Turf Valley Resort, located on 1,000 acres easily accessible from Baltimore and Washington D.C., offers 172 guestrooms and suites, along with 26 extended-stay villas. An indoor pool, hot tub, sauna, seasonal outdoor pool, three tennis courts, volleyball court and outdoor children’s play area can keep guests, especially families with children,…
The Liberty Mountain Resort, set at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountain, is a four-season getaway. The 116-room Liberty Hotel is a complex of three accommodations: The Highland and Alpine Lodge and the Fairway Hotel adjacent to the Carroll Valley Golf Course. The Eagle and the Owl restaurant is the only restaurant open in the summer. Outdoor…
The Heritage Hills Resort in York, Pennsylvania, lies just off Interstate 83, featuring recreation and meeting facilities for all types of travelers. A spa and salon, multiple dining experiences and golf are at the heart of it all. All of the roughly 100 rooms and suites feature mini-fridges and microwaves. A full athletic club is more than just…
The Penn National Golf Club & Inn resides in the bucolic central Pennsylvania countryside in the heart of Amish country. The Inn features a manor house and six modern lodge buildings housing 52 guest rooms located off the 8th fairway. The Founders Grille Restaurant & Black Oak Bar are at the clubhouse. Overnight guests have access to the club's…
For a little slice of history, visit the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in Gettysburg where Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous Gettysburg Address. The cemetery is part of the Gettysburg National Military Park. There’s roughly 3,500 Union soldiers that are buried there.
Baltimore is more than crab cakes and the Orioles. It also has a popular golf scene. Start at Greystone Golf Course in nearby White Hall. Designed by Joe Lee, the championship course includes 140 feet of elevation changes.
There are many stay-and-play options in the Baltimore/Washington, D.C region, but none can match the combination of upscale amenities at a reasonable price, the private-course conditions, the diversity of courses and the Interstate convenience of Turf Valley in Ellicott City, Md.
Blue Mash Golf Course filled a glaring need when it opened in 2001. In a wealthy area with plenty of open space, there wasn't a single upscale public golf course in Montgomery County, Maryland. Blue Mash changed all that. Kevin Dunleavy has more from Laytonsville, Md.
Beltway big wigs aren't the only ones in the D.C. area who can enjoy top-notch golf, thanks to the public Raspberry Falls Golf & Hunt Club in northern Virginia. The course is in most parts not only wide open with few parallel holes but affords plenty expansive views of the sparsely populated surroundings - a welcomed sight from the dense metropolis just minutes away.
Despite its "private" status, anyone can access the 36 holes of golf at Turf Valley in Ellicott City, Maryland with a stay-and-play package. Turf Valley's Hialeah Course is the tougher and more scenic 18. The Original Course is longer but has more room to miss and fewer hazards. Both have true, fast greens and premium conditioning.
Turf Valley offers some of the best golf in the greater Baltimore-Washington area. There are two 18-hole golf courses at the resort, the Original and the Hialeah. Though each has a distinct layout, they both take advantage of the rolling hills of the idyllic landscape.
Springwood is the bigger challenge of the two courses at Heritage Hills Golf Resort in York. Springwood sprawls across hilly Pennsylvania countryside with dramatic elevation changes. Risk-reward opportunities are everywhere, making it a true shotmaker's golf course.
Raspberry Falls Golf & Hunt Club is a public access course in the metropolitan Washington D.C. area. It was built in 1996 and designed by Gary Player, who called the site "perfect for a golf course." The land is very scenic and natural, and the namesake falls run down along the 18th tee box.
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