We found this place, The Bunkhouse on the Sundance, WY Chamber of Commerce website. What a gem!…read moreThis is not a hotel/motel but a traditional Bed & Breakfast. If you've never stayed at a B&B, you should. They're very comfortable, private and welcoming. Chester & Evelyn, and Wanda were fantastic hosts. We arrived fairly late in the evening after a long day of driving. The rooms in the Bunkhouse were decorated in an eclectic Western Ranch decor. Super clean and very private. The beds are older but slept well. Breakfast was ready for us at 8 am, served by our hosts, consisted of a delicious egg bake, fruit, coffee, toast, pastry, and cereal and milk for the kids. Conversation with our hosts was easy and friendly. I definitely felt welcome. We entered as guests and left as friends. We will stay here again! The price point was very reasonable for family of five.

Bed Bugs and Shady Management…read more I stayed here on July 22, 2020. Great check in and looked like a clean place. At 2:30am I was woken up by 2 bites on my face. I stripped the bed and found bed bugs and other insects under the pillow, on the floor, and on the carpet. I went to the office and there was a sign saying ring the Ring device for after-hours service. I attempted to ring the Ring device for about 30 minutes, along with calling the phone number with no joy in contacting management. At 3:00am I returned to my room and removed my belongings to prevent the insects from entering my luggage. I pulled up a chair and sat outside the lobby for another 2.5 hours trying the Ring device and phone number, hoping to reach management and get at least some sleep that night. At 5:00am I left one last message on their answering machine then left Spearfish. I recieved a call hours after I left, sometime before lunch. The manager said that sitting in front of the lobby was "bizzare" and I "should have gotten a room somewhere else" if I couldn't reach management. This is not a solution when a guest has a problem at your establishment, and frankly it's poor business management. I left a review on Google immediately after I left, to prevent anyone else from dealing with thebed bugs in my room. Management replied to my Google review and attempted to make me out as a shady individual who roams the grounds at night. Going so far as to say I "disturbed the other guests" by waiting by the lobby for someone to show up. Was I supposed to stay in my infested room all night until management stumbled in sometime in the late morning, after leaving the property unattended at night? Also, I doubt I disturbed the other guests with my sitting because I can tell you that I was the only one there. Management can't say the same, as they were gone and unreachable for the entire night. This business is extremely shady, and I wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole. Please feel free to contact me if you would like additional photos, videos, or testimony about the bed bugs, insect, and poor management of Bells Motor Lodge. Stay away!

Wow, this place was an unexpected surprise! The exterior only tells part of the tale. The sign is…read moreeither original and extremely well kept, or is new and done in a very cool, retro style. The exterior and the grounds are immaculate and show a lot of pride. It was Scott, the owner, that checked my daughter and I in during a recent motorcycle trip. You don't meet inn keepers like him much any more. He was extremely friendly and eager to offer suggestions and advice and answer questions. He has menu's from several local eateries on hand, and he has some great maps and he was really gracious and marked some places we were interested in on one for us. There is an outside heated pool that my daughter really enjoyed. It was sparkling clean and the entire area around it was clean and well kept as well. Our room was large and extremely well maintained. Nothing looked or felt worn or dated. It was retro to be sure, but everything was very nice. The AC worked great, the bed was very comfortable. It was an excellent value. Spearfish is a great town. Unfortunately because of it's proximity to quite a bit of tourist type stuff there are quite a few of the big chain motels here. Most are double the price of Bells and not near as charming, and you don't get a gracious host like Scott to help you out. There is a covered sitting area outside the front of each room, and plenty of chairs. It was a great spot to sit and chat with some of our fellow travelers. When in the area again I won't consider staying anywhere else. It's a great value and just a cool spot. It has a charm and ambiance you don't often find anymore. Highly, highly reccomended.

What a great experience for us and the couple with us! The historic restaurant/saloon/ hotel…read more(used to be an old brothel too) from the 1890's was so cool. The food was top-notch (highly recommend the homemade vegetable soup, Montecristo sandwiches and deliciously crispy fries). Bob, our server, really made it fun with his ironic brand of humor! We loved this place and will come back!

Very nice historic Inn, and owner Bob is a very reasonable and personable individual. The rooms…read moreare located on top of the restaurant, but the restaurant is only open until 9pm so there are no noise concerns. We ate a top notch dinner at the restaurant and thoroughly enjoyed our brief stay. Traveler tip: book through the hotel directly rather than one of the big boxes like hotels.com.

