Top Jim Thorpe Venues

• Spaces for 1,800 Guests
• 1 Ballroom
• 1 Event Space

Perched atop a mountain in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, Penn's Peak is a timber-frame entertainment venue built around soaring ceilings, exposed wood trusses, and a spacious dance floor strung with string lights. The site offers a breathtaking overlook of nearby Beltzville Lake, giving weddings, banquets, and private events a mountaintop backdrop that carries through to an outdoor deck with sweeping valley views. Couples and event hosts can book the venue's main hall, the same space that hosts national touring acts, for weddings, banquets, birthday parties, family reunions, holiday celebrations, and corporate events. A concert bar and concession area serves the room, and the on-site Roadies Restaurant & Bar — known for its retro decor and wings — adds a full-service dining option just steps away. For smaller or VIP gatherings, Penn's Peak also offers private luxury suites for groups of up to 25, each with its own lounge, private restrooms, custom bar, catering packages, and a large-screen HDTV.

• Spaces for 300 Guests

Located in the heart of the Pocono Mountains on Freedom Road in Drums, Pennsylvania, Carmen's Country Inn and Gardens offers a secluded, wooded setting for weddings and receptions. The property's turn-of-the-century English Manor character comes through in its indoor space, where tin and copper ceiling tiles, Tiffany lamps, and beveled glass create a Great Gatsby-inspired backdrop for ceremonies and receptions. Couples can host indoors in the venue's spacious banquet hall, comfortably gathering family and friends to dine and celebrate into the evening, or choose from several outdoor ceremony spaces featuring stone fountains and courtyards set among lush woodlands and towering trees. An outdoor bar and grill and pavilion accommodate al fresco cocktail hours and receptions, and the venue's grounds can host up to 300 guests. A family-owned business, Carmen's Country Inn and Gardens has been hosting weddings for more than 65 years and offers complimentary wedding planning services alongside in-house catering.

• Spaces for 32-250 Guests
• 2 Ballrooms
• 4 Country Clubs
• 2 Meeting Spaces

For more than 20 years, Sand Springs Country Club has served Northeastern Pennsylvania as a venue for weddings, events, golf, and dining. Acquired by the Tuskes family in 2002, the club is known as "the public's country club" and has continued to welcome local residents and visitors for rounds of golf, dining with family and friends, and celebrations of special moments. The club's event spaces have grown alongside it. The Celebrations Ballroom was built in 2013 with cathedral ceilings and a floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace, and seats up to 250 guests. The following year brought the Gardens at Sand Springs, an outdoor ceremony site and cocktail-hour patio with a stone waterfall, covered seating, and a granite-topped stone bar. In 2021, the Lotus Room was added with seating for up to 150 guests and views of the golf course, making it a fit for golf tournaments, showers, birthday parties, and more. Sand Springs' staff has been awarded WeddingWire's Couples' Choice for eight consecutive years and counting, and each wedding booked includes access to the club's certified wedding planners. Only one wedding is held per day, giving couples personalized attention from booking through the final dance.

• Spaces for 10-200 Guests
• 1 Ballroom
• 2 Outdoor Spaces
• 4 Total Spaces

The Lodge at Mountain Springs Lake traces its roots to a jewel of a spring-fed lake discovered more than 75 years ago while hiking Big Pocono, a find that grew into Mountain Springs Lake Resort and, within it, the historic inn known as The Lodge. By the 1980s, The Lodge had become a favorite fine dining spot in the Poconos, and the addition of The Verandah in the early 2000s carried that same culinary attention into wedding and event hosting. The property remains family-run by successive generations of the Rader family. Today The Lodge hosts one wedding at a time, so each celebration has exclusive use of the grounds. Ceremonies can take place under a handcrafted wooden pergola by the pond or lakeside along Mountain Springs Lake's private, spring-fed waters, with receptions of up to 200 guests held in The Verandah, where floor-to-ceiling windows overlook the pond and bring the outdoors in on rainy days. The Orchard & Fire Pit, a fenced outdoor gathering space with a stone fire pit and covered pavilion seating for 65, is also available for welcome parties, rehearsal dinners, or after-hours gatherings. Wedding packages are all-inclusive, with catering prepared on-site by The Lodge's in-house culinary team, dedicated event coordination, and access to the Carriage House and Gathering Suite for wedding-party preparation. Overnight guests can stay on the resort grounds, from cabin rentals to a complimentary Honeymoon Cottage Suite for the newlyweds.

• Spaces for 250-275 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Event Space
• 1 Waterfront

Trout Lake sits on a 500-acre private property along a 100-acre lake in the Pocono Mountains of northeastern Pennsylvania, about an hour and a half from New York City and two hours from Philadelphia. The venue's owners purchased the property in 1991 to run a summer sports camp, and the off-season retreat center they opened alongside it has grown into today's wedding and event venue. Couples can choose from several distinct ceremony sites around the property, from lakeside views to a wooded setting or a rustic pavilion, each fully private since Trout Lake hosts only one wedding per day. Cocktail hour takes place in the Mountain View Room, which opens onto an outdoor deck overlooking the lake, before guests move to the Lake View Center for the reception. Completed in 2015, the Lake View Center seats up to 250 guests and includes a dedicated space for a DJ and dance floor, a full bar, and buffet or plated meal service. Trout Lake operates as a full-service venue with its own culinary team and a Pennsylvania State Liquor Control Board license, offering plated, buffet, and themed-station menu options along with beer, wine, and premium bar packages. Beyond weddings, the property also hosts retreats, corporate gatherings, school events, and other private celebrations, with indoor and outdoor spaces including a boathouse and covered woodland pavilion available for rehearsal dinners and smaller gatherings.

• Spaces for 225 Guests