Best Resorts for Family Reunions
Lake Crescent Lodge
Olympic National Park, Washington
A fleet of rowboats provides the recreation at this hemlock-shrouded camp, where the absence of in-room TV’s and phones means more time outdoors. In 1937, FDR stopped by the main lodge (then a tavern with rooms for a men’s mountaineering club) and, over a breakfast of local trout, reviewed the proposal that created the surrounding national park.
Guest Tip: Though the resort has added rooms in outbuildings over the years, the Rasmussens of Vancouver, Washington (who have returned for 32 years), prefer the Shingle-style Roosevelt cottages. Built in 1938 and outfitted with fireplaces and rustic wood furniture, the cabins have plenty of historical charm—and romping room—for their extended family of 13.
(Doubles from $158, Roosevelt cottages $222.)
—Alison Goran
