Lake Yellowstone Hotel Overview
Lake Village, on the north shore of Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming ยท $$$
Photos courtesy of the hotel.
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The most elegant hotel in the park: a yellow colonial lakefront landmark, best for slow mornings and sunsets.
You want the most refined stay inside the park and a central base
You want to walk to the geysers or need in-room Wi-Fi
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Yellowstone's oldest hotel, a pale yellow colonial-revival building on Yellowstone Lake with a Sun Room where a string quartet plays from mid-June to early August. Its 2027 season runs May 14 to October 10, and rooms have no TV, air conditioning or Wi-Fi.
I recommend it for couples and anyone who wants the nicest dinner in the park and a central base for Hayden Valley and the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. The trade-off: it's about an hour from Old Faithful, and the parking-lot-side rooms feel ordinary, so pay up for lakeside.
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Sun Room with lake views and live music
Lake Yellowstone Hotel Dining Room, my favorite in-park dinner
Sunroom Lobby Bar
Deluxe Lakeside rooms and suites
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Couples
Hayden Valley wildlife and Canyon days
Travelers who want the most refined in-park stay
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On the shore of Yellowstone Lake
About 20 minutes to Hayden Valley
About an hour to Old Faithful
The stay, in detail
Rooms
Ask for a Deluxe Lakeside room or a suite; Sandpiper Lodge rooms and the cabins out back are simpler and cheaper.
Pools and beach
No pool or spa; the Sun Room and the lakeshore are the place to unwind.
Dining
Lake Yellowstone Hotel Dining Room, the Sunroom Lobby Bar and Lake Yellowstone Hotel Deli.
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