You can park in the above spot if you have a 2 wheel drive and it is snowing . We have plow the road and parking lot by the cottage but it still has some snow on it since it is a gravel road. It is basically flat all the way in here but once you go past our house and past the Main Welcome Signs with the Bears in front of the 2 story building, there is a slight slope up hill to the cottage. If you only have a front wheel drive and think you need to park where it is flat your welcome to park in front of our house at is is only around a minute walk up to the cottage. You will see a Hazzard Sign in the Road to the left that is flat that you can park on. Park directly in front of this Hazzard Sign. This flat parking spot is directly in front of the bear to the left of the road and 2 story building before entering the roadway up to cottage . The Large Wooden Welcome Sign is to the Right of the Road and The bear and Hazzard Sign to park is to the left of the road. You can also just park in the middle of the road here as the cottage is the last house on this road. No one will be going up there unless your order food for delivery.