#25 Lone Oak Court, Sunrise Beach, MO  65079 Phone (573) 374-7992

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LONE OAK POINT RESORT...A LITTLE HISTORY OVER 70 YEARS

Lone Oak Point is a landmark, family-owned resort located on a beautiful wooded, 8-acre peninsula with a spectacular panoramic view of the Lake of the Ozarks.  Situated at the 11 mile mark of the Lake at the end of Route TT near Sunrise Beach, Lone Oak is secluded enough to make its guests feel "away from it all", yet is close enough to restaurants, golf, shopping, and other activities to be "ideally located".

The first owners of the property in the early 1930's were a Dutch-German family named Borel.  They originally found the land while boating on the newly formed Lake of the Ozarks. To locate the property by land they had to travel Highway 5 (which was gravel at the time) to what is now State Route F and walk through the woods.  A survey of the resort dated in May of 1933 shows that originally there were seven cottages, one private residence and a garage on the property.  The Borels owned the property until 1942 when they sold it to the Klee family.

At the beginning of their 14-year ownership of the resort the Klees not only had cabins for rent, but also raised pigs, chickens, and goats.  The cottages were just one small room with draw curtains separating the beds.  Each unit came with a wooden fishing boat (constructed locally in Sunrise Beach).  Heating and cooking were done with wood, and all guests shared a communal shower and outhouse.  During their tenure, the Klees added 12 more units, built a recreation building with adjoining shuffleboard court and horseshoe pit, installed a playground (parts of which are still in use today), built seawalls and a boat dock, added indoor plumbing and upgraded to electricity and gas.  For a while they even operated a small restaurant on the property.

In 1956 the Klees sold Lone Oak Point to the Sherman family from Kansas City.  At that time cottages rented for $7/day, big boats were 18' wooden runabouts, the shoreline was virtually undeveloped, and you could ski down the middle of the channel without ever seeing another boat.  At least 20 other small resorts (most of which are no longer in existence) were also located on (then) Lake Road 20.

In 1974, Jim, who had grown up with his parents and grandparents at the resort, returned to the Lake after earning a degree in Architecture from the University of Nebraska (Yes, he is a Big Red fan!!) and living out in the state of California for several years.  In 1980, after coming to the realization that nothing really compared to the "lake life", Jim purchased the resort from his parents. And for the last 21/2 decades he and his wife, Stephanie, have owned and operated the resort. 

All of the old cottages have been replaced with larger, modern units, which were designed to eventually be sold individually as condos.

In 2004, after a "lifetime" in the resort business, Jim finally made the decision to begin the selling process. In converting the resort to privately owned condominiums, great care has been taken to insure that Lone Oak Point will continue to be a unique property for decades to come. NO ADDITIONAL CONDOS will ever be built....thus protecting the property from overdevelopment and overcrowding. And, much attention has been given to maintaining the quality of the environment and the beauty of the natural setting.

Both Jim and Stephanie think it's important to remember why people come to the Lake in the first place....to get away from the city, to enjoy nature, to spend some quality time with family and friends, or just slow down and "smell the roses".

Lone Oak Point Resort Condominiums
...a great place to visit...
...an even better place to live!!!