Intimate Lakeside Wedding Venue Near Dallas: Sunrise Point at Cedar Creek Lake

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Sunrise Point at Cedar Creek Lake is an intimate outdoor wedding venue 90 minutes southeast of Dallas, designed for weddings of 150 guests or fewer. The property is a private 3-acre peninsula with 1,800 feet of unobstructed lakefront, native oak trees, a sculpture garden, and four lakeside cottages that come included with every wedding for a three-night stay.

The venue is owned and run by Sue and Annie, a married couple who live on-site. We host only four weddings per year, typically two in the spring and two in the fall, and that number is deliberate. Four weddings a year means every couple gets our full attention, not a coordinator running three events on the same weekend.

If you have been picturing an outdoor lakeside ceremony with real water behind you when you say your vows, your precious few friends and family staying the whole weekend, a venue that photographs in every direction, allow us to tell you exactly what Sunrise Point offers, what it costs, what the weekend looks like from Thursday afternoon to Sunday morning, and how to assess whether this is the right place for your wedding.

You'll love Sunrise Point if ...	You should consider another venue if ...
Your guest count is 150 or fewer	Your guest count is over 150
You want a true outdoor lakeside ceremony, not a reception room with a windo view	You want an indoor reception space, ballroom or full event hall
You are working with a wedding planner who runs the day for you, or you would like us to recomend one who knows this property	You need on-site catering, in-house bartending, or full event coordination
You want all four cotages for your couple, wedding party, and immediate family for the whole weekend	You want a venue that handles wedding planning end-to-end
You are planning ahead. Most dates book 6 to 12 months out	You are looking for last-minute availability within 90 days
You want a venue that warmly welcomes every kind of couple
You like the idea of the owners knowing you by name

If you already know you want to see this property in person:

 

Sunrise Point hosts intimate weddings of up to 150 guests. The sweet spot is 75 to 100 guests, and this is worth thinking about beyond just headcount. Every photograph of the ceremony has the lake visible behind the people you love most. The dock, the oaks, and the water are present in almost every frame.

We are not the right venue for weddings larger than 150 guests. We are exactly the right venue for couples who want a wedding that feels like an exceptional outdoor dinner party, with dancing and vows.

Four. Typically two in the spring and two in the fall. Sue brings more than 40 years of combined event experience to every wedding on this property. We have served as the wedding venue to 35+ couples.

Four weddings a year means they are not running a production line. It means every couple gets owners who have done this many times and still treat your day like the only one that matters.

Dates are limited. Couples planning more than 6 to 12 months out usually have first pick. If a specific spring or fall date matters, reach out early. Couples contacting us within 90 days of their target date often find the calendar is already full.

One package: Under the Stars, $12,000 including sales tax. No hidden site fees. No per-guest charges. No line items added at the end.

The package includes 10 hours on the property, 6 hours of setup and a 5-hour event, plus 90-inch round tables and white garden chairs sized to your guest count up to 150, polyester floor-length linens, serving and cake tables, the lighted pool with setup, a hexagon or circle ceremony arch, aged wine barrels, the lighted dancing deck, parking shuttles, and an outdoor comfort station. All four lakeside cottages are included for three nights, Thursday 3:00 pm through Sunday 11:00 am. One cottage bathroom is ADA accessible. A 12 to 15-minute fireworks display over the lake is available as a $2,000 add-on.

Most DFW hotel ballroom weddings run $15,000 to $25,000 in venue fees before catering, before rentals, before the overnight rooms your family still has to book separately. At Sunrise Point, $12,000 covers the venue, ceremony furniture, reception setup, and three nights of on-site cottages for eight of your closest people. We allow you to choose your own licensed caterer. Your outside costs are catering and bar, florals, photography, music or DJ, your wedding planner, officiant, cake, hair and makeup, and any rentals beyond the package. One number. No surprises.

Pricing is subjet to change. The figures above reflect ratees as of May 2026. Please confirm current pricing directly with Sunrise Point before making financial commitments.

 

No. Sunrise Point is the venue, not the venue plus planner. Almost every wedding we host arrives with the couple’s own wedding planner or day-of coordinator, and that is by design. Your planner runs your wedding the way you want it to run. We make sure the property is ready, the cottages are clean and welcoming, the schedule is confirmed in advance, and that everything we control is exactly where it needs to be.

If you do not have a planner yet, that is not a problem at this stage. We recommend Travis Perez or Lisa Dean, who know this property well and have run weddings here multiple times. The vendors who have worked this peninsula before know where to hang the lights so they hit the water, how to time the setup around the afternoon shadows, and how to make a wedding feel beautiful in a way that only happens when the photographer has shot that western light a dozen times before.

Yes. Sunrise Point is owned and run by Sue and Annie, a married couple who live on the property. Annie has officiated weddings here, including same-sex ceremonies. Every couple, straight, gay, lesbian, queer, or trans, gets the same warmth, the same careful attention, and the same planning detail. We don’t ask LGBTQ+ couples to wonder whether they will be welcome. We answer this question first. The property is private, the peninsula is yours for the weekend, and the people running it are family.

