The 100 Best Resorts in the United States

The rooms have soaring dark cherry beams against white-and-sand walls, private terraces, and marble bathrooms with rainforest showers, giving the whole place the feel of a chic treehouse that happens to border the Caribbean. This Four Seasons resort sits deliberately far from anything, with a cascading pool facing the ocean, a golf course, tennis, a spa, and a spread of restaurants. The Michelin Guide has it among its selected hotels.

The pink Moorish palace on Waikiki has been there so long it basically predates Waikiki. This resort splits between a historic building, where the Moorish detailing and coral stucco run deep, and a contemporary tower for guests who want the postcard view without the period atmosphere. The spa sits in a garden, the pool has cabanas, and the beach puts surfing and sailing right outside. A Michelin Selected Hotel.

A water taxi from Pier 25 drops you on Governors Island, a city park that happens to sit between Brooklyn and the Statue of Liberty, where Collective operates a glamping resort that makes the Catskills seem like a lot of driving. Tents come with air conditioning, Frette robes, and en suite bathrooms, and the top cabin adds a soaking tub aimed at the Statue of Liberty. Cocktails on the Sunset Terrace, morning buffet, yoga, oyster shucking classes: summer camp, if camp had gone upmarket.

Perched on ten acres of Narragansett Bay waterfront on Goat Island, this full-scale resort has over 200 rooms, all facing the water, and enough going on that you could skip Newport proper entirely. The marina means some guests arrive by boat, which sets the tone. Scarpetta handles Italian dinner, the Regent Lounge takes over from there, and the Seawater Spa is on hand for whoever overdid it the night before.

The trail network runs right through the property, so you can be on a bike or in hiking boots before the coffee from Entrada Cafe kicks in. LOGE Bend is an adventure-focused hotel on the road to Mt. Bachelor, pitched at the mountain-biker-and-ski-bum crowd but unfussy enough for families. Rooms are stylish without being precious, rentals cover skis and snowshoes, and a fleet of cruiser bikes is free for guests.

Every room has a private balcony overlooking Lake Mangonia, which sets the tone pretty quickly at this British Caribbean-inflected resort about ten minutes from Palm Beach. The spa runs a private saltwater pool and eucalyptus steam rooms alongside something called vibroacoustic relaxation therapy, which sounds made-up until you're lying in it. Guests can also access a Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course, the first new private links in the area in decades.

The original building on a sprawling 200-acre Boca estate, the Cloister was designed by Addison Mizner with the kind of Spanish Mediterranean flourish that makes everything feel vaguely like a palazzo. Dark-wood rooms and hidden garden enclaves sit steps from the property's main dining and shopping cluster, the Rockwell-designed Palm Court bar, and a 50,000-square-foot Moorish spa that takes the Alhambra references very seriously. Old-money Florida, with a membership that acts accordingly.

Fifteen acres of Texas Hill Country outside Dripping Springs, where your options range from a yurt to a full four-bedroom Ranch House depending on how many people you're avoiding or inviting. This boutique retreat leans rural without apology: modern-rustic cabins, Porch Houses with wraparound porches and kitchenettes, a bathhouse and pool, and enough nearby wineries and breweries to fill a long weekend without much effort.

Every room faces the marina, so you wake up deciding whether to kayak, snorkel, or book a fishing charter before coffee. Technically on Stock Island rather than Key West proper, this contemporary luxury resort has six pools and the largest rooms in the area, starting with a king bed and balcony and scaling up to two-bedroom suites. The Yellowfin Bar and Grill runs breakfast through late evening. For old-Key-West atmosphere, head west one island; for space and water toys, stop here.

A freshly overhauled resort on East Atlantic Avenue, the Seagate spans a beach club, an 18-hole golf course, and a spa across Delray Beach. The 157 rooms lean into handcrafted coastal details and locally commissioned art. Michael Mina's Bourbon Steak handles the serious dinner crowd, while Mr. Seas covers the oceanside fare and the Venetian Street Hotel Bar keeps things Italian-inflected for after. The Michelin Guide has it among its selected hotels.

