Mountain Creek Resort is a four-season destination in Vernon, N.J., just an hour outside of New York City. It features a waterpark; the 27-hole Great Gorge course, which was purchased in 2018; the Treescape Aerial Adventure Park, home to zip-lining, climbing obstacles and rope walks; and a Bike Park of 52 trails that is loaded with jumps and 1,000…
The Resorts World Catskills Casino Resort offers a luxurious escape from the big city life with an 18-story all-suite hotel home to a spa, two indoor pools and two indoor fitness centers, plus a casino stocked with 100,000 square feet of gaming, including 150 table games; 1,600 slot machines; a poker room; 100-seat sportsbook lounge; a 2,500-seat…
Crystal Springs Resort is a 4,000-acre playground located only an hour across the New Jersey state line from New York City. It is one of the country’s largest golf resorts with six courses - Ballyowen, Black Bear, Cascades, Crystal Springs, Minerals and Wild Turkey – and three driving ranges. The Grand Cascades Lodge houses 220 guest rooms with an…
The Woodloch Resort in the Poconos Mountains has been rated TripAdvisor's No. 1 family resort for the four-season vacation memories it creates. The family-owned property is an all-inclusive with unique activity and dining programs and nightly entertainment for all ages. Adults will love the 6,579-yard Country Club at Woodloch Springs course and…
The Villa Roma Resort & Conference Center in the Catskill Mountains offers an all-inclusive vacation or retreat for families, corporate groups and others. A stay includes breakfast and dinner daily, nightly music and variety shows with entertainment nightly, a daily schedule of activities, games and prizes led by a social director, and access to…
The Skytop Lodge has been creating Poconos vacation memories since 1928. The 20-room inn overlooking Skytop Lake was renovated in 2020. A reimagined bar is complemented by the floor-to-ceiling windows of the Lakeview Restaurant and outdoor fire pit. The Nest provides full massage services. Lodge room and cottages are also available. The outdoor…
The historic 80-room Shawnee Inn sits in a bucolic setting along the Delaware River. It is home to the River Room Restaurant, Buckwood Café, an indoor pool and hot tub, a fitness center, arcade, spa and salon and brewery. There are other homes for rent and glamping, too. Amenities and entertainment includes live music, guided hikes and river…
The Hudson Valley Resort & Spa is home to 270 rooms and suites and the View Restaurant just 90 minutes from New York City. The resort, set in the heart of the Shawangunk Mountains, is well equipped for events, conferences, weddings and meetings with performance venues and banquet halls. A European health spa; a fitness center with Jacuzzi, sauna…
The Mohonk Mountain House, a National Historic Landmark in New York's Hudson Valley, has been operated by the Smiley family since 1869. The Victorian castle resort sits within 40,000 acres of pristine forest for endless leisure pursuits: rock climbing, 85 miles of trails for seasonalhiking and mountain biking in summer and snowshoeing and…
The Crystal Springs Golf Resort caters to golfers of all ages, interests and budgets. You don't have to look far to find bliss at this unique golf destination tucked deep in northern New Jersey mountains less than 50 miles from New York City, Jason Scott Deegan writes.
At Crystal Springs Resort in the northernmost part of the state, seven scenic golf courses and three modern lodges are an example of the New Jersey that many are pleasantly surprised to discover. Word is getting out thanks to Ballyowen Golf Club, ranked the best public course in New Jersey. While links-style Ballyowen is the star attraction, Crystal Springs' six other courses offer plenty of diversity.
There are four championship courses at Crystal Springs Resort, the focus of Mike Bailey's recent golf trip, including one many consider to be the best in New Jersey.
Three themes permeate throughout the Shawnee Inn & Golf Resort: its history, its golf and its environment. It's not elaborate, modern facilities that attract guests to Shawnee, it's the stunning setting in the Pocono Mountains on the shores of the Delaware River, coupled with 27 holes of golf spread over three courses.
The action at the Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa., heats up in June as the summer schedule kicks into high gear. The Party in the Poconos 400, a NASCAR Sprint Cup race set to run June 9, was named after a fan vote sponsored by Walmart. The Pocono Indycar 400 on July 7 and the Gobowling.com 400 Aug. 2-4 are the other two blockbuster events on the schedule. A warning to golfers: Gearheads love teeing it up. It's wise to book early, although there are plenty of options at other local golf resorts.
Great Gorge Country Club in McAfee won't win anyone over with first impressions. The golf club, however, has rallied since coming under the management of Crystal Springs Golf Resort in 2004. Great Gorge has embraced its heritage with a retro-themed clubhouse, decorated by psychedelic wallpaper, shag carpet, a disco ball and pinball machine. The staff wears loud 1970s-style plaid pants to greet golfers. It's groovy, man. And there are 27 holes of George Fazio golf to boot.
Many of the best holes at the Wild Turkey Golf Club at Crystal Springs Golf Resort sit in a bowl of land well below the luxurious Grand Cascades Lodge. Architect Roger Rulewich did a great job of taming a unique site with some nice heave and roll to it. It's an open, expansive setting that is both scenic and strategic.
Playing golf doesn't have to take center stage for vacation at Crystal Springs Golf Resort in northern New Jersey. You can avoid the resort's seven courses and still have a great time. A stay at the Grand Cascades Lodge will deliver special memories.
Ballyowen Golf Club, which ranks second among New Jersey's top public courses, is the headliner of the seven courses at the Crystal Springs Golf Resort in Hamburg. The links theme might feel a bit manufactured for purists, but there's no doubting its pure excellence.
George Washington and his army crossed the Delaware River three times during the Revolutionary War in 1776. Can you do it twice with two confident golf swings on the same day? The Shawnee Inn and Golf Resort crosses the Delaware two times, and 24 of the resort's 27 holes reside on an island in the middle of the Delaware River.
The Delaware River is both the best friend and worst enemy of the Shawnee Inn and Golf Resort. The riverfront provides a scenic, peaceful setting for Shawnee Inn guests, who get to play a historic A.W. Tillinghast course. But floodwaters have ravaged the course. Each time, however, the course has bounced back.
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