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    Fall Mountain Lookout Tower

    4.0 (1 review)

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    Service Creek Resort - View from the restaurant

    Service Creek Resort

    2.6(19 reviews)
    109.3 km

    THEY (almost) LEFT US FOR DEAD! My three daughters and I stayed 2 nights in their lodge and booked…read morethem for their shuttle service as we embarked on a 2 day paddle down the John Day River. The room we stayed in was pretty awful, AC, lights, and electric outlets were all not working. But the real kicker was the potential LIFE-THREATINING situation they put my daughters and I in as they completely FORGOT to shuttle my car to our extraction point along the J.Day River. This area is very remote. After waiting 3 hours without food or water, I decided to hike out of the area to try to find help. Fortunately after about 3 miles of walking I was able to find someone with a phone that had service, and called Service Creek Lodge. After clearly forgetting about us, they were oddly UNAPOLOGETIC about their monumental scew-up and said they'd be at our location in an hour to pick us up. They finally showed up 3 hours later. We waited 6 HOURS all together for them to pick us up. Emergency rescue services were in pursuit to rescue us after my wife reported us missing. After arriving back at the Service Creek Lodge, they were again strangely UNAPOLOGETIC when confronting their managers. In fact, the demeanor and their body language told us they did not care one bit. Very weird behavior. This completely shattered my stereotype about country folks being friendly. My daughters (two out of the three of them are African-American) started to wonder if there was some weird racial elements going on...I don't blame them, at this point it seemed like a fair inquiry. I asked for a refund, their response was "email us in a week" to ask for a refund. I emailed them a week later, and they agreed to refund us for everything (lodge, shuttle), but after 4 months I still have not received a refund or any more email responses from them....and still have not received ONE APOLOGY. Incredible.

    I have taken time to read reviews Thank you all. You have…read moresaved us a lot of money, I knew service creek was in poor shape but we love the location & we thought we could build it back to life. When a business is this far gone, there is no hope & that is so very sad

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    Service Creek Resort - The lodge

    The lodge

    Service Creek Resort - River house

    River house

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    The Lodge At Hot Lake Springs - The iconic Hot Lake sign

    The Lodge At Hot Lake Springs

    3.6(29 reviews)
    105.0 km

    We did not stay at the lodge but did come to enjoy soaking in the hot springs. The front desk…read morestaff were very friendly and very accommodating. The tubs were clean and the area was clean. The lodge is historic and there is a lot of cool history. There are a lot of cool pictures off the lodge I days past hanging on the walls which gives it a "Shining" ambiance. Getting in the tubs first thing in the morning and watching the steam come off the lake while soaking and relaxing is a wonderful start to the day. Overall I highly recommend the experience.

    I went there years ago when this place was abandoned and it is notoriously known by the locals to…read morebe haunted. I went back prior to covid with my mom and we had a great time when it was renovated and turned into a hotel/museum for people to visit during the day. We spent two days there and had so much fun with the authentic antique feeling the place had. Now, fast forward to 2026, I was on a road trip from LA to visit a friend in Idaho and I thought I'd stop by. Sadly, this place now has turned into a full fledged mini resort and it looks like they are trying to coverup its past with every turn. I barely recognized the inside and any mention of the word "Haunted" is utter blasphemy. I asked the bartender about it, thinking she gets asked that all the time, and she read me the riot act. As, I back pedaled out of the bar area, I realized this place is not at all what it used to be and it was time to leave. As I left, I let the front desk know that I have told hundreds of people about this place but, this was the last time. A few of the employees were nice, the grounds are kept, and outside of a few smells it's not too bad on the outside. Inside, save your money (rooms are expensive), they think they banished all of the ghosts, and the female bartender is now the scariest part about the place. Take a few pics from outside and then just keep driving. Needless to say, I might go back one day when the ghosts take back over,

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    His name is Rocky!

    The Lodge At Hot Lake Springs
    The Lodge At Hot Lake Springs

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