Our Lady of Spring Bank Cistercian Abbey is nestled in the rolling hills of southwestern rural Wisconsin. The Abbey owns approximately 600 acres of field and forest adjacent to the far corner of Ft. McCoy Army Base. Wildlife is plentiful, especially deer and turkey.
Predominant vegetation includes oaks, pines, and wild grasses.
Birch, maple, and sumac add a splash of color in the autumn. This site was chosen for the rural solitude and beauty traditional to Cistercian life. At the end of Havenwood Road, one follows our quarter-mile private drive to the monastery. The building is simple, but it has a certain understated elegance that combines modern building materials and technologies with traditional monastic design. Subtle arches and turrets, along with rough, split-faced block with native stone coloring, are reminiscient of the rich heritage of medieval Cistercian monasteries throughout Europe.