Greensboro, GA On Lake OconeeLocated midway between Atlanta and Augusta and occupying a 35-acre peninsula on Lake Oconee, this timbered-lodge golf resort and spa lies within the pine-forested, 8,000-acre Reynolds Plantation.
Rocking-chair porchGuests relax on a rocking-chair veranda overlooking a large lake, rejuvenate in a Native American-themed health spa, and exercise at golf, fishing, shooting, and watersports.
Spacious roomsRooms are 460 square feet, have balconies or patios and feature 350-thread-count bed linens, down comforters, and terry-cloth bathrobes and slippers, while offering both stall showers and tubs.
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What to expect: Opened in 2002, the lodge attracts families and couples for holidays featuring golf, fishing, and swimming. The setting offers tall, slender pines gracing an expansive lawn that slopes down to Lake Oconee. A lobby showcases a vaulted ceiling, huge timbers, a vast stone fireplace, and Oriental rugs; leather, brocade, and plush-fabric seating creates a country-lodge ambience.
Amenity highlights: The year-round lodge has an outdoor pool complex and beach. The complex comprises a 90-by-40-foot pool with an infinity edge facing Lake Oconee, a 15-foot-diameter children's pool with its own sundeck, and a 10-person spa tub partly shaded by a wood arbor. Inside a two-story pavilion with a vaulted bleached-wood ceiling and wood-burning fireplace, a 60-by-20-foot lap pool provides year-round swimming and a spa tub accommodates four.
Insider tip: The nearby towns of Greensboro (15 miles) and Madison (20 miles) are noted for their antique shops.
Dinining
- Georgia's Airconditioned, linenservice, breakfast/dinner restaurant with beamed ceiling, stone fireplace, antler chandelier. Buffet breakfast daily. À la carte choices such as trout and grits, Eggs Benedict, bourbonpeach brioche French toast, pecan Belgian waffles, bagel with housesmoked salmon. Seasonal dinner choices such as panseared foie gras "peanut butter and jelly sandwich," panseared black grouper, lobstercrawfish tortellini, suckling pig, grilled filet of beef, peach breadandbutter pudding, pecan pie. Tasting menu offered nightly. Dinner dress code: jackets suggested; long pants and collared shirts required.
- Linger Longer Bar & Grill Lunch/dinner restaurant located in the Oconee Course clubhouse. Dining room with yellow table linens, naturalwood ceiling. Bar with televisions, stone fireplace. Lunch menu with soups, salads, sandwiches, burgers. Seasonal dinner choices include blackened ahi, cornmealdusted fried calamari, housemade mozzarella, lobster bisque, friedgoatcheese salad, veal porterhouse with fried softshell crab, grilled red snapper, rack of lamb, fish, steaks, dessert soufflés. Dress code: resort wear and golf attire.
- Gaby's By the Lake Casual, openair lakeside lunch/dinner restaurant open in summer. Pavilion with beamed ceiling and terrace seating at umbrella tables. Teak furniture. New Orleansaccented menus, with soups, salads, sandwiches, burgers, hot dogs, for lunch. Dinner choices such as Creole seafood gumbo, fried oysters, lobsterettecalamari ceviche, roasted sea bass, blackened redfish, shrimpandgrits in hollow sourdough roll, Peach Melba, Baked Alaska. Dress code: casual.
- The Lobby Lounge Open midafternoon to after midnight for cocktails, cognacs, cigars, light meals. Leather chairs, plushfabric couches, antler chandeliers, stone fireplace, twostory vaulted ceiling. Live jazz Fridays, Saturdays.
Property amenities
A 26,000-square-foot health and beauty spa offers 26 treatment rooms including a couples' suite with jetted tub and candles, a spa boutique, relaxation lounges, and women's and men's wet rooms with saunas, steam rooms, and four-person spa tubs and plunge pools adjacent to gas fireplaces and bordered by cushioned chairs/footstools. In an ambience inspired by the area's Native American history, the spa offers treatments employing herbs, fruits, and flowers.
Seasonal body scrubs include grapefruit seed/sassafrass root in summer and primrose/eucalyptus in winter. Body wraps include Creek Indian herbs and Oconee mud; massage options include herb-and flower-friction and warm-stone. Hydrotherapy choices include milk baths and Vichy showers. Facials, nail care, and hair care are also available, and the spa offers teen facials, and facials and massage for children.
Within the spa, an expansive, carpeted, mirrored-wall fitness center contains cardio machines, weight machines, free weights, and an exercise studio with a polished wood floor and spinners. Spinning, aerobics, yoga, and Pilates classes are available weekly.
Supervised activities for children ages 5-12 are offered Mondays through Saturdays, with half- and full-day sessions available and "night-out" sessions available on Fridays and Saturdays.
A business center contains four computers with complimentary high-speed Internet access.
