A Unique, Distraction-Free Meeting Venue in Minnesota

Meeting at Sugar Lake Lodge is an immersive experience that feels exclusive, personalized, and shielded from the distractions of the real world.

We provide an all-inclusive retreat experience that takes the stress out of planning your event. You take care of the invites, we’ll handle the lodging, activities, catering, and everything else.

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Welcome to the Northwoods

Escape the hustle and bustle of everyday life at Sugar Lake Lodge. Located deep in the heart of northern Minnesota⁠—near Grand Rapids, MN⁠—our secluded lakeside resort is surrounded by the oaks and maples of the Minnesota Northwoods. Groups don’t come here simply to meet and plan; they come with a specific outcome in mind, and they need a place disconnected from everything else. Whether you’re looking to relax, connect with one another, or achieve a specific goal, you’ll find everything you need here.

We provide the venue, technology and, most importantly, the expert facilitation you need to plan a successful event.

  • Lakefront Lodge Rooms
  • Lakeside Cabins
  • Golf Course Villas

No Matter Your Group Size, You’ll
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Sugar Lake Lodge provides professional in-house catering for a variety of small and large-scale events. Our talented kitchen staff, led by renowned executive-level chefs, expertly craft a custom menu for your event, whether it only lasts a day, a weekend, or an entire week. The food is fresh, the ingredients are locally sourced, and the resulting dishes are a surefire way to wow your guests and keep them happy.

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For smaller groups, or just looking to grab a quick bite to eat, Otis’s Grill & Bar offers a casual, indoor or outdoor pub environment serving appetizers, a variety of hand-crafted burgers, a shore lunch walleye sandwich, and a variety of evening entrees.

The bar features a great selection of Minnesota and Wisconsin-brewed beer, a Napa Valley wine selection, specialty drinks, and a vast selection of scotches.

Note: Otis’s is only open Memorial Day to Labor Day.

A Meeting Venue Unlike Any Other

Cozy lakeside lodging, plenty of resort activities, indoor and outdoor meetings. We have everything you need to plan any event. But that’s not all we offer. Our personalized experience and 24/7 service is what makes every Sugar Lake Lodge event entertaining, relaxing, and memorable.

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The Leadership Lodge at Sugar Lake is a fully customizable corporate retreat venue aimed at teams, organizations, and groups looking to gather in an environment that’s conducive to creative thinking, distraction-free learning, and transformational leadership development. Our personalized, professional retreat experience is tailored to your organization and its goals.

We’re outcome-focused in everything that we do. Our custom retreat architecture process and professional facilitators help you design an event from the ground up. From spacious meeting spaces to cozy lodging, delicious catering, on-site programs and resources, and plenty of relaxing and engaging activities, everything here is designed to optimize your time, maximize your potential, and get you the results you want.

We customize retreat programs catered to strategic planning, leadership development, employee onboarding, annual meetings, board integration, and more.

Team Bonding Activities in Minnesota

Most retreat venues advertise some sort of team building or team bonding experience. These programs usually consist of the same activities: games like axe throwing, hammerschlagen, scavenger hunts, and blind trust falls. Truthfully, those activities are better suited for summer camp, or a holiday party. Sure, they have their place, but they won’t actually improve the performance of your team, or your business.

At Sugar Lake Lodge, we are (and partner with) leadership and team development facilitators who present challenging, game-changing, and wildly rewarding activities. Everything we do is results based and outcome focused. It begins with a discussion about your goals—why are you here and what do you want to accomplish? Are you training a new generation of leaders? Building a specialized team for a specific company capability? Onboarding new team members?

Uncovering what you want to accomplish helps our experts curate a high-performing team building program that is targeted, applicable, and highly effective. These custom programs consist of interactive experiential activities that fundamentally change how your team thinks and works together to solve complex business problems.

Sugar Lake Lodge Resort Activities

As a family-owned Minnesota resort and event center, we understand the importance of connecting with your family. Every guest that stays with us, and every family that reconnects on the shore of Sugar Lake, are all welcomed to our resort with open arms. You’re greeted like we’ve known you for years, and that is exactly the case for many of the families who hold their summer reunions here year after year.

We’ve watched multiple families grow over the years, seeing new generations of children go from infants to teenagers to adults. Connecting with family and friends is what life’s all about, and we are so happy to be the facilitators that make it all possible.

Our team at Sugar Lake Lodge does everything possible to remove the stress of planning a family reunion. You take care of the invites, we’ll handle the lodging, events, catering, and everything else. Need help planning a family golf tournament? Looking to have a good laugh while singing karaoke? Want to reminisce while watching a slideshow of memories? We have the space, the technology, and the event-planning experience to make it all happen.

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The Leadership Lodge at Sugar Lake is a fully customizable corporate retreat venue aimed at teams, organizations, and groups looking to gather in an environment that’s conducive to creative thinking, distraction-free learning, and transformational leadership development. Our personalized, professional retreat experience is tailored to your organization and its goals.

We’re outcome-focused in everything that we do. Our custom retreat architecture process and professional facilitators help you design an event from the ground up. From spacious meeting spaces to cozy lodging, delicious catering, on-site programs and resources, and plenty of relaxing and engaging activities, everything here is designed to optimize your time, maximize your potential, and get you the results you want.

We customize retreat programs catered to strategic planning, leadership development, employee onboarding, annual meetings, board integration, and more.

Team Bonding Activities in Minnesota

Most retreat venues advertise some sort of team building or team bonding experience. These programs usually consist of the same activities: games like axe throwing, hammerschlagen, scavenger hunts, and blind trust falls. Truthfully, those activities are better suited for summer camp, or a holiday party. Sure, they have their place, but they won’t actually improve the performance of your team, or your business.