- - - Current Review - 2025…read more- - - One of our favorite places to visit - great people, great views, and great climbing !!! - - - - - - - - May, 2025 Visit If you visit Devils Tower, you should plan to stay at Devils Tower Lodge (DTL) !! Stay at DTL for: The DTL team members The views of Devils Tower... the only places to sleep with a view of the Tower are the KOA campsite and Devils Tower Lodge The climbing Meeting fellow guests, and the communal meals The quiet of the nature The clear skies and stars at night If we could award six stars we would WOW!! - - - We recommend you also plan to climb... you CAN do it... all four of us - Mom, Dad, two kids, climbed and you can climb, too! You'll be safely roped in with a great climbing team. - - - We discovered Devils Tower Lodge (DTL) in 2017; we planned a visit to Devils Tower as part of an "out west" vacation and we were intrigued by the chance to see Devils Tower / Bear Lodge, from the room; then-owner Frank invited us to also climb with them, and we did not expect we would climb, but we said "Yes" and then when we got there we did climb - all four of us, and we had a phenomenal time... the whole trip was great and Devils Tower Lodge was the favorite highlight of that great trip. This year, in 2025, we had a chance for an extended weekend trip and we quickly confirmed that we'd go... Wyoming, especially Devils Tower Lodge, is a favorite place that excites us and also provides quiet and tranquility. In 2017 we climbed 120 feet up, while safely roped in; this trip I just hoped to get at least a little higher this time, and with Curtis we did make it higher, about 150 feet up... We climbed at the same spot on the Tower - they can point it to you so you can see it from the Lodge, and you can see the Lodge from where we climb. We enjoyed the "beginner" climb; if you're more experienced you can likely pick other locations on the Tower to climb. We climbed the Everlasting and Broken Tree routes 4-5 times. Curtis was a great guide!! Our daughter also climbed separately with DTL members (incl. Carlos), and they made it all the way the top... we were so proud that she set a goal and achieved it! A tornado hit the tower in 2024; the tornado damage was evident; it looked like the tornado hit the tower straight on, as trees were felled on both sides; we later saw much more damage as we drove toward Gillette. Breakfast and Dinner... great food, lovingly prepared by Hannah and Glen... plenty to fill you up... The rooms - each is uniquely decorated and nice and quiet, with great views. Stargazing... skies so dark; airplane flights do happen, but they are infrequent; you will likely see several satellites - smaller lights moving much more quickly than planes... for the first 90 min or so after sunset. Sunsets are later, and longer/slower than back home in STL. Peaceful... so quiet and peaceful there... you don't miss any noise; you are relaxed. The views of Devils Tower / Bear Lodge are wonderful, and the owners - Rachel and Gabe - a wonderful couple, now parents, are welcoming and giving. Thank you, Curtis, Carlos, Hannah & Glen, and Rachel and Gabe! - - - Original Review - 2017, abbreviated - - - AWESOME! Go. Stay. Experience. You'll be soooooo glad you did!We had a 15 day vacation to 8 places in Wyoming, South Dakota, Montana, Utah and Colorado, and it was all amazing... this was out best-ever family trip for many reasons... and climbing Devils Tower with Gabe and Julius was THE BEST part of our amazing trip.If we could award six stars we would!... We reserved the cabin with two bedrooms... a full bed in each room and two futons in the large open room... amazing view of Devils Tower from the front door, from the nice and large patio deck, and from the panoramic window in the bathroom. ... The climbing was one of the highlights of our trip. They have a training room next to the main house where they fit you for shoes and the climbing harnesses, and where you learn that climbing is "not a series of pull-ups, which is often what they show in the movies," but is mostly legs pushing you upward, and where you put that into practice on a short rock wall. ... We climbed three routes from where we were, all starting right there at the same place, just a few feet left or right of the other. I truly thought we'd be happy if we climbed about 20 feet high, and lasted a full hour. As it was, all four of us climbed up the 100-foot route and the 115-foot route, and we were there for the entire six-hours that Gabe and Julius planned. ... Since coming home, we have been to our local pool, which has a 12-foot rock wall. This wall frustrates us because it requires so much upper body strength, and it is significantly more difficult that's climbing Devils Tower. Seriously... the rock wall at our pool takes more effort to climb than it did to climb Devils Tower.Thank you Frank, and the entire team at Devils Tower Lodge! ----- ----- -----

Love this place! From the moment you arrived, you are greeted and made to feel like you are at…read morehome! They showed us to our room, we chose the window room, and the view was spectacular. We also chose the dinner option, which I also recommend because there are few places nearby to eat. The dining area also has a great view of the tower. The communal dining allows you to interact with the other guests and the hosts! The dinner was homemade and delicious! I want to keep this place a secret because they don't have many rooms, but if you're planning on a trip to Devil's Tower... this THE PLACE to stay!

Absolutely lovely accommodation. My only regret was not being able to stay longer than one night…read more Close enough to town to walk to food yet off the main street. Had a small kitchenette and Kerig (much appreciated). Window overlooking the creek and as temp was cool enough we left it open all night to listen to the creek. In the morning we took coffee out on the trail and sat on one of the benches at the adjacent park. Highly recommend staying here, especially considering the price!

I'm almost afraid to post this recommendation....for fear I won't get a room next time! Note, this…read moreis as good as it gets for the $50 motel on your roadtrip. We who travel live in hopes of the sweet, charming, economical, unique, clean place with warm, friendly, family run management...people who care. Bingo! The motel is situated beside the Spearfish Creek and lovely park and walking trails. There is plenty to choose from for dining and coffee within walking distance. Rochelle was so pleasant to deal with, her kids help out, there is a little pool that I didn't have time to use, the room was clean and spacious and they are pet friendly. What more can you ask for!!

Great RV park that is kept in pristine condition. We wanted to go see Devils Tower so this is…read morewhere we stayed. We were very impressed with all of our visit to the area. Devils Tower is one of those places that pictures cannot do justice to.

Beautiful park that is so well maintained. The sites are…read morewell spaced and many have views looking toward the Black Hills The owners are great folks so helpful as they know all the businesses in the area. We will be forever grateful for their recommendation for our diesel truck. Cookies are a nice welcome.

We really liked this campground as it has a perfect view of Devil's Tower. My only concern was that…read morethey do not take reservations and we arrived after 5pm. Thankfully, they allowed our family of 4 (in a truck camper) to use one of the 3 remaining group sites. The remaining 2 group sites filled in within 30 minutes of us arriving! I would highly recommend getting there earlier in the day to ensure a spot. There is also a KOA at the park entrance, so if you're scared of not having reservations, consider the KOA. Though definitely not as pretty of a site. The campground itself was very pretty, clean, and again - the amazing view of the tower! They do not sell firewood, so you can buy it at the KOA at the park entrance. I recommend!

Amazing staff, clean rooms, free breakfast, community friendly, family owned and wonderful price…read morepoint. Go! You will enjoy your quiet stay.

Nice CLEAN rooms. Friendly, helpful staff. Older motel and the fans were a little loud but…read moreeverything worked just fine. We would stay there again.