Wisp Resort

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Guest capacity

Up to 400 seated guests



About this venue

Your perfect mountain wedding awaits! Wisp Resort provides a breath-taking background and the casual elegance that lets you and your guests relax and revel in the celebration during any season. With a variety of stunning indoor and outdoor sites and dramatic reception venues along with full-service catering, your options are almost as endless as your imagination. Your destination wedding will be complete with the recently renovated Lodge at Wisp and an almost endless list of outdoor activities including two golf courses, three canopy tour zip lines, whitewater rafting, mountain coaster and more. We look forward to helping you plan your happily ever after.


Our event spaces

Wedding Receptions

Our on-site professional wedding coordinator is ready to help you plan your special day so you can say ‘I Do’ sooner rather than later.

Your wedding reception is an exciting time to celebrate with your family and friends. We offer three distinctly different and wonderful locations for hosting your reception. Featuring soaring ceilings, gorgeous slope views, three story windows, an adjoining canopied deck and flexible room configurations. McHenry Lodge comfortably serves up to 450 guests for a seated reception or as few as 100 guests for an intimate memorable evening. Mountain Mist Tent - This private tent venue rises out of the Wisp valley like morning Mountain Mist and features a draped ceiling, elegant chandeliers, convertible walls, heating and air conditioning. Accommodating as many as 250 guests and as few as 150, Mountain Mist offers an outdoor wedding experience with the assurance of the indoors. Sundown Yurt Village - This unique setting at the base of the mountain offers space for smaller gatherings of under 60 guests. Each of the five yurts has its own personality and offers chandelier lighting, heating and air conditioning.

Ideal for

Rehearsal dinner, Wedding shower, Welcome party, Couples luncheon, Cocktail hour, Engagement party, After party, Other

Guests often feel this space is

“Breath-Taking”

Included in this room:

Wisp's Wedding Specialist can customize your destination wedding from soup to nuts, or engagement to honeymoon and everything in between.

Wedding Ceremonies

Your Dream Mountain Wedding Awaits! Surrounded by the picturesque scenery of Deep Creek Lake, Wisp Resort provides a magical setting and a one-stop-shop for a memorable wedding experience.

Wisp Resort is dedicated to helping you make the most of your special day by providing numerous and accommodating ceremony locations. The Mountaintop Ceremony Site features breath-taking views overlooking Wisp Resort & Deep Creek Lake! Make a unique entrance with the option to arrive via Chairlift. You'll be surrounded by mountain views and a man-made river at the White Water Pavilion. This open-air pavilion features dramatic pine beams with steel frame and is located on an island - what's more unique than that?!? Sundown Village is A beautiful location on the outskirts of the golf course and within walking distance of the Wisp Resort Hotel and McHenry Lodge. This picture-perfect site looks onto beautiful seasonal foliage and spectacular sunsets. The Slopeside Fireplace lets you begin your happily ever after aside from a picturesque mountain scene. The ideal location to capture the first moments as newlyweds.

Ideal for

Wedding ceremony, Wedding shower, Cocktail hour, Engagement party, After party, Elopement, Other

Guests often feel this space is

“Stunning”

Included in this room:

Site Includes: Ceremony site, Standard chairs, Set up / Break down, Electric, Accessory table(s), 1 hour rehearsal, marriage license assistance, and Venue coordinator. Site Enhancements: Arrival & Recess via Chairlift and Chair Covers.

Wedding Receptions

Our on-site professional wedding coordinator is ready to help you plan your special day so you can say ‘I Do’ sooner rather than later.

Your wedding reception is an exciting time to celebrate with your family and friends. We offer three distinctly different and wonderful locations for hosting your reception. Featuring soaring ceilings, gorgeous slope views, three story windows, an adjoining canopied deck and flexible room configurations. McHenry Lodge comfortably serves up to 450 guests for a seated reception or as few as 100 guests for an intimate memorable evening. Mountain Mist Tent - This private tent venue rises out of the Wisp valley like morning Mountain Mist and features a draped ceiling, elegant chandeliers, convertible walls, heating and air conditioning. Accommodating as many as 250 guests and as few as 150, Mountain Mist offers an outdoor wedding experience with the assurance of the indoors. Sundown Yurt Village - This unique setting at the base of the mountain offers space for smaller gatherings of under 60 guests. Each of the five yurts has its own personality and offers chandelier lighting, heating and air conditioning.

