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Finding the ILYM Meetinghouse

The meetinghouse is located in the peaceful, fertile midst of corn and soybean fields near McNabb, which is 110 miles southwest of Chicago, 220 miles north-northeast of Saint Louis, Missouri, 60 miles north of Bloomington-Normal, and 90 miles south of Rockford.

McNabb is about fifteen miles southwest of the intersection of I-39 and I-80.

From the South

orthbound on I-39, take exit 41 left/west on Rt. 18 toward Henry. After Magnolia, turn right/north on Rt. 89 and continue as below.

From the North

Southbound on I-39, take exit 51 right/west on Rt. 71 toward Hennepin. After Standard, turn left/south on Rt. 89 and continue as below.

Look for the Signpost

The meetinghouse lane is signposted on Rt. 89, about one mile south of McNabb and two miles north of Magnolia. Turn east on the lane and go a ½ mile; parking is on the north side and the large white meetinghouse is on the south side of the lane.

911 Address

The 911 address assignment is 14365 N. 350 Ave., McNabb, IL, 61335 (phone 815-882-2214) — but this may not work in some GPS systems or mapping websites. The street may be listed in those systems as “N. 350th Ave” or “County Road 350 N.” For postal mail please contact us through the contact form for appropriate addresses.

About the ILYM Campus

The yearly meeting’s 12-acre campus includes a variety of environments and buildings and has three distinct parts. The south campus near the center of the property is home to the historic Illinois Yearly Meetinghouse built in 1875, the largest and most prominent building on the grounds (the star marks the driveway to the meetinghouse). It includes a large lawn that often serves as a gathering and play-space in front of the open meetinghouse porch, and is framed by groves of trees to each side. The north campus, across the road from the meetinghouse is shaded by trees and includes a bathhouse, six unheated cabins without electricity, as well as space for tents and camping vehicles to set up. It also includes a bunkhouse building, a rustic meeting space called the Fox Hole and a large fire pit. The west campus originally was a farmstead and includes the Clear Creek House. There are also old farm buildings including a post and beam barn with attached milking shed, three silos, a grain bin, an equipment shed and a long chicken shed. The site has beautiful views across open farm fields in all directions.

The historic meetinghouse is wheelchair accessible, with an accessible restroom. Some of the other buildings at the site are not.