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Take note of the horticulture, which come directly from the 16-acre Bissonnette Carriage House Glass and Oglebay Glass
Gardens located within the resort. You’ll see beautiful hanging baskets on every tee! Museum, which honor West Virginia’s
glass industry. You will enjoy a visit to
both
Oglebay truly offers golf at every
skill-level. However, regardless of
whether you play golf or not, you will
experience the wonderful hospitality and
atmosphere that has families returning
annually

So, let’s talk logistics If you reside in the Baltimore-
Washington metro area, you arrive after a comfortable
Lodging and Amenities at Oglebay 4½ hour drive. You need to travel just a bit farther from
Philadelphia and just 60 minutes from the steel city. The
It comes as little surprise that Oglebay has guests who return year after year to rates are quite affordable for a 3-day/2-night stay, and
enjoy the wonderful array of available lodging options. The newly renovated as you would expect, you can build a package online to
Wilson Lodge has 330 rooms and suites, but larger golf groups normally choose your specifications whether you are staying at the lodge
from one of the 54 cottages on the property that include three with eight bedrooms or renting a cottage. If you seek a golf resort that doesn’t
All have oversized kitchens and social areas with fireplaces. These cottages make take an all-day drive and one that won’t break the bank
perfect accommodations for buddy golf trips Four estate houses present more of an on anybody’s budget, venture out to the “all” nature
executive-type retreat encampment known as Oglebay Resort & Conference
Center
Golf packages include an awesome spread each morning called the Mountaineer For more information visit oglebay.com
Breakfast Buffet in the Ihlenfeld Dining Room, which also serves dinner nightly.
Additionally, the Wilson Lodge is home to the GlassWorks Grill for more casual
dining and tasty libations for some rounds after your rounds.

Other notable amenities include the West Spa at Oglebay, featuring Swedish and
Deep Tissue massages. The three-acre Schenk Lake has paddle boats and kayaks,
and you can even do a little fishing because the lake is stocked with bass, trout, and
catfish. The resort also has indoor and outdoor pools, a tennis center, horseback
riding, and skiing and snow tubing Speaking of cold weather, the Winter Festival of
Lights delights guests across a three-mile frolic through the resort in season.
Oglebay also furnishes several other
attractions unique to most regional
destinations. This writer has been to
many resorts but none with its own
zoo. The 35-acre Good Zoo houses more
than 50 species of animals, including
endangered species like red pandas,
cheetahs, and even an albino alligator
These animals certainly must feel right
at home considering all the wildlife that
surrounds them I encountered deer and
foxes each day during my stay

The founder’s estate home has become the Mansion Museum and displays artifacts
that depicts the history of the area I was fascinated by the pieces found in the

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