Wisconsin hotel wins global travel award
Wisconsin is an outdoors destination, and it keeps getting the accolades to prove it.
Last week, The Dyrt named Bayfield’s Sailr Springs Glamping to its top 10 glampgrounds in the U.S. This week, Women’s Health declared Nekoosa’s Sand Valley Resort the best hotel for outdoor activities in its annual Health Travel Awards.
Sand Valley Resort is known for year-round offerings, most notably its four golf courses. A fifth is expected to open in Summer 2024, but the resort also offers tennis courts, nine miles of hiking trails, biking, kayaking, pond hockey and more.
“Whether you go with a partner and stay in a suite overlooking one of the golf courses or book a fourbedroom cottage for up to eight people, there’s no shortage of ways to enjoy the pristine landscape,” the magazine wrote.
Located in central Wisconsin, rates for lodges currently range from as low as $275 for a single room with a king bed to as high as $3,000 for a suite with
“Whether you go with a partner and stay in a suite overlooking one of the golf courses or book a four-bedroom cottage for up to eight people, there’s no shortage of ways to enjoy the pristine landscape,” the magazine wrote.
four king bedrooms.
Sand Valley Resort will host four amateur U.S. Golf Association tournaments in the coming years. Sand Valley will host the U.S. Mid-Amateur in 2026. That tournament will be held on the newly constructed Lido, a private course on the resort. It opened for play in 2023.
The resort will then host the 2029 U.S. Junior Amateur, the 2030 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur and the 2034 U.S. Girls’ Junior.