Ten luxury tents on a thousand acres of ranchland a few miles west of Vail, open summer through early fall only. Each tent comes with rain showers, wood-burning stoves, and enough plush linens to make you forget you're camping, which is sort of the point. The lodge handles breakfast and dinner, from a self-grilled BBQ setup to a full tasting menu. Horseback rides, fly-fishing, and mountain biking fill the days; actual Vail is thirty minutes if you need it.

Glamping resort an hour outside Austin where the tents sit on elevated platforms and come with king beds in 1,500-thread-count linens, wood-burning stoves, and en-suite bathrooms, which is not what most people mean by "roughing it." Activities run from horseback tours and e-bike rides to an Axe & Arrow Club, whatever that entails. The lodge handles everything from made-to-order breakfast to a five-course dinner, courtesy of a chef with serious fine-dining roots.

Pendleton blankets, wood paneling, and leather everything: Urban Cowboy Lodge commits to the rustic bit without apology, which is partly the point of escaping the city in the first place. This Catskills retreat spreads 28 rooms and suites across five buildings, from cabin-style quarters to a sprawling six-bedroom lodge floor. An Estonian Iglu sauna sits in a trailer on the property, apparently the only one in the country, because of course it does.

Fifty-seven acres of Maine peninsula, with the Atlantic on three sides and spruce trees filling in the rest. Spruce Point Inn is a full-service coastal resort outside Boothbay Harbor, ranging from rooms in the old inn to scattered cottages and lodges, all done in breezy nautical without going kitschy. There are restaurants, a spa, and an oceanside pool, plus every kayak-and-hiking combination you'd expect from a place that takes the outdoors seriously.

A converted boarding house on Tilghman Island, the Wylder is a boutique hotel that does the Chesapeake Bay aesthetic without the usual kitsch, leaning on wood, brass, and rattan rather than lighthouse prints. Rooms come with Egyptian cotton and tablet concierge service, outside there's a saltwater pool and a private marina, and the hotel pairs guests with local charter captains. Maryland blue crab arrives via two on-site restaurants, one helmed by a longtime José Andrés collaborator.

Vintage Airstream trailers serve as the luxury suites here, which tells you most of what you need to know about El Cosmico. This Marfa camping compound trades standard hotel rooms for trailers, yurts, tepees, and tent pitches spread across the west Texas desert. Wood-fired hot tubs and a communal outdoor kitchen round out the scene. Only one trailer has an indoor shower, so bring your comfort zone and leave it at home.

Thirty-seven acres of unspoiled cliffside on the Mendocino Coast is the kind of real estate that makes you understand why Californians are so insufferable about California. This resort has been around forever, and a recent renovation kept the wooden rafters while adding clean, modern rooms, each with a private patio and most with ocean views. A wood-burning fireplace handles the chilly nights, and trails through gardens and forest handle the days.

A Bavarian facade that the 1960s built and nobody has had the heart to remove, and inside, a boutique adventure hotel where the blond wood and cruiser bikes for loan make considerably more sense than the lederhosen outside. The bar pours beer and cocktails, breakfast runs until you're ready to move, and the whole operation sits an easy walk from both the main drag and the riverside park skiers, climbers, and cyclists treat as a second living room.

A glamping resort on 86 acres at the foot of the Presidential Range, where some tents have windows cut above the bed so you can watch the stars without leaving your sleeping bag. The experience across all the tents is deliberately low-tech: no wi-fi, just trails, rivers, and s'mores. Yoga classes and guided access to the surrounding White Mountains fill the days. Selected by the Michelin Guide.

A converted mid-century motel done up in faded Seventies palette, LOGE Westport is a boutique adventure hotel for people who drove two and a half hours from Seattle specifically to get wet. The Sands Cafe handles third-wave coffee and breakfast; a covered outdoor kitchen with a community grill handles the rest. There's a gear shop stocked for surf outings at Westport State Beach, and the rooms are comfortable without fussing over it.

You reach camp via a prop plane barely wider than your carry-on, landing on a grass strip in the western Serengeti. Singita Sabora is a tented safari camp on the vast Grumeti Reserve, designed to feel like a proper expedition without asking you to rough anything out. The canvas walls do nothing to muffle the nighttime animal chorus, which is exactly the point. Named a Discovery by The 50.