North Idaho Wedding Venue · Naples, Idaho

Forty private acres,
and a roof for the rain.

Round Mountain Retreat is a forest wedding venue thirty minutes from Sandpoint — with a covered pavilion, an open-air ceremony deck, and cabins so your people never have to drive home.

  • Ceremony outdoors on the deck, or under cover in the pavilion
  • Up to 150 guests — and just as good for an elopement
  • Four cabins on site, so the wedding party wakes up together
40 private acres 20 min from Bonners Ferry 30 min from Sandpoint
150
Guest capacity
Elopements to full receptions
40
Private acres
One wedding at a time
2
Ceremony sites
Open-air deck & covered pavilion
18
Beds on site
Across four cabins & a yurt
The Spaces

One property, three rooms
— none of them indoors in the usual sense

You are not renting a ballroom with a forest photo on the website. You are renting the forest, and a building that opens straight into it.

The open-air ceremony deck at Round Mountain Retreat at sunset — a broad timber deck with a draped wedding arch, string lights strung between posts, and the black-and-white event building beside it.
Outdoors

The Ceremony Deck

A broad timber deck at the edge of the trees, strung with lights and set with a draped arch. West-facing, which is why the late light does what it does here.

  • Open air
  • Golden-hour light
  • Steps down to the lawn
Inside the covered pavilion set for a wedding ceremony — two blocks of wooden cross-back chairs either side of a jute aisle runner, lanterns and potted ferns at the front, and a floral arch in the open doorway looking out to green forest.
Under cover

The Pavilion, Set for Vows

Roofed, lit with strings of bulbs, and open at the end so the forest is still your backdrop. This is the reason a rainy forecast does not ruin anything here.

  • Weather-proof
  • String lighting
  • Doors open to the trees
The same pavilion turned over for the reception — long wooden farm tables running down both sides with white floral runners, candles and numbered table cards, a sweetheart table at the open end framed by the forest.
Same room, after dark

The Pavilion, Set for Dinner

Long farm tables, candlelight, and a sweetheart table framed by the open end of the building. The turnaround happens while you are off taking photographs.

  • Long-table seating
  • Sweetheart table
  • Dancing after
Wedding reception tables lit by candles inside the pavilion at Round Mountain Retreat.
What comes with the venue

The parts most couples forget to budget for

Venue hire here is not just a field and a gate code. This is what is on the property before you hire a single vendor.

  • Two ceremony sites — the open-air deck and the covered pavilion
  • Reception space for up to 150 with string lighting and outdoor dining set-up
  • A preparation suite for the wedding party
  • On-site event coordination on the day
  • On-site lodging — four units, roughly 18 beds
  • On-site catering available, with farm-inspired menus
  • Preferred vendor referrals from people we have actually worked with
  • Fire pit for the evening, firewood provided
  • Parking on site — no shuttles from town
  • Post-wedding brunch option among the trees

A complete, itemised inclusions list comes with your pricing sheet.

Packages

Three ways to do this

Every wedding here is quoted on your date, your guest count, and how much of the property you take. Tell us your date and the real numbers come back within 48 hours.

The Elopement

Two of you, and a handful of witnesses
Request pricing
Quoted per date · smallest footprint
  • Ceremony on the deck or in the pavilion
  • A cabin or the yurt for the two of you
  • Fire pit in the evening
  • Run of the trails for photographs
Ask about elopements

The Wedding Day

Ceremony and reception, up to 150
Request pricing
Quoted per date · peak dates go first
  • Exclusive use of the property for the day
  • Both ceremony sites, yours to choose on the morning
  • Pavilion reception with string lighting
  • Preparation suite for the wedding party
  • On-site coordination
  • Fire pit and firewood for the evening
Check my date

The Wedding Weekend

Friday to Sunday, everyone on site
Request pricing
Quoted per date · includes lodging
  • Everything in The Wedding Day
  • All four lodging units for your party
  • Rehearsal dinner around the fire
  • Post-wedding brunch among the trees
  • Nobody drives anywhere after dark
Plan a weekend

We do not publish a single flat number because a Tuesday elopement in May and a Saturday in August are not the same event. Ask and you get the real figure, in writing, the same week.

Golden-hour light across the ceremony deck and event building at Round Mountain Retreat.
A day here

How a wedding at Round Mountain actually runs

  1. Morning

    Everyone is already here

    The wedding party wakes in the cabins. Coffee on the porch. Hair and make-up in the preparation suite while the pavilion is being set.

  2. Early afternoon

    Vendors arrive, guests roll in

    Florists and caterers load in past the gate. Guests park on site and walk in — no shuttle from town, no one getting lost on a back road.

  3. Late afternoon

    The ceremony — and the weather call

    Deck if it is clear, pavilion if it is not. That decision can be made on the morning without a single phone call to a rental company.

  4. Golden hour

    Photographs, while the room turns over

    You disappear into the trees with your photographer. Behind you the pavilion goes from rows of chairs to long tables and candlelight.

  5. Evening

    Dinner, toasts, dancing

    Long tables under the string lights, the big doors open to the dark forest, and the music as loud as forty private acres allows.

  6. Late

    The fire, and then bed — not a highway

    The last of it happens around the fire pit. Then your people walk to their cabins. Nobody drives.

