Top Frederick Venues

• Spaces for 25-200 Guests
• 2 Outdoor Spaces
• 4 Event Spaces
• 5 Total Spaces

Camp Penn sits in South Central Pennsylvania, surrounded by the wilderness of Michaux State Forest and adjacent to the Appalachian Trail. The site dates back to 1811 as an iron ore forge, was used as a Boy Scout and YMCA camping area around 1900, and its current facilities were built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1934. The United Methodist Church's Susquehanna Conference has run its camping and retreat program here since 1946. Beyond its summer camp season, Camp Penn hosts retreats and weddings from April through October. The Knaub Memorial Chapel, an indoor space with knotty pine wainscoting, an electric organ, and a digital projector and screen, seats up to 200 guests for indoor ceremonies, while an outdoor chapel offers a natural setting along a running creek with a stone altar and bench seating for 100. Receptions can move to the Bowen Pavilion, Recreation Hall, or Dining Hall. The property also includes four dormitory-style lodges, an Elm Cabin, and four smaller retreat cabins for overnight groups, along with a fire pit, archery range, craft shop, and game room. WiFi is available throughout, and accessibility accommodations can be arranged for groups booking a retreat or event.

• Spaces for 250 Guests
• 1 Ballroom
• 1 Country Club

Set among the rolling hills of Central Pennsylvania near the Gettysburg battlefield, The Links at Gettysburg is a championship golf course and event venue built around water hazards, elevated tees, and views toward red rock cliffs. The grounds include a stone bridge and rock waterfall, and the course carries a Golf Digest 4 1/2-star rating. Events are hosted in the Premier Clubhouse, whose rustic Ballroom holds up to 250 guests and features large windows, a wooden dance floor, and a classic bar overlooking the golf grounds. A triple-tiered stone patio extends the space outdoors, positioned above the 18th fairway and green with views of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The venue also offers a cozy indoor fireplace as a ceremony backdrop and personal golf carts for photography around the course. The Links at Gettysburg hosts weddings, corporate meetings, showers, reunions, celebrations of life, and other private gatherings, with in-house catering, professional service staff, and custom menus available on request.

• Spaces for 40-135 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 3 Country Clubs

Maryland National Golf Club is an 18-hole championship golf course and private event venue set in the rolling hills of central Maryland, with sweeping views of the Catoctin Mountains and Middletown Valley. The course was designed by architect Arthur Hills, and the elegant clubhouse sits on one of the highest points on the property, overlooking the 18th hole and providing panoramic vistas of nearly every corner of the grounds. The full clubhouse accommodates banquets of up to 175 guests and features cathedral ceilings, a two-story stone fireplace, and exceptional interior appointments. For smaller gatherings, the clubhouse divides into dedicated private and semi-private spaces — including the Overlook Room, the South Mountain Room, and the Eagle's Nest — each with its own character and views. A beautifully landscaped backyard patio extends the experience outdoors, designed to take full advantage of the Middletown Valley setting. Maryland National's in-house food and beverage team crafts menus to match each event's vision, with full food and beverage service available across all spaces. The club hosts a wide range of celebrations — weddings, rehearsal dinners, corporate outings, birthday and retirement gatherings, showers, and holiday parties — with day-of coordination support available for weddings.

• Spaces for 80 Guests

Hidden Brook Winery is a family-owned winery set in a custom log cabin surrounded by a peaceful forest in Loudoun County, Virginia. Built by owners Eric and Deborah Hauck in 2000 with the help of family and friends, the winery opened in September 2001 and is one of the original ten wineries established in Loudoun County. The first vines were planted in 1998, and the Haucks' favorite varietals include the French-American hybrids Vidal Blanc and Chambourcin, crafted with an Italian approach that yields softer-tannin, fruit-forward reds. Nestled in a grove of shady pine trees, the winery offers a cozy, relaxed atmosphere both indoors and out. The grounds include seating on the front porch, picnic tables along the lawn, a gazebo, and two fire pits, while the open-concept log cabin interior features high ceilings, natural log walls, a fireplace, and a full bar. Hidden Brook Winery is family- and pet-friendly, welcoming children and well-mannered pets throughout the property. The winery hosts live music, weddings, and private events, and maintains an event calendar for guests planning a visit.

• Spaces for 300 Guests

• Spaces for 200 Guests

• Spaces for 200 Guests

• Spaces for 150 Guests

Cattail Creek Country Club is a member-owned, family-friendly country club set on 168 acres in Glenwood, Maryland, within an hour of Baltimore and Washington, D.C. Founded in 1988 by 46 Howard County golf enthusiasts, the club opened its championship 18-hole course in 1993 — designed by Willard Byrd, who planned more than 100 courses — and has grown into a full-service facility well suited for weddings, corporate gatherings, and milestone celebrations. The clubhouse accommodates a range of private events, from rehearsal dinners and receptions to bar and bat mitzvahs, holiday parties, and business functions. On-site amenities include a restaurant, tennis and pickleball courts, a swimming pool, and a fitness center, giving guests of all ages a reason to linger. The club describes itself as the premier wedding and special event space in Howard County.

• Spaces for 110-150 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 2 Historic Spaces
• 2 Total Spaces

Kentlands Mansion is a historic early 1900s brick estate owned by the City of Gaithersburg, offering a refined setting for weddings, receptions, mitzvahs, corporate events, and social gatherings in the heart of Montgomery County, Maryland. The mansion's interiors reflect the grandeur of its era — 22-foot ceilings, dark wood paneling, polished hardwood floors, and crystal chandeliers set the tone across four rentable rooms on the first floor: the Yellow Room, the Helz Music Room, a formal dining room, and a parlor with the building's original fireplace. Together, these spaces accommodate up to 110 guests for a seated dinner or 150 for a cocktail reception. Two additional rooms on the second floor are well-suited for smaller social and business functions. Outdoors, couples may exchange vows on the manicured front lawn or in the intimate flagstone side garden with its central fountain, and the canopied porch connecting the Yellow Room to the grounds offers a flexible indoor-outdoor transition. Rental includes tables, chairs, two dressing rooms for the wedding party, and use of a catering kitchen. Kentlands Mansion maintains an open-catering policy — clients may bring any licensed, insured caterer of their choice. Complimentary parking and wheelchair accessibility round out the amenities.

• Spaces for 200 Guests

• Spaces for 160 Guests