2025 At Our Beaver Lake Resort

Our Beaver Lake Resort

With the new year just weeks away, it’s a good time to look back over the past twelve months here at our Beaver Lake Resort, and what a year it was. Beautiful weather, fun times, and through it all, the many wonderful guests who chose to stay with us.

Sugar Ridge Resort has always been a place where people can slow down and reconnect. Reconnect with nature, loved ones, and even with themselves. With our wide-open sky and lake views, nature lovers need never wander far from the resort. Take in sunrises, boats gliding across the lake, wildlife, and more from your cabin window or porch.

Our corner of the Ozarks, so close to Eureka Springs, is also home to a variety of annual events and year-round attractions. Popular festivals, unique attractions, outdoor adventures, shopping, dining, and so much more. Seeing guests head out for a happy day’s adventures is something we never tire of.

As we look ahead to 2025, we’re excited to welcome familiar faces as well as travelers discovering Sugar Ridge Resort for the first time. Here’s to another year of peaceful mornings, starlit nights, and unforgettable moments on Beaver Lake.

2025 At Our Beaver Lake Resort

Joshua Berry – 5/5
“It was a perfect weekend getaway. There is something to the calm and serenity that comes with an off-season visit. Nobody was on the lake, no sounds of boat engines, and no people. Just us in a beautiful log cabin with a hot tub that provides a perfect view of the lake. We watched birds of all kinds flock to the feeder attached to the porch. And we witnessed the dense morning fog tumbling across the water as it tried to freeze. The fireplace (with wood provided) added to the ambience of the room. It was wonderful.“

View from Couples Cabin Deck
as you rekindle romance, or…

Curtis Sere – 5/5
“We go on a vacation almost every year. This year was first time here. The nicest cabin we have had so far. Very clean, kitchen well stocked with cookware and dishes, bathrooms will stocked with toiletries and towels and wash clothes. An overall great stay. Would definitely return. Also centrally located all the activities we planned were within 30 minutes from the cabin. Thank you Sugar Ridge for a great stay.“

Jeanette Gillespie – 5/5
“This was the BEST anniversary ever. I can’t say enough how amazing this place is. We will be back for sure. Beautiful and cozy. I wish we could’ve met the owners to thank them personally. Everything you would need or want was provided. Thank you again for an amazing stay.“

Holly Bounds – 5/5
“I had the pleasure of staying in studio suite A, which is on the top floor above the office with a spectacular view of Beaver Lake. It has an outdoor charcoal grill, full-size refrigerator, coffee pot with coffee and filters, microwave, and all kitchenware needed if you want to eat-in. There’s a Jacuzzi tub and a seating area along with the bed, a small TV, and dining table. There is no food on-site so hit the grocery on your way in. Note that the stairs are outside, and there is no elevator. Plenty of free parking. You will access the Resort via an uphill, gravel driveway so be advised if you are driving a low-slung car. That said, it was Corvette Weekend, and the ‘vettes made it just fine!“

Jean Villines – 5/5
“Great experience for our 40th anniversary,it was so nice and peaceful the scenic view was beautiful, everyone was helpful and very nice“

Sugar Ridge Resort Lodging Specials & Gift Certificates

Stay at our Beaver Lake resort and SAVE when you take advantage of our popular, Beaver Lake lodging specials.

Stay 3 nights and get Tuesday free with our Midweek Special, available Dec 1 through Dec 20, 2025.

Planning a New Year getaway? Great idea! Our Winter Special: 2+1 Free special gets you a 3rd night free when you stay any 2 nights, Jan 2 – Feb 11, 2026. 

Sugar Ridge Resort gift certificates

Both offers apply automatically when you book direct.

Looking for the perfect gift for that special someone? Who wouldn’t want to wake up to find a Beaver Lake resort vacation under their tree Christmas morning?

Give the gift of a Eureka Springs area getaway with Sugar Ridge Resort gift certificates!

Sugar Ridge Resort gift certificates have no set amount, can be used for almost anything at the Resort, and are good for up to five years from date of issue.

They’re also very easy to purchase. Just fill out the form, pay, and voila: Instant Beaver Lake vacation!

Sugar Ridge Resort wishes you and yours the very happiest of holidays.

The Great Passion Play 2024 Season

The Great Passion Play, Eureka Springs AR

Eureka Springs’ Great Passion Play theater and theme park opened in 1968 and has only become more famous with every passing year. The attraction is home to the towering Christ of the Ozarks monument, tours of the “Holy Land,” and a 4,000 seat outdoor amphitheater presenting stunning reenactments of  “The Greatest Story Ever Told.”

The Eureka Springs area is home to many standout attractions. For Christians, however, few can compete with The Great Passion Play. This amazing, Christian theme park was the brainchild of Gerald L. K. Smith. Smith, a conservative politician, retired to Eureka Springs in the 1960’s. Of course, his idea of retirement was a much more active pursuit than most!

