2022 Top 25 Best Places to Elope

We know that choosing the perfect place to host your elopement or small wedding can be overwhelming. There are so many beautiful places to choose from that even coming up with a shortlist can be difficult! That’s why we have done the hard work for you and put together our annual list of the most popular vendors, based on the actual searches by our Readers. Here is the final list of the top 25 best places to elope in 2022.

Top 15 Best Places to Elope in 2022

Let’s start with the vendors who snatched the top 15 spots on the list as voted for by WhereToElope.com readers. 

1. Hawk Valley Retreat took second place in 2021. This year their beautiful barn weddings in Galena, IL have topped the list of the best places to elope in 2022.
2. Bent Creek jumps up to second place this year and is a fantastic venue on the famous Blueridge Parkway.
3. Couples looking for a Nashville wedding will definitely want to check out our third-place vendor at Butterfly Hollow for an intimate ceremony location.
4. The Mast Farm Inn adds to the list of North Carolina vendors that made the top 15 of our best places to elope in 2022 list, cementing the state as one of the most popular elopement destinations.
5. Herman Hill Weddings drop a few places from last year, but still find themselves firmly in our top 5! With 3 ceremony locations on the property, you are sure to find one to suit your needs.
6. Pennsylvania-based officiant Lois Heckman has been a permanent feature in our top ten, year after year and this time around she ranks 6th. We hear that Lois is planning her retirement later this year, so grab one of the few remaining dates at Harmony Gardens while you can!
7. If you are looking for a unique outdoor venue for your elopement, Ohio’s Burr Oak is one you will want to check out. 
8. Simple I Dos offers a variety of micro weddings in North Carolina
9. Another Pennsylvania vendor that makes the top ten is the beautiful Westwynd Farm Inn where fairy tale elopements are their specialty.
10. Castle in the Country is ready to make your dream of a happy-ever-after reality with their Southwest Michigan elopement packages.
11. Old Edward Inn & Spa offers a stunning rustic setting for your small wedding. Choose one of the elegant outdoor spaces with the Blue Ridge Mountains as a backdrop.
12. If a beach wedding is something that interests you, Cherished Ceremonies offers excellent elopement packages and vow renewals.
13. White Oak Inn is an all-inclusive wedding venue in Northeast Ohio offering intimate elopements and small weddings in Amish County.
14. Gazebo Inn offers elopement packages for Ogunquit, Maine at their highly rated, intimate inn. 
15. North Carolina’s The Red Horse Inn rounds out our top 15 best places to elope in 2022, offering intimate ceremony-only weddings or it can be added to any reservation.

Honorable Mentions 

We round out our top 25 best places to elope in 2022 with a few honorable mentions that our readers were interested in.
Yes, we know we’ve listed 26 places, but added another because of that pending retirement. 

• Paniolo Ranch TX
• Angels View Chapel TN
• Turquoise Bear NM
• Deveraux Shields MS
• Prospect Hill VA
• Fairbanks House FL
• Silver Heart Inn MO
• St Francis Inn FL
• Wolf Cove Inn ME
• White Doe Inn NC
• Your Dream Beach Wedding AL

You can see all of our 2022 Best Places To Elope here.