List of property amenities - Swimming pool - indoor
- Swimming pool - outdoor
- Private beach
- Poolside bar
- Swimming pool - children's
- Spa tub
- Full-service health spa
- Steam room
- Sauna
- Technology helpdesk
- Concierge desk
- Complimentary newspapers in lobby
- Health club
- Fitness equipment
- Restaurant(s) in hotel
- Bar/lounge
- Room service (24 hours)
- Parking (free)
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Parking (valet)
- Conference room(s)
- Event catering
- Banquet facilities
- Meeting rooms (small groups)
- Ballroom(s)
- Exhibit space
- Business center
- Internet access in public areas - high speed
- Internet access in public areas - complimentary
- Audio-visual equipment
- Express check- in
- Number of rooms: 251
- Porter/bellhop
- Express check-out
- Doorman/doorwoman
- Security guard
- 24-hour front desk
- Safe-deposit box - front desk
- Multilingual staff
- Number of floors: 5
- Hair salon
- ATM/banking
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Beauty services
- Tour assistance
- Dry cleaning service
- Fireplace in lobby
- Coffee in lobby
- Television in lobby
- Shoe shine
- Picnic area
- Air-conditioned public areas
- Elevator/lift
- Supervised child care/activities
Recreation
Terraced above Lake Oconee, an expansive complex contains a 90-by-40-foot pool with an infinity edge facing the lake, a 15-foot-diameter children's pool with its own sundeck, and a 10-person spa tub partly shaded by a wooden arbor. Pools' faux charcoal-gray granite lining creates a "natural" look. Sundecks are furnished with umbrellas and cushioned lounge chairs.
A 60-by-20-foot lap pool provides year-round swimming inside a two-story pavilion with a vaulted bleached-wood ceiling and stone accent wall. Cushioned lounge chairs and potted plants surround the pool, and adjacent to a wood-burning fireplace is a spa tub that can accommodate up to four guests.
A 40-yard beach furnished with cushioned lounge chairs and umbrellas lies on Lake Oconee. Nearby, pine trees shade a sand playground.
Reynolds Plantation offers 81 golf holes on four courses. The Oconee, designed by Rees Jones, includes five holes in which Lake Oconee comes into play, four others with lake views, an oversized practice fairway, and a chipping green. The Great Waters, designed by Jack Nicklaus, features nine lakeside holes and a 10,000-square-foot practice green. The Plantation, designed by Bob Cupp with consultation from Fuzzy Zoeller and Hubert Green, offers wide, rolling fairways. The National, designed by Tom Fazio, offers 27 holes, some tucked into the lake's shores, with narrow fairways lined by pines and dogwoods and large, rolling greens.
The Plantation also includes a Dave Pelt Scoring Game School, with both short-game and long-game instruction.
Other recreational opportunities (surcharges for all) includes American- and Olympic-style skeet and trap at a gun club; lake fishing from motor and pontoon boats; fly fishing; water skiing, wakeboarding, and tubing; pontoon-boat rentals and tours; tennis on hard and clay courts; canoeing, kayaking, and pedal boats; and mountain biking through the Plantation. A fitness center offers spinning, aerobics, yoga, and Pilates classes weekly.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the lodge; fees may apply.
- Golfing on site
- Golf - driving range on site
- Water skiing on site
- Rowing or canoeing on site
- Swimming on site
- Boat launch nearby
- Motor boating on site
- Pilates classes/instruction on site
- Yoga classes/instruction on site
- Tennis nearby
- Running track/path on site
- Aerobics on site
- Hiking/biking trails on site
- Bicycle rentals on site
- Mountain biking on site
- Horse riding/rental nearby
- Fishing on site
- Bird watching nearby
Room amenities
- Internet access - high speed
- Cable/satellite TV
- Premium TV channel(s)
- Pay movies
- CD player
- Premium bedding
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Air conditioning
- Blackout drapes
- Climate control
- Complimentary newspaper (M-F)
- Voice mail
- Internet access - surcharge
- Multi-line phone
- Internet access - dial-up
- Minibar
- Wake-up calls
- Housekeeping (daily)
- Turndown service
- Bathroom telephone
- Bathrobes
- Complimentary toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Bathroom scale
- Makeup mirror
- Slippers
- Separate bathtub and shower
- Child care (in room, surcharge)
- Electronic check-out
- Electronic/magnetic keys
- Television
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe
- Clock radio
- Desk
- Rollaway beds
- Cribs (infant beds) available
- Smoking rooms
Rooms
The resort offers 251 guestrooms in a five-story, wood-shingled building, with pitched roofs, domes, and a lake-view veranda furnished with rocking chairs. Private balconies and patios with French doors provide views of Lake Oconee, gardens, or golf courses.
Measuring 460 square feet, rooms feature triple sheeted beds, 350-thread-count linens, goose-down and hypo-allergenic pillows, and down comforters. Marble/granite bathrooms include separate stall showers and tubs. Terry-cloth bathrobes and slippers supply lounging comfort. Pay movies and CD-player radios furnish entertainment. High-speed (surcharge) and dial-up Internet access is available.
Policies
Extra person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Rollaway beds (surcharges) and complimentary cribs (infant beds) are available and should be requested at the time of booking.
Photo identification and credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in. Special requests made via this Web site cannot be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
Policy Bullet Points:
- Pets considered
- Check-in time is 3 PM
- Check-out time is Noon
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