Oakhurst Country Club 1001 Peacock Creek Drive • Clayton • California 94517

Located on a bench of land just above Ygnacio Valley and the growing city of Clayton, Oakhurst Country Club sits near the base of Mt. Diablo's steep and wild eastern rampart, and enjoys beautiful countryside views.

The vistas from its two event spaces, the west-facing Heritage and Diablo View rooms, are impressive. The larger Heritage Room takes in a sweeping panorama of the Diablo Valley, from Pleasant Hill to the Carquinez Strait. The smaller Diablo View Room scans the vividly chiseled profiles of Mt. Diablo. A wide terrace that zigzags across the clubhouse's west side connects both rooms from the outside and is a highly popular feature with wedding parties. Besides its unfettered view of distant landscapes, the terrace provides a closer-in look at the club's azure-watered swimming pool, putting green and golf course.

Because it's surrounded by a visually eye-catching landscape, it's no surprise that Oakhurst hosts many outdoor wedding ceremonies, usually on the manicured greens with a ribbon of hills on the horizon. Exchanging vows outside also gets a boost from the club's dramatic architecture, which boasts a majestic porte-cochère clad in flagstone with bold wooden trusses, and an airy window-lined lobby that opens out to a 40-foot-high atrium. Below the clubhouse, a wooden footbridge spans the landscaped grounds and is a favorite spot for romantic portraits of the newlyweds.

Over the past decade Oakhurst Country Club has assembled a well-organized, people-oriented staff, and developed a range of all-inclusive wedding packages. Naturally, the many couples who've enjoyed worry-free weddings here have generated enthusiastic word of mouth about this site. To them, Oakhurst Country Club seems blessed with everything in just the right proportion: a savvy wedding team, plenty of options and flexibility, a memorable setting and fine architecture. That's a pretty awesome combination to bring to your wedding day.