“A bit of tranquil lake is extra vital to my life than any massive metropolis on the planet.” – Munia Khan (writer and poet)
Constantly making it to the highest of Cash Journal’s greatest locations to dwell within the U.S. every year, and named the “most secure metropolis” by Forbes Journal, Columbia, Maryland is a superbly landscaped instance of a tree-lined suburban utopia with city conveniences.
Near each Baltimore and Washington, D.C., Columbia’s quickly increasing downtown, often known as the City Heart, attracts each locals and vacationers to its leisure and occasions, but additionally to buy on the Mall of Columbia, the place there are over 200 locations to buy and eat.
The newly developed Merriweather District in Columbia’s City Heart is rapidly changing into a hub for arts and tradition, with quite a lot of distinctive eating choices that embody Thai, Indian, and a speakeasy with a number of extra eating places and eateries set to open this yr together with a “crossanterie.” In Merriweather District’s Colorburst Park, you’ll be able to go ice-skating at their seasonal out of doors rink in winter and so they even host out of doors film nights and dwell music in the summertime.
There’s an appreciation for nature and sustainability right here too. Columbia maintains 3600 acres of open area, 114 miles of trails, and 5 lakes for anybody desirous to benefit from the outside. Columbia’s Lakefront District is a well-liked spot for festivals and different out of doors occasions all year long.
The Merriweather Lakehouse Resort
The entrance entrance of the Merriweather Lakehouse Resort in Columbia, Maryland | Photograph: Higher Dwelling
Now, with the opening of its brand-new luxurious, Merriweather Lakehouse Resort in 2022, Columbia is changing into a sought-after vacation spot. With trendy lake home vibes and lovely floor-to-ceiling lake views all through, The Merriweather Resort is the proper spot for a calming winter getaway.
Open only a yr, with 212 trendy rooms and a part of Marriott’s Autograph Assortment (a bunch of over 180 distinctive unbiased motels, upscale and luxurious motels), Merriweather Lakehouse Resort is a shocking lakeside retreat tucked in seven wooded acres the place you’ll be able to take time to chill out and refresh any time of yr.
And there’s a lot to like right here.
The residing space within the Presidential Suite on the Merriweather Lakehouse Resort | Photograph: Higher Dwelling
Stunning, serene visitor rooms with luxurious linens (many with lakeside balconies views), a beautiful foyer and bar, a contemporary health heart, a cute little foyer cafe/espresso store, and lake views for days will all make you by no means wish to depart.
Visitor room comforts and facilities embody:
- Luxurious Linens
- C.O. Bigelow Lavender-Peppermint Tub Necessities
- 55′ Flat Display screen Sensible TV
- Mini Fridge
- Keurig
The bed room within the Presidential Suite on the Merriweather Lakehouse Resort | Photograph: Higher Dwelling
The excellent news is if you wish to convey your pooch alongside, they’re pet-friendly too.
The nice and cozy and attentive employees makes this lodge really feel like a boutique property, nevertheless it’s the beautiful views, luxurious facilities, and scrumptious onsite eating that may make you wish to come again many times.
As you enter The Merriweather Lakehouse Resort, you’ll immediately get transported right into a Zen-like area that mixes the great thing about lakeside residing with an appreciation for the musical facet of Columbia’s historical past.
The welcoming and spacious foyer at Merriweather Lakehouse Resort | Photograph: Higher Dwelling
With a impartial palette with accents of blues and greens and lake-inspired décor in each nook, one of the crucial hanging issues in regards to the lodge is its floor-to-ceiling glass home windows that provide larger-than-life lake views from nearly each spot within the lodge. There’s no strategy to not really feel relaxed. We particularly loved sipping complimentary scorching chocolate within the cozy foyer every night.
There’s additionally a real appreciation for dwell music right here. Musical performances streamed within the foyer, honor the close by Merriweather Publish Pavilion, which each Billboard Journal and Rolling Stone have acknowledged as top-of-the-line out of doors amphitheaters within the U.S. For the final 40 years, it’s drawn among the largest acts in music, together with Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Santana, and Taylor Swift. And it’s solely a 15-minute stroll from the lodge.