Smith’s passion for spreading the word of the gospel was mighty. He proved this with his first big project: the seven story Christ of the Ozarks on the peak of Magnetic Mountain.  Not content to stop there, Smith began formulating plans for the Passion Play park during the statue’s construction.

Best of all, the park is only a half hour’s drive from the Beaver Lake cabins and suites of Sugar Ridge Resort!

Attractions at the Park

Christ of the Ozarks

The Great Passion Play theme park offers a great number of Christian-themed attractions. The most famous is The Great Passion Play itself: an hour-and-forty-five minute reenactment of Christ’s last week of mortal life. This thrilling epic drama is staged on a highly detailed, multi-level set featuring special effects, live animals, and a cast of 170 actors. All before a massive, a 4,000 seat outdoor amphitheater. Performances occur several times a week each month, May to October, with special performances around Easter and Christmas.

Beyond the live performances of The Passion Play are many family-friendly, theme park attractions. Popular experiences like the Holy Land Tour, where you can experience scenes and meet characters from biblical history first-hand. Visit the Bible Museum to see more than 6,000 different Bibles ​in 625 languages.

The Sacred Arts Center is home to more than 1,000 works of art, some of them going all of the way back to the ninth century! There are also special presentations to attend, a biblical marketplace to browse, and dining in The Great Hall Buffet.

Those looking to stretch their legs will enjoy the 18 miles of mountain biking, hiking, and trail running trails, designed for . One trail even leads to the Christ of the Ozarks monument, though you can also reach it by car. The 67 foot tall monument is especially striking at night, fully lit beneath a twinkling canopy of stars.

2024 Performances at The Great Passion Play

The Great Passion Play, Eureka Springs AR

The Passion Play’s 2024 season runs from Memorial Day Weekend through November 2nd, 2024. Performances are on Tuesday, Fridays, and Saturdays in June, July, and the first two Tuesdays of August. September and October performances are on Tuesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, with special performances on Memorial Day and Labor Day weekend Sundays.

The Passion Play theme park and most attractions are open 9am to 5pm year-round, except Sundays, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and Christmas. ​The Christ of the Ozarks and the park’s trails are open 365 days a year, from sunrise to an hour after sunset.

Visit the park website for more details. You can also find the park on Facebook.

Spend as much time as you like at the park, knowing it’s just a short and scenic drive back to the comforts of your Beaver Lake cabin or suite at Sugar Ridge Resort.

Experience the 2024 Solar Eclipse on Beaver Lake

2024 Solar Eclipse path of totality over North America

Make your 2024 Solar Eclipse experience even more spectacular with 180 degree views over the Ozarks, here on the shores of Beaver Lake, at Sugar Ridge Resort.

As you likely already know, there will be a total solar eclipse on April 8th, 2024, visible diagonally across the US, from Texas to Maine, including a large swath of Arkansas. Though our portion of Northern Arkansas is not directly under eclipse, we’re just next door, so can still expect a fantastic show.

Partial and total solar eclipses aren’t actually all that rare. In fact, there’s one visible somewhere on the planet just about every 18 months.  What makes them seem so rare is that an eclipse’s “path of totality,” the band of darkness it creates, is actually fairly narrow. If you’re not under that “path of totality,” you see only a partial eclipse – or even nothing at all if you’re too far away.

As I say above, Beaver Lake is not directly under the path of totality, so what we’ll see is a partial eclipse – still an amazing natural show to experience over the lake! Especially with the 180 degree views available from our Beaver Lake, AR cabins and suites.

2024 Solar Eclipse Over Beaver Lake

2024 Solar Eclipse Over Beaver Lake

Solar eclipse totalities, when the moon completely obscures all but the sun’s corona, can last from 10 seconds to nearly 7 and a half minutes. Here in northern Arkansas, the 2024 solar eclipse totality will last as long as 4 minutes.

On Beaver Lake, we can expect partial coverage of the sun to begin on April 8th, 2024, at around 12:37pm. The eclipse peaks at about 1:54pm, and everything will be back to normal by around 3:15pm. That’s nearly three hours of out of this world, natural phenomenon to enjoy!

They say that 180,000 eclipse watchers are coming to Arkansas for this historic, astronomical event. Most, of course, will head deeper into the state to enjoy the full path of totality. For those unable to find accommodations inside the path of totality, or maybe looking for a less crowded, lakeside experience, we suggest a stay at Sugar Ridge Resort.

Not only are our Eureka Springs cabins and suites located high above Beaver Lake with 180 degree views of the surrounding Ozarks but Eureka Springs is just next door. Consequently, our guests can enjoy fishing, boating, hiking, scenic drives, stunning sunsets, shopping, dining, festivals, theater, and more!

So go ahead and book your stay at Sugar Ridge Resort for the 2024 Solar Eclipse over Beaver Lake – but do it fast before we’re all booked up!

Learn more about the upcoming 2024 total solar eclipse over Arkansas at www.greatamericaneclipse.com.

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