Most weddings here run Thursday to Sunday. The couple, immediate family, and wedding party arrive Thursday afternoon and settle into the four cottages. Friday is for slow mornings, vendor setup, and a rehearsal dinner. Saturday is the wedding: outdoor ceremony, cocktail hour by the pool, dinner under the stars, dancing on the lighted deck, and optional fireworks over the lake. Sunday is brunch on the porches and a quiet goodbye.

The four cottages are reserved for the couple, the wedding party, and immediate family, the inner circle who stays the whole weekend. For other guests, hotels and vacation rentals in nearby Athens and Mabank are 15 to 30 minutes away. There are numerous Airbnbs within five minutes of Sunrise Point.

Here is what this weekend actually feels like from the inside.

Thursday afternoon, the cars pull in one by one. The bride’s family takes the cottage closest to the water. The groom’s parents are next door. The maid of honor is already in the hot tub before she has finished unpacking. By dinner, nobody wants to drive anywhere. Someone orders a barbecue, someone finds the bottle of champagne they brought, and by 9pm the whole wedding party is at the fire pit talking about tomorrow the way people only talk when they are finally all in the same place.

Friday is the best surprise. The vendors arrive and start setting up, which means there is nothing for the couple to do but be here. The bride takes her coffee to the dock. The groom plays one game of pickleball he will absolutely lose. The mothers compare flower arrangements and agree on something without anyone raising their voice.

Saturday is the wedding. Ceremony at the water. Cocktail hour by the pool. The reception runs until the dancing deck starts to feel like the best party anyone has been to in years. Then the optional fireworks go off over the lake and for about twelve minutes, nobody is looking at their phone.

Sunday morning, nobody wants to leave. That is not a side effect. That is the point.

If you have been trying to picture what your wedding weekend actually looks like, not just the ceremony, not just the reception, but the whole three days, this is what it looks like at Sunrise Point.

When	What
Thursday, 3:00 pm	Cottages open. The couple, immediate family, and wedding party check in and settle in. Walk the property. Have dinner together at a nearby East Texas restaurant, or order in. Sleep on the lake.
Firday morning	Slow morning. Coffee on the cottage porches. The wedding planner arrives mid-morning to walk the setup with vendors. The couple does a last-look at the ceremony spot.
Friday afternoon	Vendor setup window, 6 hous included. Florist, rental, lighting, sound, all coordinated by your wedding planner. The cottages give the wedding party a private space to have fun in the pool, dress, take getting-ready photos, and pace the day without rushing.
Friday, 5:00 pm	Wedding party access to all property amentities: pool, jacuzzi, pickleball court, fire pit. Rehersal can be on-site or off-site.
Saturday, ceremony	Outdoor ceremony at the chosen spot: for example under the magnolia, on the lawn with the lake behind.
Saturday, wedding reception	5-hour event window. Cocktail hour by the pool, dinner under the stars, dancing under the stars or on the lighted deck. Add-on 12 to 15-minute fireworks display over the water (additional cost).
Sunday morning	Brunch on cottage porches with the people who mattter most. Order door dash delivery or pick up or use the private BBQs. A quiet goodbye to a place where one of the best weekend of your life happened.
Sunday, 11:00 am	Cottage check-out.

We talk through the weather plan during your tour. This is the most often asked question.

For couples who want additional coverage, we work with trusted local tent vendors who know this exact footprint and have set up here before. A tent over the reception area is a real option, not an improvised one.

Every couple who books a wedding here has a specific weather plan conversation with us during the planning process. By the time your wedding weekend arrives, the contingency has been decided, your planner knows it, and the vendors are ready for it.

Couples planning a wedding within driving distance of Dallas are usually weighing five categories: Sunrise Point, a DFW ballroom or hotel venue, a Hill Country destination, a backyard or private estate, or another lake venue without lodging. Each has a real audience. The table below shows where each fits.

Venue Type	Best For	Typical Guest Count	Includes Lodging	Outdoor & Lakefront	Distance from Dallas
Sunrise Point at Cedar Creek Lake	Intimate, outdoor, weekend-stay weddings with a planner	Up to 150	Yes. Four cottages included for the wedding weekend	Yes. 1,800 feet of private lakefront	About 90 minutes
DFW ballroom or hotel venue	Larger, traditional weddings with full-service catering	150 to 400+	Hotel rooms available, not included	No. Indoor	In-metro
Hill Country wedding venue	Larger Hill Country celebrations with rolling vistas	50 to 250	Some venues offer on-site rooms	Outdoor, not lakefront	About 3.5 hours
Backyard or private estate	Couples who want full personalized control	Varies	No	Depends on home	Varies
Other Cedar Creek Lake venues	Larger lake weddings without on-site lodging integration	Varies	Limited or none	Some lakefront	60 to 90 minutes

Yes. Casey and Crystal were married here in October 2024. Casey is the son of Sue, who owns the property. Annie officiated the ceremony. Forty guests. Wooden farm tables, fruitwood chairs, sunflower arches, a beef tenderloin carving station, and the couple’s five children dancing in the Hartle Cartel to “We Are Family.” Dragonflies showed up. Foxy, our resident fox, made an appearance. It was 40 people, three days, one peninsula, and a wedding the whole family will remember.

