Estes Park · Hotel shortlist
The best hotels near Estes National
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These are my five favourites in Estes Park, out of the 46 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.7 down to 4.4.
All five are inside 900 m of Estes National, so you can walk it.
Highest rated of the five
Silver Moon Inn
★★★★★4.7 from 858 reviews
Silver Moon Inn comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.7 from 858 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 $242 a night on the dates we checked.
46 hotels in Estes Park qualified for this list and five made it. The Maxwell Inn 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
- 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
All five, ranked
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1
Silver Moon Inn
★★★★★4.7 from 858 reviews
500 m from Estes National, about a 6 minute walk
- Spa
- Parking
- Kitchen
- Pet friendly
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
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2The Maxwell Inn
★★★★★4.8 from 354 reviews
900 m from Estes National, about a 11 minute walk
- Spa
- Parking
- Kitchen
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
- Accessible
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3Misty Mountain Lodge
★★★★★4.6 from 240 reviews
300 m from Estes National, about a 4 minute walk
- Spa
- Parking
- Kitchen
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
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4Estes Park Adventure Hostel
★★★★★4.7 from 109 reviews
500 m from Estes National, about a 6 minute walk
- Parking
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5Haber Motel
★★★★★4.4 from 76 reviews
400 m from Estes National, about a 5 minute walk
- Parking
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
How this list was put together
46 Estes Park hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating first and on how close they are to Estes National 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.
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