Timber Ridge Resort — Hotel in Monroe City

We found Mark Twain Lake 20 years ago. A hidden boating/fishing gem in the Midwest. Finding Timber Ridge Resort made this our family boating destination as often as possible each summer, for the last 18 years. I am writing this review as we travel the 3 hours home to Cedar Rapids IA. from our most recent 3 day stay. Each visit we arrive we receive a welcoming, clean and very comfortable accommodation. We have stayed in the hotel rooms, cabins, Loft and our favorite, Cabin #25 and all have been exactly what we expect, clean, comfortable and often with new upgrades. The resort is owned by a lovely family that has given this remote resort TLC and their hard work and pride in providing excellent vacations that send their guests away with life long memories. Shout out to the owners’ children as they contributed to their parents business with the same work ethic and friendliness to make us feel at home!! The bonus is a beautiful lake just 5 minutes down the road. This trip we had car trouble. The resort owners and local auto shop ensured our boating vacation was not interrupted by this unfortunate snag and we are posting our heartfelt Thanks to them. Needless to say…we highly recommend Timber Ridge Resort as a spring, summer or fall #1 vacation destination!...

We found Mark Twain Lake 20 years ago. A hidden boating/fishing gem in the Midwest. Finding Timber Ridge Resort made this our family boating destination as often as possible each summer, for the last 18 years. I am writing this review as we travel the 3 hours home to Cedar Rapids IA. from our most recent 3 day stay. Each visit we arrive we receive a welcoming, clean and very comfortable accommodation. We have stayed in the hotel rooms, cabins, Loft and our favorite, Cabin #25 and all have been exactly what we expect, clean, comfortable and often with new upgrades. The resort is owned by a lovely family that has given this remote resort TLC and their hard work and pride in providing excellent vacations that send their guests away with life long memories. Shout out to the owners’ children as they contributed to their parents business with the same work ethic and friendliness to make us feel at home!! The bonus is a beautiful lake just 5 minutes down the road. This trip we had car trouble. The resort owners and local auto shop ensured our boating vacation was not interrupted by this unfortunate snag and we are posting our heartfelt Thanks to them. Needless to say…we highly recommend Timber Ridge Resort as a spring, summer or fall #1 vacation destination!...

I have written many reviews from my travels but didn't realize this little place was even on trip advisor- LOL. Anyway, we just returned from another trip to Timber Ridge. Don't be fooled by 4 and 5 star ratings. While this is exactly the kind of place we love for a step up from camping ... this is not a luxury resort by any stretch. We love this place to kick back, relax, swim, and have fun on our boat. We are saddened that Jodi and Dennis have decided to sell the business. They do an excellent job maintaining and operating this resort! Everything is spotless and they are always working at something. They have wifi but it is spotty and best outdoors. The pool is nice and always clean. The rooms are basic, kitchens basic, think second hand and dollar store items. BUT- we love it! Mark Twain Lake is a core of engineers lake that does not allow development. So the area has remained rural and undeveloped for the most part. We were a bit dismayed this summer that we saw some quite large boats, we always loved that our 17 ft. fish and ski was not overwhelmed by fast boats and huge wakes... . Hope if Timber Ridge sells that the new owners keep the place up as well as Dennis...