AMC Cardigan Lodge
Select services venue
The venue will provide the space, plus a few extras.
Full wedding (ceremony and reception) pricing
Starting at $10,000 for off-peak dates, and $20,000 for peak dates
Packages
Prices start at $5,400
Guest capacity
Up to 80 seated guests
About this venue
Cardigan Lodge is situated on a 1,200-acre reservation owned by the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC), the oldest outdoor non-profit organization in the United States. Built in 1853, the lodge is adjacent to the 5,000-acre Cardigan Mountain State Park and is conveniently located two hours from Boston, MA. With access to rushing cascades, Cardigan Mountain’s 3,121’ summit, and more than 50 miles of nature and hiking trails, Cardigan Lodge is the ideal destination for those seeking a natural setting to celebrate their love.
Our event spaces
Dining Hall
A quaint timber-framed dining hall, perfect for both a New-England themed reception dinner or a post-ceremony dance party.
This space accommodates 80 seated guests, with additional outdoor seating available via the adjoining porch. The hall receives great sunlight through its large windows, and the room is configurable to accommodate a small band, DJ, and dance floor. An adjoining fireplace niche offers intimate ceremony potential, or a comfortable place for guests to gather between wedding events.
Guest capacity
1-80 Seated
Up to 80 Standing
Square footage
815
Ideal for
Wedding ceremony, Wedding reception, Rehearsal dinner, Wedding shower, Welcome party, Farewell brunch, Couples luncheon, Cocktail hour, Engagement party, After party, Elopement, Other
Guests often feel this space is
“Warm and cozy”
Included in this room:
- Configurable tables & seating for 80 - Fireplace niche, perfect rainy-day option for an intimate indoor ceremony - Freedom to decorate, such as adding string lighting
Room cost
Included in total venue pricing
Dining Hall
A quaint timber-framed dining hall, perfect for both a New-England themed reception dinner or a post-ceremony dance party.
This space accommodates 80 seated guests, with additional outdoor seating available via the adjoining porch. The hall receives great sunlight through its large windows, and the room is configurable to accommodate a small band, DJ, and dance floor. An adjoining fireplace niche offers intimate ceremony potential, or a comfortable place for guests to gather between wedding events.
Guest capacity
1-80 Seated
Up to 80 Standing
Square footage
815
Ideal for
Wedding ceremony, Wedding reception, Rehearsal dinner, Wedding shower, Welcome party, Farewell brunch, Couples luncheon, Cocktail hour, Engagement party, After party, Elopement, Other
Guests often feel this space is
“Warm and cozy”
Included in this room:
- Configurable tables & seating for 80 - Fireplace niche, perfect rainy-day option for an intimate indoor ceremony - Freedom to decorate, such as adding string lighting
Room cost
Included in total venue pricing
AMC Cardigan Lodge packages
Peak Season Full Lodge Wedding Package
175 guests
Peak pricing $10,500-25,000
Off-peak pricing $8,500-20,000
Experience the charm of a rustic mountain wedding at Cardigan Lodge. With exclusive 2-night lodge rental, accommodations for 60 guests and camping for 100+, this package ensures your celebration is perfect. Savor hearty, homemade meals and a catered reception, and select your choice of beautiful ceremony venues. At night, toast your love around a cozy group campfire with your guests. Our staff can manage guest reservations and payments, ensuring a wedding at Cardigan Lodge meets your budget.
- Full lodge rental for two nights
- Lodging accommodations & meals for 60 guests
- Onsite camping for 100 guests
- Access to all ceremony venue options
- Catered reception meal for 80 guests
- Staff-managed (optional) group campfires
- Guest reservation management
Off-Peak Full Lodge Wedding Package
Peak pricing $7,400-12,500
Off-peak pricing $5,400-10,000
Experience a winter wonderland or a celebration surrounded by spring blooms at Cardigan Lodge. Enjoy exclusive 2-night lodge rental with accommodations for 58 guests plus camping options. This self-service package includes access to our commercial kitchen and all ceremony venues, including a pond-side field or our fireplace niche. Cap the weekend by exploring onsite hiking, cross-country and downhill ski trails. Our staff can manage guest reservations and payments to help you stay on budget.
- Full lodge rental for 2 nights
- Lodging accommodations for 58 guests
- Onsite camping options
- Access to all ceremony venue options
- Access to onsite commercial kitchen
- Group campfires
- Guest reservation management
Available services that can be provided by AMC Cardigan Lodge
Services & amenities
- Catering services
- Dressing room / Bridal Suite
- On-site accommodations
- Service staff
- Wifi
Reviews
Write a review5.0 out of 5
3 reviews
The best wedding weekend spot!
Cardigan was the most magical spot for our wedding weekend! from the planning to the execution we couldn't have asked for better people to work with. They were so detail oriented, incredibly kind, and patient!! They were so excited for us and were helpful in making our vision a reality. All the food was outstanding! we had several different dietary restrictions and the catered to all of them- the guests kept telling us after each meal how wonderful the food was. We felt so comfortable and happy to share this wonderful space with friends and family! Couldn't recommend it enough!
Best Wedding Venue ever
My now husband and I have always loved the AMC and we had been to Cardigan before and we knew it was a special place. The AMC is an awesome organization that makes the outdoors accessible to many people in New England. Even if that wasn't true, this would have been the best venue because the setting is so gorgeous. We rented the lodge from Friday-Sunday and had 60 guests stay in bunkbeds with us at the lodge on Friday and Saturday nights. The AMC staff made delicious food that met the dietary restrictions of all our guests. They let us set up all over the property and turn the forest into our dream ceremony location. We even cold plunged in the pond! I would do all of this again, it was just right for our crew.
Epic weekend wedding
I'm sure most reviews say this, but we had such an unforgettable time at Cardigan, and a place that was already important to us became so dear. We stretched the template in a few ways with Cardigan as a venue and couldnt be happier about how it turned out. First, the event costing framework at Cardigan is different than others in that you reserve larger blocks of time than just an evening meal. We invited most of our wedding guests to stay with us onsite Fri-Sun to get tons of unstructured quality time with friends and family and distant travelers. This was our primary vision for our wedding and worked a charm, so much good bonding time, it was brilliant. Meals are provided through all that time, so it wasnt extra logistics to have all our near and dears together. The cost of the whole weekend, including sheltering 50odd people for 4ish meals, for roughly comparable costs to a conventional (nice) wedding venue's all-in for just a ceremonydinner, and many of our guests really appreciated that lower entry cost to travelattend. Second, Skye and the team looking after the lodge are so wonderful and loving, and kept vibes so easy going and joyful. Not an event manager--we did our parts, they did theirs--but just seamlessly. We challenged them to an all-vegan menu and they knocked it out of the park, and its a consistent part of feedback from our guests that they were shocked by "vegan camp food" actually being restaurant quality and plentiful. Last, because its obvious, this place is just so beautiful. We set our ceremony in a meadow a short walk up the (public) trail, and there are other gorgeous options too. A friend of a friend also had their wedding here and did it across a lil pond, and did a silly "canoe off into sunset" victory lap around the pond before getting back off in the same place. Also a lil forested grove area that is gorgeous and fit for ceremony. Many of our friends found time to hike around the base around streams and meadows, few found time to summit.
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