An intimate wedding venue under hundred-year-old pines
Storybook cabins, old-growth pines, and string lights through the branches, five minutes from Lake Arrowhead. The park is sized for thirty to eighty guests, so your whole party spends the day together.
Drive up far enough and the clouds are underneath you
Willow Woods Park sits on the ridge above Lake Arrowhead, high enough that the coastal fog usually stays below the road on the way up. By the time you park, the air is clear and Los Angeles is about ninety minutes behind you.
It began as a logging camp and later became Skyforest Resort, renting its cabins by the day or the week. The cabins from those years are still standing, and so are the trees they were built around.
You will remember the light.
It comes down through a hundred feet of pine all afternoon, turns gold somewhere around six, and hands over to the string lights before anyone notices the change.
Somewhere in that hour, everyone you invited is standing in the same clearing.
Most of the decorating is done before you arrive. The pines and the string lights in this photograph come with the date.
A hundred years under the same trees
1920sWhat the loggers left
Cabins go up among the old-growth pines, and the camp that becomes Willow Woods takes shape under them.
1928Forest of the Sky becomes Skyforest
A post office opens up here. The community drops the longer name it had used for itself and takes the one it still carries.
Mid-centurySkyforest Resort
The property runs year round as a resort under the cartoonist Frank Adams, renting cabins by the day or the week.
The resort yearsGuests drive up from the city
Seventy-five miles east of Los Angeles, the cabins fill every summer with people who come up for the quiet and the cool air.
TodayWillow Woods Park
The same trees, the same cabins, and your table set beneath them.
One romantic forest venue, two kinds of day
Ceremonies and receptions
Dinners, retreats, and milestones
Katie has done this a few hundred times
“We worked with Katie from first meeting all the way through, and she was a big part of what sold us on the location.”
“Willow Woods was all I could ever want as a bride because it felt like an enchanted forest from a storybook. I loved the rustic and whimsical aesthetic, the cute 1920s cabins, the woodsy outdoors, and the pizza!”
“The night was beyond anything we could have imagined. Our photos look like they are straight out of a Pinterest board, and we will be dreaming about this day for the rest of our lives.”
Chelsea D.Verified · Yelp“The venue was gorgeous, the food was incredible, the service was 5 star first class, and the ambiance was magical. We could not have been happier with our experience.”
John G.Verified · Yelp“Willow Woods Park is such a unique and special venue. It's perfect for anyone looking for an intimate outdoor experience.”
Skyleigh BreedenVerified · Google
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Two packages, and the difference is dinner
- How many
30 to 80 guests
A hundred at most, and fewer than thirty by arrangement.
- How much
One price per guest
Covers the park, the set-up, the coordination, and the clean-up. There is no site fee and no service charge.
- Where
Skyforest, CA
5 minutes from Lake Arrowhead, 35 from Big Bear Lake, 75 miles east of Los Angeles, and 5,741 feet up.
- When
May through October
The months the mountain is at its best, and the weekends that go first.
Questions couples ask about weddings
- Willow Woods Park address
- Willow Woods Park28561 State Hwy 18Skyforest, CA 92385
Walk the grounds before you decide
Tours are free and take about an hour. Bring whoever is helping you plan, and we will show you where the ceremony, the dinner, and the dancing would happen. Pick a time online, or call (909) 916-0002 if that is easier.
