Montana
This ramshackle collection of 12 old-style pine cabins has quarters in all shapes and sizes (most family-sized and with kitchenettes) and also offers five…
Must-see hotels in The Rocky Mountains
Central Colorado
Maintained by the 10th Mountain Division Hut Association, Skinner (11,620ft) has one of the steepest and most difficult winter approaches in the hut…
Southwest Colorado
Like so much else in Silverton, Silver Summit is a mixed business also running rental Jeeps out of the RV park headquarters. The park has good facilities,…
Southwest Colorado
History is thick here, but the beds are a little tired. The renovated four-person suite is in fine shape. There's a backyard fire pit, a grill and…
Southeast Colorado
Once you get all the way out here, you probably won't be in a rush to leave, so it's a good thing you can pitch a tent, make friends in a dorm or get…
Southwest Colorado
East Main St heading into Montrose is lined with chain motels. This is one of the few independents, offering good lodgings at a reasonable price and very…
Montana
This is one of the more dependable motels in Gardiner and is clean and friendly with picnic tables and chairs on a tiny 'patio' overlooking the river. The…
Colorado Springs
The closest hotel to the US Air Force Academy has kept on top of its game, undertaking regular updates to ensure its rooms stay spick and span for its…
Southeast Colorado
This three-story brick home is set in Pueblo's architecturally interesting, though somewhat dilapidated, historic residential district. With period…
Southwest Colorado
Near the Blue Mesa Dam, Lake Fork camping area offers showers (summer only), pit toilets, marina and boat ramp, and a visitor center that opens…
Estes Park
With so much excellent camping just up the road in Rocky Mountain National Park, it's hard to see the allure of this roadside RV-oriented camping spot…
Southern Front Range
Rooms are decent value and three-star quality with fresh paint, a rather nice shower head and crown moldings. Family units are huge with two queen beds…
Central Colorado
Were it not for its tremendous orientation toward those massive Buffalo and Red Mountains to the west, this stuccoed and boxy inn might not be worth…
Grand Teton National Park
Snug in a forested peninsula along Jackson Lake's north shore, about 8 miles north of Colter Bay Junction, these secluded woodsy sites (60 total) are a…
Montana
This Forestry Service cabin is on the eastern side of Paradise Valley, 12 miles up E Mill Creek Rd, near Snowbank Campground. It sleeps four and has an…
Bozeman & Gallatin Valley
This little inn really tries. It’s dated (squint and it’s almost retro cool) but spacious rooms offer large TV, microwave, refrigerator, continental…
Colorado
A vast national network of private campgrounds, with prices ranging from $22 to $36 per night, depending on hookups. You can purchase the annual directory…
Jackson
A proud little motel hidden behind the gas station. Fresh and spacious rooms have pine walls and tucked-away bunks. Outside there’s a plush lawn with…
Southwest Colorado
Carnivorous folk will appreciate this lodge and smokehouse, where copious meats are smoked on the premises (sample its amazing beef jerky). Guests stay in…
Southern Front Range
This first-come, first-served BLM-managed campground is north of Cañon City on Red Canyon/Shelf Rd and is mostly used by climbers; the desert location is…
Bozeman & Gallatin Valley
This budget roadside establishment attracts a hodgepodge of RVers, families and fly-fishers. The modest but tidy cabins are perhaps the best value in the…
Bozeman Hot Springs Campground
Bozeman & Gallatin Valley
Off I-90, 8 miles west of Bozeman in the Gallatin Valley and next to Bozeman Hot Springs (http://bozemanhotsprings.co), this is the only campground in the…
Southwest Colorado
The only campground in town not right next to a highway or dedicated to RVs. Tepee lodgings are considered luxury and cabins come without bathrooms but…
Northern Colorado
If you aren’t staying at the hot springs, try this roadside motel for a clean stopover. The rooms are simple, paneled with pine and extremely clean. Some…
Southeast Colorado
This is the best of the chains that are scattered a couple of miles south of downtown. Rooms are large with a king or two queen beds, huge Samsung flat…
Southeast Colorado
There are three campgrounds in the Spanish Peaks Wilderness Area; Purgatoire is the only one that you can reserve. It's located 4 miles west of Monument…
Northern Colorado
Right at the edge of the university campus, this is a pleasant and centrally located option. The rooms are comfortably furnished, though just a bit bland…
Southeast Colorado
About a mile west of the dam at Trinidad Lake State Park, this campground has flush toilets, showers and coin laundry, along with 62 sites for RVs and…
Montana
This friendly place overlooking the river offers showers, laundry, full hookups and fine panoramas of Yellowstone, but little shade. Ask about the simple…
Jackson
At 5800ft, the 16-site Station Creek is 1 mile west along the Snake River from Granite Creek Campground, 25 miles south of Jackson. Plenty of shade and…
Telluride
Ten miles south of Telluride, this USFS campground has well-maintained sites, as well as shower and toilet blocks. It's a good option if you arrive during…
Steamboat Springs
The cheapest rooms in town sport an ‘Avuncular '70s Cowboyist’ style, clean and comfortable beds, and basic creature comforts like microwaves and…
Jackson
Berber carpets and pine furniture spruce up these typical motel rooms, which also have flat-screen TVs, hair dryers and coffee makers. One basement room…
Montana
This roadside, 15-site campground is waterless, but does have picnic tables, fire rings and an accessible toilet. It's in Yankee Jim Canyon, 15 miles from…
Montana
This simple Forestry Service cabin sleeping 10 is set a half-mile from Mountain Sky Guest Ranch on the western side of Paradise Valley. While short on…
Durango
This family-owned motel is one of the town’s cheaper options – sparkling clean and spacious but admittedly dated. If you’re self-catering, there’s a…
Montana
Quiet 10-site riverside campground, somewhat inconveniently located 12 miles up unpaved Mill Creek Rd. But some people, ourselves included, like being a…
Southeast Colorado
There's something cool about how old-school this unfussy motor inn is, plonked right in the middle of Pueblo. Rooms are dated and a little drab, but not…
Montana
Don't let the faux-western front and gaudy yellow signs put you off, inside you'll find updated, immaculate, well-lacquered rooms with flat-screen TVs,…
Southwest Colorado
A good option for cabins just outside of town to the south. The small cabins are wood paneled and immaculately kept, and there's a swing set for the kids…
