Duluth · Hotel shortlist
The best hotels near Spirit Mountain
Andres Molina Latin America
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, 4.6 down to 4.3.
All five are within 6.5 km of Spirit Mountain.
Highest rated of the five
Mountain Villas
★★★★★4.6 from 253 reviews
Mountain Villas comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.6 from 253 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 a 3 star property, found under poi and around $234 a night on the dates we checked.
24 hotels in Duluth qualified for this list and five made it. Comfort Inn Duluth West is the one I would book if the first is full.
Why it works for this trip
- Air conditioningthe one that decides a summer trip
- Family roomscots and larger rooms rather than a squeeze
- Kitchenettebreakfast on your own schedule
- Parkinga real consideration if you are driving in
- Dogs allowedno kennel to arrange before you fly
All five, ranked
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1
Mountain Villas
★★★★★4.6 from 253 reviews
300 m from Spirit Mountain, about a 4 minute walk
- Parking
- Kitchen
- Pet friendly
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
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2Comfort Inn Duluth West
★★★★★4.4 from 1,000 reviews
6.4 km from Spirit Mountain
- Pool
- Spa
- Gym
- Bar
- Parking
- Kid friendly
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3AmericInn by Wyndham Duluth South Black Woods Event Center
★★★★★4.4 from 740 reviews
2.4 km from Spirit Mountain
- Pool
- Spa
- Gym
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
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4Buffalo Valley Campground
★★★★★4.6 from 301 reviews
6.5 km from Spirit Mountain
- Kid friendly
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5Willard Munger Inn
★★★★★4.3 from 464 reviews
2.0 km from Spirit Mountain, about a 25 minute walk
- Parking
- Kitchen
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
- Accessible
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 Spirit Mountain 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 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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