Bear · Hotel shortlist
The best hotels near Lums Pond State Park
Daniel Kovac Central Europe
These are my five favourites in Bear, out of the 16 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.9 down to 4.4.
All five are within 9.9 km of Lums Pond State Park.
Highest rated of the five
Whispering Oak Mansion
★★★★★4.9 from 84 reviews
Whispering Oak Mansion comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.9 from 84 guest reviews is a score that holds up at that volume, which is the whole test here. A perfect ten from nine people does not beat it.
It is found under poi and around $181 a night on the dates we checked.
16 hotels in Bear qualified for this list and five made it. Inn at the Canal is the one I would book if the first is full.
Why it works for this trip
- Spatreatment rooms on site, no booking a taxi for it
- Parkinga real consideration if you are driving in
- Step free accesslevel entry and a lift
All five, ranked
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Whispering Oak Mansion
★★★★★4.9 from 84 reviews
3.5 km from Lums Pond State Park
- Spa
- Parking
- Accessible
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2Inn at the Canal
★★★★★4.6 from 253 reviews
8.4 km from Lums Pond State Park
- Bar
- Parking
- Kitchen
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
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3Ship Watch Inn
★★★★★4.6 from 164 reviews
8.4 km from Lums Pond State Park
- Parking
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4La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham Newark - Elkton
★★★★★4.4 from 786 reviews
9.9 km from Lums Pond State Park
- Pool
- Gym
- Restaurant
- Parking
- Pet friendly
- Kid friendly
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5Sutton Inn
★★★★★4.5 from 123 reviews
7.9 km from Lums Pond State Park
- Parking
- Kitchen
- Pet friendly
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
- Accessible
How this list was put together
16 Bear hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating first and on how close they are to Lums Pond State Park second, then took the top five.
Two things decide these lists. The first is my own time in the city: every hotel on this page is one I have stayed in, walked into and looked at, or gone back to check. That is where the shortlist starts, and it is why some well reviewed places are not on it.
The second is the numbers, and those are what set the order. The rating and review count come from the big travel sites, pooled through Google, so a score here reflects Expedia, Booking, Hotels.com and the rest together rather than any one of them. I also read the review breakdown by topic, which is where the figures on service, breakfast and location come from. Hotels with fewer than forty reviews are left out altogether, because a rating that thin is not a rating. No more than two come from one neighbourhood.
What I do not do is move anyone up the order. The ranking is the guest score, highest first, and nobody pays to be on the list.
Distances are straight lines from published coordinates, so the real walk is a little longer. Amenities are as recorded by Google Hotels and can change without notice. Rates are an indicative nightly figure for a midweek autumn stay, not a quote. Check the booking page before you commit.
Daniel Kovac Central Europe
Takes the same two weeks every August and drives somewhere far with his wife and daughter. Twelve countries, all by road, all in one battered estate car. Plans routes on paper maps.
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