Lake Tahoe Wedding Directory

venues by use

Outdoor Reception Venues

Dinner and dancing alfresco — decks, lawns, and beaches.

24 venues

Venue listings

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Olympic Valley

Palisades Tahoe

The Olympic mountain itself — guests ride the aerial tram to a ceremony deck 2,000 feet above the valley, with the lake on the horizon.

Up to 250 guests $$

Mountain · Unique

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Minden, NV (Carson Valley)

Park Home Ranch

A working Carson Valley ranch with a 123-year-old barn — handmade tables, three arches, and Jobs Peak over the fence line.

Up to 200 guests $$$

Barn · Ranch / Farm

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Kirkwood (Hwy 88)

The Hideout

"Where Luxury Meets the Wild" — a secluded multi-day buyout south of Kirkwood where the wedding lasts four days, not five hours.

Capacity on inquiry $$$$

Private Estate · Unique

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Cromberg (Lost Sierra)

Twenty Mile House

A historic stage-stop on 200 Lost Sierra acres, an hour north of Truckee, that packages the entire wedding — vendors and all — under one roof.

Capacity on inquiry Inquire

Historic / Landmark · Ranch / Farm

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South Lake Tahoe

Valhalla Tahoe

A 1924 lakeside estate lodge on the Tallac Historic Site, run under a Forest Service permit — old-Tahoe timber and a lawn that ends near the water.

Up to 120 guests $$$

Historic / Landmark

Graeagle (Lost Sierra)

Chalet View Lodge

A boutique Lost Sierra resort with its own brewery — the destination wedding where every guest checks into the same 10 acres.

Capacity on inquiry Inquire

Inn / Lodge

Genoa, NV (Carson Valley)

Cottonwood Cottage

A rustic cottage restaurant in Nevada's oldest town, now dedicated to events — dinner-party weddings with bocce on the lawn.

Capacity on inquiry Inquire

Historic / Landmark · Garden

Truckee (Little Truckee River)

Dancing Pines

A twenty-acre private river valley north of Truckee — one wedding at a time, water audible from the aisle.

Capacity on inquiry Inquire

Private Estate

Carnelian Bay

Gar Woods Grill & Pier

A wooden-boat-era lakefront grill on Carnelian Bay where the reception ends with a boat pulling up to the pier.

Up to 150 guests Inquire

Beach / Waterfront

Genoa, NV (Carson Valley)

Genoa Golf Club (Genoa Lakes)

Carson Valley's golf-club wedding with unusually loose rules — outside caterers welcome, events run past midnight, and Jobs Peak watches it all.

Up to 200 guests Inquire

Garden

Tahoe City

Granlibakken Tahoe

A wooded resort valley a mile above Tahoe City — ceremony lawn, mountain deck, and ballroom in one self-contained campus.

Up to 250 guests Inquire

Inn / Lodge · Mountain

Gardnerville, NV (Carson Valley)

Jacobs Berry Farm

A working berry farm from 1869 — ceremony in the orchard, reception in the century barn, and a saloon named Last Chance.

Capacity on inquiry Inquire

Barn · Ranch / Farm · Historic / Landmark

Meeks Bay

Kehlet Mansion at Meeks Bay Resort

A 1930s lakefront mansion on Meeks Bay you book through Recreation.gov — the wedding house-party, federal edition.

Capacity on inquiry Inquire

Historic / Landmark · Beach / Waterfront

Kings Beach

North Tahoe Event Center

The public-district event hall on Kings Beach sand — big capacity, flexible rules, and the lake ten steps from the dance floor.

Up to 400 guests Inquire

Beach / Waterfront

Olympic Valley

Olympic Valley Stables

The old Squaw Valley stables turned bohemian meadow venue — stretch tents, teepees, and 250 guests under the Olympic peaks.

Up to 250 guests $$$$

Ranch / Farm · Unique

Olympic Valley

PlumpJack Inn

The boutique inn at the foot of the Palisades peaks — one wedding at a time, creek outside, 55 rooms upstairs.

Capacity on inquiry Inquire

Inn / Lodge

Zephyr Cove

Round Hill Pines Beach Resort

A pine-ringed private cove on the Nevada shore — the barefoot-on-the-sand wedding, with Mt. Tallac across the water.

Up to 180 guests Inquire

Beach / Waterfront

Norden (Donner Summit)

Sugar Bowl Resort

Donner Summit's 1939 ski resort — meadow and alpine-lake ceremonies at elevation, with the historic Village Lodge for the party.

Capacity on inquiry Inquire

Mountain · Inn / Lodge

Meyers

Tahoe Paradise Park

The community park wedding done right — a redwood gazebo, an ancient cedar, and hourly pricing that leaves budget for everything else.

Up to 120 guests $

Garden

South Lake Tahoe

The Landing Lake Tahoe Resort & Spa

A boutique lakefront hotel by the beach where the reception happens on a rooftop with the whole lake laid out below.

Capacity on inquiry Inquire

Inn / Lodge

Truckee

The Lodge at Tahoe Donner

Truckee's association-owned golf-course restaurant with a remodeled pavilion in the pines — published room-by-room capacities, no guesswork.

Up to 200 guests Inquire

Garden · Mountain

Donner Lake (Truckee)

West End Beach — Donner Lake

The parks-district beach wedding on Donner Lake — a covered pavilion, 200 admissions, and mountain water for the aisle photos.

Up to 200 guests $

Beach / Waterfront