Read Casey and Crystal’s full wedding story, with photos and vendor credits.

 

 

Three steps.

First, call or text us to schedule a tour. Bring whoever needs to be in the room: your partner, your parents, your planner, the friend with the strong opinions. Walk the property and ask everything. This is where we talk through the weather plan, the vendor list, and what the weekend looks like for your specific guest count and vision. We want every question answered before you leave the driveway.

Second, decide if Sunrise Point is the canvas you have been picturing. If so, we send a customized proposal. Return the signed agreement with a deposit within 14 days and your date is yours.

Third, we work with your wedding planner from there to confirm schedules, vendor logistics, and our responsibilities. With only four weddings on the calendar each year, the right dates go quickly.

A note to the family reading this: we know you are carrying different questions than the couple. Logistics. Vendor reliability. What happens if something goes wrong? Bring those questions to the tour. We have specific answers, not just reassurances, and we would rather you leave with confidence than to book on faith.

We live on this property. We are here on Thursday when your family pulls in and on Sunday morning when nobody wants to leave. What you see in the photos is what you walk into. We have never needed to style these images to look like something the property is not. If something is not right on your wedding day, you have our number and we answer it.

What we have learned after hosting weddings on this peninsula is that the part couples remember most is not always the ceremony. It is Friday morning: the bride’s coffee on the dock before the day starts, the groom losing at pickleball, the mothers standing in the sculpture garden finally agreeing on something. It is the Sunday brunch when nobody is in a hurry. The wedding is Saturday. The weekend is the gift.

 

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How about an outdoor ceremony on a private lakeside peninsula, 90 minutes from Dallas? Up to 150 guests. All four cottages, up to 8 adults, included for the whole wedding weekend, your people stay on the property, not in a hotel 20 minutes away.

One flat-rate package, $12,000, no hidden fees. Owners live on-site and will know you, and answer the phone. Four weddings a year, means if your date is open, it will not stay open long.

I think this is the one that looks like what you've been picturing.

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A: Up to 150 guests. The sweet spot is 75 to 100, where the lake is visible in almost every ceremony photograph and the scale feels intimate. Sunrise Point is designed for small weddings. It is not the right venue for weddings larger than 150 guests.

A: Approximately 90 minutes southeast of downtown Dallas, an hour from DFW Airport, and 30 minutes from Tyler. The drive is straightforward with no Hill Country traffic required.

A: $12,000 flat, including sales tax. The package covers 10 hours on the property, ceremony and reception furniture sized to your guest count, all four cottages for three nights, the lighted pool and dance deck, ceremony arch, aged wine barrels, parking shuttles, and the outdoor comfort station. An optional 12 to 15-minute fireworks display is a $2,000 add-on. Catering, florals, photography, music, your planner, and other vendors are priced separately.

A: Four, typically two in the spring and two in the fall. This is a deliberate cap. Every wedding gets the property’s full attention and the owners’ complete focus. Most couples book 6 to 12 months ahead.

A: No. Sunrise Point is the venue. Almost every couple brings their own wedding planner or day-of coordinator, and we work alongside them. If you don’t have a planner yet, we can recommend Travis Perez or Lisa Dean, who know this property well and have run weddings here multiple times.

A: Yes. The property is owned and run by Sue and Annie, a married couple, and Annie has officiated weddings on-site including same-sex ceremonies. Every couple is welcomed with the same care, warmth, and planning detail. Same-sex couples are not asked to wonder. We answer the question first.

A: All four lakeside cottages are included with every wedding for a three-night stay, Thursday 3 pm through Sunday 11 am. Each cottage sleeps two adults and typically hosts the couple, immediate family, or the wedding party. For other guests, hotels and vacation rentals in nearby Athens and Mabank are 15 to 30 minutes away. We provide a recommended accommodation list.

A: Spring, March through May, and fall, September through November. Spring brings blooming greenery and mild temperatures. Fall brings warm golden light and cooler evenings. The calendar fills early in both seasons with our four-wedding annual cap.

A: The East Deck is a covered outdoor structure overlooking the lake and serves as the built-in rain contingency. For additional coverage, we work with trusted local tent vendors who know this footprint. Every couple has a specific weather plan conversation with us during the planning process, well before the wedding weekend arrives.

A: To reserve your date, a 50% deposit is required at booking alongside your signed contract. A payment of 25% is due 120 days prior to your wedding, with the final balance due in full 60 days before your event. Our team will be in touch at each milestone to keep everything on track.

 

Sunrise Point at Cedar Creek Lake. Owned and operated since 2020 by the couple who lives on the peninsula. We personally answer every inquiry. Call or text us at (903) 904-7500 before you schedule a tour.

Last updated: May 2026