Ideal for

Rehearsal dinner, Wedding shower, Welcome party, Couples luncheon, Cocktail hour, Engagement party, After party, Other

Guests often feel this space is

“Breath-Taking”

Included in this room:

Wisp's Wedding Specialist can customize your destination wedding from soup to nuts, or engagement to honeymoon and everything in between.

Wedding Ceremonies

Your Dream Mountain Wedding Awaits! Surrounded by the picturesque scenery of Deep Creek Lake, Wisp Resort provides a magical setting and a one-stop-shop for a memorable wedding experience.

Wisp Resort is dedicated to helping you make the most of your special day by providing numerous and accommodating ceremony locations. The Mountaintop Ceremony Site features breath-taking views overlooking Wisp Resort & Deep Creek Lake! Make a unique entrance with the option to arrive via Chairlift. You'll be surrounded by mountain views and a man-made river at the White Water Pavilion. This open-air pavilion features dramatic pine beams with steel frame and is located on an island - what's more unique than that?!? Sundown Village is A beautiful location on the outskirts of the golf course and within walking distance of the Wisp Resort Hotel and McHenry Lodge. This picture-perfect site looks onto beautiful seasonal foliage and spectacular sunsets. The Slopeside Fireplace lets you begin your happily ever after aside from a picturesque mountain scene. The ideal location to capture the first moments as newlyweds.

Ideal for

Wedding ceremony, Wedding shower, Cocktail hour, Engagement party, After party, Elopement, Other

Guests often feel this space is

“Stunning”

Included in this room:

Site Includes: Ceremony site, Standard chairs, Set up / Break down, Electric, Accessory table(s), 1 hour rehearsal, marriage license assistance, and Venue coordinator. Site Enhancements: Arrival & Recess via Chairlift and Chair Covers.


Available services that can be provided by Wisp Resort

Services & amenities

  • Bar services
  • Catering services
  • Clean up
  • Dance floor
  • Dressing room / Bridal Suite
  • Event coordinator
  • Event rentals
  • Event staff
  • Liability insurance
  • On-site accommodations
  • Pet friendly
  • Service staff
  • Set up
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Wifi

Transportation & access

  • Self parking - free
  • Wheelchair accessible

Accommodations

  • Bedroom suites
  • Double bed rooms
  • Honeymoon suite
  • Room blocks offered
  • Single king rooms
  • Single queen rooms

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Your Wisp Wedding Specialist will work with you to compose the best backup plan possible based on availability. We understand that Mother Nature can be unpredictable at times and we want to help take away that stress. The wedding ceremony will be brought inside to a designated available space or conducted within the reception space that the couple has selected.
Wisp offers a resort map to direct your guests to the mountain top parking lot. We offer plenty of self parking spaces.
Wisp’s Wedding Specialist will put together a wedding room block that will give your guests the option to call in and make their own reservations at a group discounted rate. This discounted rate is given only if a minimum of ten rooms are booked at the resort, and available up to forty-five (45) days prior to the wedding date.
Wedding couples will have to go to the Garrett County Court House which is located at: Circuit Court of Garrett County 203 S. 4th Street, Room 109 Oakland, MD 21550 (301) 334-1937 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. / M - F Closed state and federal holidays
The McHenry Lodge will hold 100 to 450 people. The Sundown Yurts will hold 20 to 90 people.
Wisp Resort’s private banquet and function spaces are not open to any outside food and beverage. All arrangements need to be made through Wisp Resort Staff. This policy pertains to food and alcohol. Your Wisp Wedding Specialist will help you coordinate items such as your wedding cake and wedding favors; as you are able to bring those on property.
Laws have changed in most districts over the last couple years in Garrett County. Wisp Resort is now legally allowed to serve alcohol from 10am to Midnight on Sundays with no meal requirement. Your Wisp Wedding Specialist will assist in planning and executing a reception around these laws.
Your Wisp Wedding Specialist will create a wedding contract that will include date, ceremony venue, reception venue, minimum requirements, lodging rates and possible other details. At the time of signature, a down payment is required. This down payment will go towards your overall expenditure of your event. Once both have been received, your wedding event is confirmed.
Wisp offers a variety of packages and price points to accommodate various tastes and budgets. Plus, our Sales Team can customize any package to include ceremony, reception, catering services, lodging, recreation and more.