Conferences & Retreats

This image shows the Upper Dells Education and Research Center covered in snow.

The Upper Dells Research & Education Center is officially open and ready to host your next retreat! Join us along the beautiful sandstone bluffs of the Wisconsin River. Amenities include meeting spaces for 10-60 people, a catering kitchen with a refrigerator, and large monitors to display materials. Other amenities include access to on-site food service, Upham Woods staff to assist you throughout your stay, sleeping accommodations in a dormitory or rustic log cabin setting, and much more.

For more information on facility options, or to learn how to set up your next conference at Upham Woods, please call our main office at 608-254-5744 or email uphamwoods@extension.wisc.edu. You can book your conference space using our online reservation request form. 

Meeting Room Rates

Upper Dells Education and Research Center: Large Meeting Room (capacity: 60)

Includes use of catering kitchen, small meeting room for breakouts, and AV equipment (HDMI compatible)

Time UW-System Public Agencies/ Non-Profits Private Groups (Corporate)
Half Day (2-4 hours) $250 $300 $400
1 Day (4-10 hours) $450 $550 $750
2 day $700 $850 $1050
Upper Dells Education and Research Center: Small Meeting Room (capacity: 30)

Includes use of catering kitchen, and HDMI connection to large screen

Time UW-System Public Agencies/ Non-Profits Private Groups (Corporate)
Half Day (2-4 hours) $150 $200 $250
1 Day (4-10 hours) $225 $300 $450
2 day $450 $550 $750