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The best hotels near Canal Park

Andres Molina

Andres Molina Latin America

Updated 1 September 2026 · 24 Duluth hotels assessed

These are my five favourites in Duluth, out of the 24 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 5 down to 4.5.

All five are inside 900 m of Canal Park, so you can walk it.

Canal Park Balcony Suite | Pool, Hot Tub

Highest rated of the five

Canal Park Balcony Suite | Pool, Hot Tub

★★★★★5 from 51 reviews

Canal Park Balcony Suite | Pool, Hot Tub comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 5 from 51 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.

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24 hotels in Duluth qualified for this list and five made it. Canal Park Lodge is the one I would book if the first is full.

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All five, ranked

  1. Canal Park Balcony Suite | Pool, Hot Tub1

    Canal Park Balcony Suite | Pool, Hot Tub

    ★★★★★5 from 51 reviews

    200 m from Canal Park, about a 2 minute walk

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    • Canal Park Lodge2

      Canal Park Lodge

      ★★★★★4.6 from 1,233 reviews

      under 200 m from Canal Park, about a 1 minute walk

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      • Lift Bridge Lodge, an Ascend Collection Hotel3

        Lift Bridge Lodge, an Ascend Collection Hotel

        ★★★★★4.5 from 1,531 reviews

        400 m from Canal Park, about a 5 minute walk

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        • Fitger's Inn4

          Fitger's Inn

          ★★★★★4.6 from 3,234 reviews

          900 m from Canal Park, about a 11 minute walk

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          • South Pier Inn5

            South Pier Inn

            ★★★★★4.7 from 789 reviews

            800 m from Canal Park, about a 10 minute walk

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            How this list was put together

            24 Duluth hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating first and on how close they are to Canal 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.

            Andres Molina

            Andres Molina Latin America

            Field seasons take him to cloud forests, and he adds two weeks of his own on either end to see the country rather than just the research site. Nine countries in Latin America.

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