet and extremely well kept. I stayed in the Danielson and absolutely loved it, even though I felt a little guilty having such a large cabin to myself, but it was very spacious, clean, nicely decorated, and the bed was incredibly soft. The caretakers/​owners were extremely friendly and courteous and the town of Nauvoo was so peaceful and tucked away (located at the IL and IA border) that I still experienced the same tranquility expected if I were in a more wooded area. And although I’m not Mormon, I appreciated the town’s reverence for thier history and religion plus the temple is breathtaking. I’ll definitely be back next Jan for my retreat. I’m actually thinking if making this my yearly location!

Awesome. Loved em. Someone recommended them to me. We stayed in the bebe cabin with 8 total people. Was awesome. Kids absolutely loved it. 1 mile east of temple. Totally worth it. My only regret is that we didn’t have more time for the museum there in the complex. They td us about it but we didn’t hit it till the end when we were rushing to Carthage. The museum is worth dedicating a full hour. Out kids loved it to. Kids are 13,10,8,6.
If you come to Nauvoo i think the cabins are the only way to stay.

These are fun restored cabins from around the west, modern amenities with some historic artifacts inside and a little free museum on site as well. We stayed in the Sanders and Jamason cabins for a week. The Sanders cabin was the best for us, a separate bedroom with a king bed, desk and pseudo-​closet and then the living room has a queen bed and a full size futon/​couch combo. Separate room for the kitchen with a full size fridge, stove and microwave above the stove. The kitchens are decently stocked with plates, bowls, utensils etc… and pots and pans… your not cooking anything gourmet but it gets the job done. I would highly suggest it as a neat place to stay for a night or a whole week. For the big family we took a tour of the big cabin that sleeps 13 and it is cool! It has a covered wagon with a full bed, a half a cabin as a room and a neat loft for a kid with a single bed amongst all the other rooms! Liked that we had our own separate place though so my 2 and 5 year-​old could be little boys without bugging the people next door or below us!!! Thank you Sherry and crew for a great week in Nauvoo!
PS — WiFi was good enough to stream Hulu+ and Amazon Prime video for the kiddos!