Wide Open Spaces – Wisconsin Lake, Mountain, and Countryside Resorts

It’s SUMMER! Time to get out of the city and back to nature; explore new places, expand horizons, and invite your team to experience inspiration and collaboration at some of Wisconsin’s best wide-open spaces.

On the Water’s Edge

Glacier Canyon Conference Center at Wilderness Resort. Connected to Wilderness Hotel via skywalk, the resort offers guests year-round comfort with traditional guest rooms and suites, lodge, cabins, condos, and villas. Featuring exciting indoor and outdoor waterparks, a rugged 18-hole championship golf course, luxurious spa, and a vast menu of choices for dining, your group will discover dozens of ways to engage and interact here. There’s no end to the activity with go-carting, lazer tag, lazer maze, virtual arena, ropes courses, bumper boats, and mini golf for the ultimate in fun and team-building.

Explore Wisconsin Dells VCB. Known as the Waterpark Capital of the World, there are more than 16 million gallons of water for your group to splash around in at the area’s many indoor and outdoor waterparks. But that’s not all. Wisconsin Dells boasts more than 8000 hotel rooms, 19 campgrounds, a wide variety of cuisines and dining options, charming shops, amusement parks, breweries, wineries and distilleries, and museums, along with more than 400,000 square feet of meeting space.

At the Spa

Heidel House Resort & Spa. Tucked away on the shores of beautiful Green Lake, Heidel House Resort and Spa invites guests to enjoy a completely rejuvenating experience at their full-service resort. For more than 60 years, guests have appreciated the resort’s championship golf course, exquisite dining, relaxing guest rooms and vacation rentals, and of course, unforgettable spa services including massage therapy, water therapy, facials, nail enhancements, and salon services. Nearby, over 99 holes of golf are available to play at four of Wisconsin’s most renowned courses. Multiple dining options, enchanting area attractions, and exciting activities make this a place that’s ideal for pampering.

Green Lake. Live the good life at Green Lake with 27 miles of shoreline and hundreds of ways to experience the area’s lakes, beaches, and public parks. Rent a boat or jet ski, go kayaking or paddle boarding, enjoy sailing, swimming, and fishing. Year-round festivals, two championship golf courses, plenty of fine and casual dining choices, and charming lodging abound with B+Bs, motels, hotels, resorts, cabins, cottages, and campgrounds.

Abbey Resort & Avani Spa. The upscale 90-acre resort is located on the shores of beautiful Lake Geneva with stunning accommodations that include spacious guest rooms, deluxe suites, and villas. Resort amenities include several dining choices, indoor/outdoor swimming pools, a 1000-square foot arcade, and of course, the award-winning Avani Spa. The state-of-the-art facilities offer several pampering options, including massages, facials, and salon services. With 40,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor meeting space, the Abbey Resort is the perfect luxury getaway for your group.

In the Country

Grand Geneva Resort & Spa. This stunning Wisconsin resort is situated on 1300 acres of picturesque woodlands in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Guests tee up at the resort’s two stunning golf courses, dine al fresco on some of the area’s finest cuisine, relax and unwind at the WELL Spa + Salon or find adventure at The Adventure Center with warm weather activities such as hiking, biking, sand volleyball, and disc golf. The resort’s stables are a great place to have fun with pony rides for kids and guided trail rides for adults, as well as horse-drawn carriage rides, haunted hay rides, and sleigh rides in winter.

Visit Lake Geneva. If you’re looking for a location that offers unlimited activities such as biking, fishing, golfing, and hiking, plus fantastic food and gorgeous surroundings, look no further than Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. On land or on water, adventure awaits with the city’s parks, festivals, fairs, ski hills, snowmobile trails, and zip lining courses. Choose from luxury resorts to charming B+Bs for the ultimate in guest lodging.

Woodside Ranch Resort & Conference Center. Visitors relax and enjoy this wilderness hideaway located in the heart of Wisconsin. The 100-year-old dude ranch offers lots of exciting adventures including fishing, trail rides, tennis, swimming, archery, pony rides, canoeing, hayrides, and more. Lodging is available in rustic log cabins or for groups, the ranch house or lake house for up to 15 guests. Hardy home-cooked meals are served family style in the dining room, while cookouts in the outdoors are a guest favorite.

Minnesuing Acres. The ideal choice for a corporate retreat, Minnesuing Acres offers tranquility in a picturesque and private setting. Offering 35 recently renovated guest rooms, the resort features a spacious Great Room with fireplace for meetings. Unique activities are available including archery, bowling, fishing, kayaking, mountain biking, night golfing and lakeside bonfires. Mouthwatering home cooking is all that’s served here, and guests can even take part in cooking classes offered by the gourmet chef and staff.

No matter where you choose to take your crew this summer, you simply can’t go wrong when you pick any of these popular Wisconsin places.

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