Arrowwood Resort Conference Center
A Minnesota Resort Hotel
Arrowwood Resort is your ideal choice for Minnesota Resort Hotels!

Our Alexandria Minnesota resort hotel is located in a setting of natural splendor and offers outstanding year 'round recreational facilities and service that will exceed your expectations. We are a short and beautiful drive from the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. This Minnesota Resort Hotel is near Carlos Creek Winery and the Minnesota Lakes Maritime Museum and is home to the Big Splash Waterpark and Atikwa Golf Course!  

Stay with us once ... we know you will want to come back again and again. Arrowwood Resort & Conference center is conveniently located just two hours from the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul on the shores of Lake Darling, the perfect choice for Alexandria, Minnesota resort hotel accommodations is Arrowwood Resort - anytime of the year.

Rendezvous with a group of friends or bring your family for a getaway at Arrowwood Resort Conference Center. Voted "Best 2004 Lakeshore Resort" by MN Meetings & Events Magazine!

Paul and George Anderson bought a small acreage in 1946.  Built 12 cabins in 1947 and opened as Darling Dude Ranch. A year later, they bought another 100 acres.

Looking to add other amenities to their Ranch, completed first nine holes of golf course in 1950 and second nine completed in 1963. Trail rides or fairway drives now both available at Darling Dude Ranch!

By 1967, Darling Dude Ranch has 450 acres. New stables and marina have been added. Planning and construction is underway on a new 170 room motel, restaurant, indoor swimming pool and convention facility.  Whoa doggies!

The new and improved Arrowwood is open in 1971. The Andersons sell their property in 1972.  The new owners are investors from Miami and managed by Radisson Hotel Corporation.

In 1980, Carlson Properties of Minneapolis purchase Arrowwood. The tennis center and 30 new suites are added in 1993.

Then in 1997, Regency Plymouth Ventures purchased Arrowwood. Regency Inns Management out of Sioux Falls, South Dakota is contracted to manage the property under a franchise agreement with Radisson. Lots of new renovation is initiated for the next several years.

The bent-grass putting course is completed in 2000. And then in 2003, The Big Splash Indoor Waterpark was opened!

Darling Reflections Spa and renovation of suites is complete in 2005 and then  in 2006 the 16 Luxury Vacation Townhomes are complete!