At Sugar Lake Lodge, we are (and partner with) leadership and team development facilitators who present challenging, game-changing, and wildly rewarding activities. Everything we do is results based and outcome focused. It begins with a discussion about your goals—why are you here and what do you want to accomplish? Are you training a new generation of leaders? Building a specialized team for a specific company capability? Onboarding new team members?

Uncovering what you want to accomplish helps our experts curate a high-performing team building program that is targeted, applicable, and highly effective. These custom programs consist of interactive experiential activities that fundamentally change how your team thinks and works together to solve complex business problems.

Have a Blast with a Family Reunion in Minnesota

As a family-owned Minnesota resort and event center, we understand the importance of connecting with your family. Every guest that stays with us, and every family that reconnects on the shore of Sugar Lake, are all welcomed to our resort with open arms. You’re greeted like we’ve known you for years, and that is exactly the case for many of the families who hold their summer reunions here year after year.

We’ve watched multiple families grow over the years, seeing new generations of children go from infants to teenagers to adults. Connecting with family and friends is what life’s all about, and we are so happy to be the facilitators that make it all possible.

Our team at Sugar Lake Lodge does everything possible to remove the stress of planning a family reunion. You take care of the invites, we’ll handle the lodging, events, catering, and everything else. Need help planning a family golf tournament? Looking to have a good laugh while singing karaoke? Want to reminisce while watching a slideshow of memories? We have the space, the technology, and the event-planning experience to make it all happen.

Indoor Meeting Spaces

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ALEXANDER ROOM

As our largest meeting space, the Alexander Room is fully customizable to accommodate nearly any corporate event. Its size ranges from 1300 square feet to over 5,200, allowing it to seat up to 195 people. This space can easily be configured to be the ideal space for seminars, keynotes, working sessions, roundtables, team building activities, dining, and so much more.

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MAPLE ROOM

It’s easy to see why the Maple Room is one of our most popular event spaces. It’s an exceptional space that is illuminated by natural light from its numerous windows that also provide a gorgeous view of Sugar Lake. Guests can also step outside onto a deck that overlooks the lake, but be warned! Once you pull up a chair outside, you may not want to come back in. Ideal for groups under 50, this space is a perfect fit for board meetings, training sessions, executive retreat sessions, and other smaller meetings.

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ASPLIN ROOMS

Asplin Rooms I, II, and III are fully equipped to handle diverse groups of varying sizes. Offering spaces that range from 300 to 750 square feet, these smaller but spacious rooms are frequently used for concentrated breakout sessions, board meetings, small team meetings, or as a place for a smaller company to put their heads down and accomplish their goals. Complete with plenty of seating and table space, you’ll have what you need here to focus on working through your agenda.

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BIRCH ROOM

Don’t let its size fool you. The Birch Room may be our smallest meeting space, but it’s the perfect place for groups under 15 to hunker down and accomplish a highly focused goal in a distraction free setting. It’s large enough to comfortably accommodate a select group of people, but small enough to give that group a productive place to lock in, focus, and knock specific tasks off their list.

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LODGE DINING ROOM

Our main lodge dining room can seat nearly 200 people and is located just steps from our Alexander Room, which makes it a no-brainer for large groups to utilize both. To make it even better, the dining room is attached to the deck, and guests can take in the lake while they enjoy Sugar Lake Lodge’s signature catering.

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THE LAKEFRONT LODGE

All our meeting spaces are located within steps of one another in the Lakefront Lodge, which has so much more to offer. Groups can gather around our fireplace to bond and relax by a gentle fire, grab a drink at the bar at the end of the day, or take their pick from countless other cozy spots located throughout the lodge. It’s all yours to enjoy.

Outdoor Meeting Spaces

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LAKEFRONT LODGE DECK

A true guest favorite, our lodge’s deck is more than a place to pull up a chair and sit. Directly attached to many of our indoor spaces, it’s the ideal place for guests step out for a breath of fresh air or change their meeting location altogether. Groups can meet here to work, eat, or simply relax at the end of the day. It’s one of the best places to pull up a chair and enjoy the view of the lake. There’s plenty of room for groups to gather in this more informal setting.

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ROPES COURSE

This Pecos River style ropes course is quite challenging, but that’s what makes it so rewarding. Not everyone loves heights, but you’ll be surprised at how your team comes together to motivate one another as they navigate its numerous obstacles. It requires communication, coordination, and focus, skills that no team can go without. Its multi-element design allows teams of all sizes to participate.

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SUGARBROOKE GOLF COURSE

Sugarbrooke Golf Course winds its way through 300 acres of pristine maple and oak trees, with beautiful Sugar Lake serving as its backdrop. This par 71, 6,548-yard course challenges even the lowest handicapper. You’ll find it easy to become distracted on our signature 18th hole, with trees bordering both sides of the fairway, a brook guarding the green, and a glare bouncing off the sparkling blue waters of Sugar Lake.

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SUGAR LAKE

There may be 10,000 lakes in Minnesota, but ours is one in a million. It’s clean, crystal-clear aquamarine waters have earned it the title of the “Mediterranean of the Midwest.” There’s plenty to do in and around the lake. Guests can fish, enjoy one of our mini docks, rent a pontoon boat, or relax on the beach. This is the gem of our resort, so take some time to soak in the views and enjoy one of the clearest lakes in all of Minnesota.

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400 ACRES OF NORTHWOODS BEAUTY

With over 400 acres, there’s no shortage of space at our resort. No matter how large your group is, you’ll be able to spread out and explore our peaceful and secluded resort grounds. Take some time to enjoy some yard games, sit around a roaring campfire, hit the beach, or discover plenty of places to take in your surroundings and enjoy a welcomed and well-earned change of pace.

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