Nemacolin Delights All the Senses in Pennsylvania’s Laurel Highlands

Nemacolin, in the picturesque Laurel Highlands (about one hour southeast of Pittsburgh), is a resort destination that exceeds just about every expectation you can set. Even if you’re welltraveled. Even if you’re a golf snob. Even if you’re a food and wine aficionado, an art lover, adventure junkie, buddies’ trip captain, or family vacation czar.

Just down the road from architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s acclaimed masterpiece Fallingwater, and Fort Necessity National Battlefield (site of the opening action of the French and Indian War in 1754), Nemacolin is making its own distinctive brand of history in Pennsylvania’s nature-rich Laurel Highlands.

Nemacolin’s satisfying array of amenities and attractions include an internationally acclaimed art collection, The Hardy Room, The

Tea Room, The Patisserie, Forbes Five-Star and Four-Star dining, luxury shopping boutiques, bespoke experiences, and even a 1950s-style ice cream parlor. Beyond golf, outdoor adventurers can enjoy The Nemacolin Field Club; Wildlife Adventures that feature everything from safari tours to dogsledding; The Peak (complete with expansive pool areas, zip lines, and a climbing wall, combat paintball, and cosmic bowling); and Jeep off-roading, fly fishing, as well as antique auto and aircraft collections.

Nemacolin offers guests 270 luxuriously appointed guest rooms, suites, townhomes, and private upscale homes, including Falling Rock, a AAA Five-Diamond boutique hotel with rooms overlooking the Mystic Rock golf course and the newly reimagined The Grand Lodge. Teeing it up at Nemacolin’s Mystic Rock course means tackling the crafty Pete Dye and walking in the footsteps of PGA Tour players who competed in the 84 Lumber Classic from 2003 to 2006.

Mystic Rock is a sterling example of a more subtle and cerebral side of Dye. He lets the rolling land dictate the routing and shot values here with ample landing areas, walkability, and serene sight lines. Positioning off the tee and hitting to the correct parts of the green comes into play routinely as Dye plays with angles, misdirection, false fronts, and greens that run off the sides or back if you mis-club.

At Shepherd’s Rock, the mischievous side of Pete Dye and his associate Tim Liddy come out to play. You’ll find yourself playing shots 40 feet from the hole to allow Dye’s slopes to (hopefully) do their work, and you’ll come to respect false fronts that can send even well-struck shots that look pin high back down the front edge of the green and toward the man who hit it. Have fun figuring out Shepherd’s wildly sloping greens and the ideal angles into them.

The Grand Lodge is coming to Nemacolin in August 2023, and it will elevate a worldwide measure of luxury. The Grand Lodge will offer spacious suites where guests will enjoy all-new, luxury in-room services, along with butlers to cater to their every need. The dining options will be bigger, better, and more delicious than ever before with new bespoke dining and bar options like Fawn & Fable and Circle Bar.

Every visit to Nemacolin is an opportunity to enjoy a bucket list day. Enjoy epic golf, then the pools, ropes course, or cosmic bowling at The Peak. Continue your day with spa treatments, Safari tours, or fly fishing, and close it out with an extraordinary meal at one of our six acclaimed restaurants. The resort’s entertainment and adventure offerings are endlessly creative and always inviting. Discover more at Nemacolin.com.