Stay on the property

Your people sleep where the wedding is

Four units on site, roughly eighteen beds, plus a bathhouse. A fifth cabin, The Caribou, opens in 2026. Book the village for the weekend and the after-party never has to end at a car park.

The Elk — a custom-built log cabin with cedar siding and forest-green trim, standing under tall pines at Round Mountain Retreat.
Sleeps 6 · 2 bedrooms

The Elk

The flagship. Full kitchen, indoor bath and shower, air conditioning and a fireplace — the natural choice for the couple or the parents.

4.8Airbnb guest rating
Inside The Moose cabin at Round Mountain Retreat — a bright studio cabin with wood detailing, furnished for six guests.
Sleeps 6 · studio

The Moose

Brand-new, with a large deck out front and a movie projector inside. The one the cousins end up in.

5.0Airbnb guest rating
The Goose cabin porch at dusk, with a picnic table and string lights overhead.
Sleeps 4 · studio

The Goose

Wood-panelled ceiling, electric fireplace, kitchenette, and a private porch with string lights over the picnic table.

4.33Airbnb guest rating

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The property

What your photographer gets to work with

The covered pavilion at Round Mountain Retreat set for a ceremony, warm bulb lighting overhead and forest visible through the open end.
A forest meadow at Round Mountain Retreat at golden hour, split-rail fence and string lights among the pines.
The fire pit in the cabin village at Round Mountain Retreat, ringed with seating under the trees.
The mountain overlook from the ridge trail at Round Mountain Retreat, forested ridges receding into the distance.
The event deck at Round Mountain Retreat looking out across the property.

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Vendors

Bring your people. We’ll point you at ours.

We keep a working list of North Idaho photographers, florists, caterers, musicians and officiants we have actually seen do good work here — and we are glad to hand it over the moment you ask.

If you already have a photographer you love or a caterer who has been in the family for years, that is genuinely fine. The current vendor policy — insurance, load-in windows, and what we need on file — comes with your pricing sheet, so you know the rules before you book anyone.

Questions

The things couples ask us first

Up to 150. The property works just as well at the other end of the scale — elopements and micro-weddings of a dozen people are very much welcome, and priced differently.

Two choices. The open-air ceremony deck is a large timber deck edged with string lights and a draped arch, forest on every side. The covered pavilion seats your ceremony under a roof with the big end doors open to the trees.

Plenty of couples use the deck for the ceremony and the pavilion for dinner, which is the best of both.

Nothing has to move off-site, and you do not have to put a tent on hold “just in case”. The covered pavilion is a real weather plan — it seats the ceremony and hosts the reception. A wet forecast changes your photographs, not your day.

Yes. Four lodging units on site — The Elk (sleeps 6), The Moose (sleeps 6), The Goose (sleeps 4) and The Tamarack canvas yurt (sleeps 2) — roughly 18 guests in total, plus a bathhouse. A fifth cabin, The Caribou, opens in 2026.

Couples booking a full weekend usually take the whole village for the wedding party.

About 20 minutes from Bonners Ferry, about 30 minutes from Sandpoint, and about 2.5 hours from Spokane International (GEG), which is the nearest major airport for guests flying in.

The property is beautiful in all four seasons. Late spring through early autumn is peak wedding season in North Idaho and those dates go first — if you want a summer Saturday, inquire early.

The forty acres are private. There is no second wedding running on the other side of the trees, and no public foot traffic through your ceremony.

Yes — there is a preparation suite on the property for the wedding party. Couples who book cabins often use those too, for hair, make-up and the getting-ready photographs.

We keep a list of North Idaho photographers, florists, caterers and musicians we know and trust, and we will share it happily. If you already have people you love, bring them.

The current vendor policy — insurance, load-in windows and what we need on file — goes out with your pricing sheet so you know the rules before you book anyone.

Yes, on-site catering is available with farm-inspired menus prepared for your group. Options for bringing in your own caterer come with your pricing sheet.

It depends on your date, your guest count, and how much of the property and lodging you take — a Tuesday elopement in May and a Saturday in August are genuinely different events, so a single headline number would mislead you.

Send your date through the form and you will have the current rate sheet, in writing, within 48 hours. No obligation.

Send an inquiry with your preferred date. We confirm whether it is open, walk you through pricing, and invite you out to see the property before you commit to anything.

That is what the property is built for. Rehearsal dinner around the fire on Friday, the wedding on Saturday, and a slow breakfast among the trees on Sunday before anyone drives home.

The cabins are pet friendly — so the dog who has been with you both since the beginning can be there for the vows too.

Yes, parking is on site. Your guests drive in and park where the wedding is, rather than shuttling from town.

We also run Lit Lavender Farm in Sequim, Washington. Bouquet accents, dried bundles, sachets for guest favours and aromatherapy stations can all come from the farm. Mention it in your inquiry and we will put together options.

Let’s find out

Is your date still open?

Peak Saturdays in North Idaho book a long way out. Send us the date you have in mind and we will tell you straight away whether it is available.

  • A personal reply within 48 hours — from us, not an autoresponder
  • Current pricing and the full inclusions list, in writing
  • An open invitation to walk the property before you decide
Call(650) 889-9272
Emailjoe@roundmountainretreat.com
Visit1653 Round Mountain Road, Naples, ID 83847