Lake Kittamaqundi
Having fun with espresso and the winter view of Lake Kittamaqundi from our suite’s personal balcony. | Photograph: Higher Dwelling
The Merriweather Lakehouse Resort overlooks Columbia’s lovely 27-acre Lake Kittamaqundi. Surrounded by a peaceable 1.4-mile wooded path, it’s excellent for nature lovers and health fans. A beautiful spot to reconnect with nature any time of the yr.
A reputation which means “assembly place” within the language of the primary regionally settled Indian tribe, Lake Kittamaqundi, is a fairly little lake. Calm down on considered one of its many benches, take a leisurely stroll, or get your every day run alongside its straightforward paved path. Whereas the lake definitely sees extra site visitors in summer season, it’s simply as lovely and serene within the winter.
Lake Kittamaqundi is the biggest of Columbia’s 5 deliberate and developed lakes. However though it’s not authentic to the world, it seems to be and feels prefer it belongs right here. And native wildlife agrees.
Chicken lovers shall be pleased to study that the lake and its surrounding space at the moment are house to quite a lot of chook species, together with water birds like belted kingfishers and nice blue herons. Head to the lake’s pier to identify one of many many species of geese like ring-necked geese, northern shovelers, and hooded mergansers fortunately swimming by.
💡 Tip: Examine right here for up-to-date every day chook sightings at Lake Kittamaqundi!
A terrific place to “canine watch”, the lake is a favourite spot for locals to stroll their canine of all breeds. Welcome to kayakers, you’ll want a allow if you wish to fish.
A panoramic view from the lodge of Lake Kittamaqundi | Photograph: Higher Dwelling
What’s good is that the path that wraps round Lake Kittamaqundi additionally connects with different paved trails that wind all through Columbia. For extra exploration, veer to the left the place the path forks on the northwest finish of the lake. This path will take you to close by Wilde Lake and is the proper path to take should you’re on the lookout for an extended out of doors trek (2.9. miles whole). See the path right here
Lake Kittamaqundi makes an ideal picnic spot within the hotter months. There’s a Entire Meals a brief stroll from the south finish of the lake (2 minutes) the place you’ll be able to seize lunch, a snack, or take a espresso to go to benefit from the lakeside. It’s additionally recognized for its lovely sunsets.
Lake Kittamaqundi at sundown | Photograph: Higher Dwelling
Eating At The Merriweather Lakehouse Resort
The lodge is inside strolling distance of the eating places within the Merriweather District and The Mall of Columbia. However you don’t want to depart the lodge property for a scrumptious chunk. The lodge’s onsite restaurant, lāk provides a inventive menu of basic American with Worldwide infusions.
Merriweather Lakehouse Resort’s model new restaurant, lāk | Photograph: Higher Dwelling
lāk Restaurant at The Merriweather Lakehouse
Serving breakfast and dinner every day, lāk (pronounced “lake”) is taken into account a high-quality eating restaurant. However its heat service, cool trendy, pop artwork décor and relaxed environment give it good informal vibes. And we love that.
Even higher is the meals.
Fried Calamari at lāk. | Photograph: Higher Dwelling
The whole lot we tried at lāk was recent and scrumptious. The highlights from our order the night time we visited was the sunshine and crispy Fried Calamari with pepperoncini and Fra Diavolo sauce and the Rooster Piccata, a Parmesan-crusted rooster breast with angel hair topped with a delicious Lemon Caper Sauce.
Crab Muffins at lāk | Photograph: Higher Dwelling
Since there’s no higher place for crab desserts than Maryland, we couldn’t depart with out attempting their two lump crab desserts served over a creamy forest mushroom risotto with lemon garlic aioli. Completely unimaginable. If you happen to love crab, don’t miss this dish.
Skillet Cowboy Cookie Sundae | Photograph: Higher Dwelling
Even should you’re full from dinner, don’t miss out on their ever-changing made-from-scratch dessert menu. Dessert choices change right here typically. If accessible, attempt the Apple Crisp served with caramel ice cream or the Skillet Cowboy Cookie sundae topped with vanilla ice cream and moist walnuts. Each are tremendous scrumptious.
Pastry Chef Brian Holland icing a carrot cake. | Photograph: Higher Dwelling
Pastry Chef Brian Holland, a graduate of the Worldwide Culinary Heart in New York Metropolis who spent greater than a decade on the 4 Seasons in Baltimore, creates tantalizing desserts and pastries for the lodge.
