Located in western Maryland, about 180 miles west of Baltimore, Deep Creek Lake is a 12-mile-long man-made lake dotted with marinas and bait shops close to the mountains of Maryland. Deep Creek Lake attracts year-round visitors in search of swimming, water sports, fly fishing, golfing, skiing and spa experiences. A number of vacation companies and hotels provide lodging and vacation packages to pump up the fun while you're visiting Deep Creek Lake.
Taylor Made Deep Creek Vacations provides rentals and vacation packages for visitors to Deep Creek, including golf packages and fly-fishing packages. Taylor Made, a family-owned business, offers a golf package that includes 18 holes of golf at the Wisp Resort, a discount at a participating hotel, use of a golf cart and a bucket of range golf balls. Taylor Made also can arrange fly-fishing and ski packages for visitors and handles bookings for more than 80 chalets and cottages for rent in the Deep Creak area.
Taylor Made Deep Creek Vacations
1550 Deep Creek Drive, Suite G
McHenry, MD 21541
866-351-1119
deepcreekvacations.com
This is a hotel and conference center at Wisp, Maryland's 132-acre ski attraction. The four-season hotel features 67 guest rooms and 102 two-room suites. The ski-in/ski-out hotel also features a fitness center, a heated indoor pool and a Jacuzzi. In the winter, guests can enjoy downhill and cross-country skiing, snow tubing, snow-shoeing and other winter sports. In the spring, summer and fall, take advantage of the resort's 18-hole golf course, a new on-site roller coaster, mountain biking, fly fishing, boat tours on Deep Creek Lake, kayaking and off-season chairlift rides. Wisp has a health club, and those seeking refuge can check out the Sewickley Spa at the hotel. The Wisp Resort also has its own bar and restaurant, DC's.
Wisp Resort
296 Marsh Hill Road
McHenry, MD 21541
301-387-4911
wispresort.com
Lake Pointe Inn is a Mission-style bed and breakfast with three suites and seven guest rooms. All rooms have flat-screen TVs, and many of the rooms have gas fireplaces, in-room spa tubs and steam showers. Rates, at between $232 and $292 per night as of March 2010, include a gourmet breakfast. You can also book reflexology, hot stone or Swedish massages. Ask about special packages when you book.
Lake Pointe Inn
174 Lake Pointe Drive
McHenry, MD 21541
800-523-5253
deepcreekinns.com
The Suites at Silver Tree is a lakefront resort that provides lodging, dining and a full complement of activities designed to keep you occupied and on site as much as possible. Guest rooms at Silver Tree include studios, studios with lofts, one-bedroom suites and one-bedroom suites with lofts. Some units can sleep six people. Because of its location on the lake, with a sandy beach, you can swim, fish and boat at Silver Tree. Silver Tree has a marina, where guests can rent pontoon boats, motorboats and fishing boats. There's a fitness room and sauna at the Silver Tree as well. Check out the Silver Tree's rafting, mountain climbing, fly fishing and golf packages.
The Suites at Silver Tree
565 Glendale Road
Oakland, MD 21550
866-581-1733
suitesatsilvertree.com