The Rookery Bar & Lounge
The Rookery Bar & Lounge | Photograph: Higher Dwelling
At night time, unwind on the lodge’s Rookery Bar & Lounge serves up craft cocktails, wine, and beer with tasty bites like Steak & Cheese Egg Rolls, Bavarian Pretzel Sticks, and Cubano sandwiches.
Steak & Cheese Egg Rolls and Bavarian Pretzel Sticks at The Rookery Bar & Lounge. | Photograph: Higher Dwelling
Stylish and trendy, with among the greatest lake views in the home, The Rookery Bar & Lounge opens at 4 pm every night time. You even have the choice to order from lāk’s menu however get served up within the bar.
The Osprey Cafe
For gourmand espresso served with lake views and comfortable seating in entrance of a hearth, head to the Osprey Cafe, the lodge’s stylish lobby-side cafe.
Together with recent brewed Lavazza espresso, espresso, and fancy espresso drinks, you can too seize a fast chunk within the morning should you don’t have time for a sit-down breakfast.
A recent chocolate croissant and Lavazza espresso at Osprey Cafe. | Photograph: Higher Dwelling
Don’t neglect to choose up considered one of their freshly baked pastries, like their buttery chocolate croissants.
The Health Heart
The health club right here is so good right here you’ll wish to break a sweat.
To get in a great exercise, the Merriweather Lakehouse Resort has a 24-hour onsite health heart that’s well-equipped with weights, machines, and equipment like BOSU® steadiness trainers, yoga balls, and foam rollers for lively restoration.
A rowing machine with a lakeside view on the Merriweather Lakehouse Resort health heart. | Photograph: Higher Dwelling
Additionally they have a rowing machine, Peloton® bikes, and high-tech Elevate Way of life treadmills and elliptical machines, that are Bluetooth and Wi-Fi enabled and have dwell real-world interactive programs that may transport you across the globe. They’re loads of enjoyable! Make an account, and it can save you your exercise knowledge for later.
The Pearl Spa
For spa facilities, therapies, and health courses like yoga, The Pearl Spa, is a 27,000-square-foot wellness heart solely a brief stroll from the lodge.
Moreover enjoyable massages, physique wraps, and reiki, additionally they supply magnificence therapies like facials, manicures, pedicures, and waxing. A singular function of THE Pearl is its expansive water remedy room that features a jacuzzi, steam room and sauna, chilly plunge, leisure pool, and vitamin C bathe they name THE Therapeutic Waters.
For a novel expertise, ebook a session in The Pearl’s Halotherapy (salt) room which advocates imagine helps promote cleansing, reduces irritation and improves respiration. To quiet your thoughts, THE Nice Abyss – is a deep multi-sensory meditation expertise that mixes vibrations and magnetic remedy with layers of music – to induce deep leisure.
The Pearl Spa’s Wellness Passport gives company with an reasonably priced package deal with a few of their hottest experiences for relieving stress. It contains:
- 1 mind-body motion or meditation class
- 1 component expertise salt session
- 1 hour in THE therapeutic waters
- A 25-minute session in THE nice abyss (meditation expertise)
It prices $100 per particular person and you may prepay when reserving the lodge with code SPA at checkout.
The entrance exterior of the Merriweather Lakehouse Resort | Photograph: Higher Dwelling
Merriweather Lakehouse Resort Location and Parking
Resort: Merriweather Lakehouse, Autograph Assortment
Web site: https://merriweatherlakehouse.com/
Tackle: 10209 Wincopin Circle
Columbia, Maryland, 21044
Tel: +1 410-730-3900
Nearest Cross Avenue: Little Patuxent Parkway
Parking: Parking on the lodge is free and straightforward. Self-park within the storage instantly throughout from the lodge.
Attending to the Merriweather Lakehouse Resort
Close by Airports
- Balt/Wash Intl (10.25 miles southeast)
- Ronald Reagan Natl (27.25 miles southwest)
- Dulles Intl (36 miles southwest)
Close by Sights
The Mall in Columbia
Merriweather Publish Pavilion
THE Pearl Fashionable Spa
Fairway Hills Golf Membership
Historic Ellicott Metropolis
Robinson Nature Heart
Patapsco Valley State Park
Toby’s Dinner Theatre
Misplaced Ark Distilling Firm
Sapwood Cellars Brewery
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