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Black Bear Lodge Motel

2.5 star property
Enjoy the free parking at this Slade motel

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Exterior
Room, 2 Double Beds
Property grounds
Exterior
Exterior

Reviews

8.2 out of 10
Very good

Popular amenities

  • Air conditioning
  • Parking included

Explore the area

Map
781 Natural Bridge Rd, Slade, KY, 40376
  • Natural Bridge State Park
    ‪1 min walk‬
  • Osborne Bend Trail
    ‪3 min walk‬
  • Fat Man's Misery
    ‪4 min walk‬

Room options

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Room, 2 Double Beds

Room, 2 Double Beds

9.4 out of 10
Exceptional
(9 reviews)
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

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Room, 1 Queen Bed

Room, 1 Queen Bed

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Pool
Breakfast included
Pet-friendly
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The price is CA $112
per night
CA $123 total
includes taxes & fees
3 Feb - 4 Feb
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About the area

Slade

In Slade .Within a 5-minute walk of the motel, you'll find Natural Bridge State Park and Daniel Boone National Forest. Osborne Bend Trail and Fat Man's Misery are also within half a mile (1 km).
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What's nearby

  • Natural Bridge State Park - 1 min walk
  • Fat Man's Misery - 4 min walk
  • Kentucky Reptile Zoo - 2 min drive
  • Red River Gorge Geological Area - 7 min drive
  • Red River Gorge - 18 min drive

Getting around

  • Blue Grass Airport (LEX) - 64 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Miguel's Pizza - ‬11 min walk
  • ‪Daniel Boone Coffee Shop - ‬11 min walk
  • ‪Callies Lake And Campground in Red River Gorge - ‬13 min drive
  • ‪Red River Rockhouse - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪La Cabana Mexican Restaurant - ‬1 min walk

About this property

Black Bear Lodge Motel

Enjoy the free parking at this Slade motel
There's a coffee shop/cafe on site. Black Bear Lodge Motel also features barbecue grills, a picnic area, and a convenience store. Self parking is free.

This Slade motel is smoke free.

  • 10 guestrooms or units
  • Front desk (limited hours)
  • Convenience store
  • BBQ grill(s)
  • Outdoor picnic space
  • ATM
  • No smoking on site
  • Coffee shop
Black Bear Lodge Motel offers 10 air-conditioned accommodations with coffee/tea makers and hair dryers. Refrigerators and microwaves are provided.

Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations. Televisions come with satellite channels. Housekeeping is provided weekly.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Family friendly

  • Grocery/convenience store
  • Microwave
  • Refrigerator

Parking and transportation

  • Free uncovered self parking on site

Food and drink

  • 1 coffee shop/cafe

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • This property does not have elevators
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only

Room amenities

Entertainment

  • Satellite channels
  • TV

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning
  • Bed sheets

Bathroom

  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower/tub combination
  • Towels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Microwave
  • Refrigerator

More

  • Desk

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 4:00 PM; Check-in end time: 9 PM
Contactless check-in available
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 21

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 9 AM - 7:00 PM
The check-in location differs from the property location; go to: [769 Natural Bridge Rd., Slade, KY 40376]
Guests will receive an email 48 hours before arrival with check-in instructions; front desk staffed during limited hours
If you arrive at the property after hours, you'll need to check in at an alternate location: [769 Natural Bridge Rd., Slade, KY 40376]
If you are planning to arrive after 8:00 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation
For more details, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation
Guests planning to arrive on the same day of booking must contact this property prior to 6 PM for check-in instructions.

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

  • No pets allowed, but service animals are welcome

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Cribs (infant beds) are not available.

Property payment types

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash
Cashless transactions are available
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property
Charges for extra guests may apply and vary according to property policy.
A cash deposit, credit card, or debit card for incidental charges and government-issued photo identification may be required upon check-in.
Special requests are subject to availability at the time of check-in. Special requests can't be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
    This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession. This property accepts Visa, Mastercard, Discover, debit cards, and cash. For guests' safety, the property includes a fire extinguisher and a smoke detector in each accommodation. Cashless payment methods are available for all transactions.

We should mention

  • Registered guests are the only ones allowed to be in guestrooms.

Property is also known as

Black Bear Lodge Motel Slade
Black Bear Slade
Black Bear Lodge Motel Motel
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Black Bear Lodge Motel Reviews

Reviews

8.2

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 198 out of 487 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 175 out of 487 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 63 out of 487 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 32 out of 487 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 19 out of 487 reviews" "

8.4/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

7.4/10

Amenities

8.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

KATHLEEN

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

phil

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Loved it
Love it, would totally rent there again
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

TaNesha

Travelled with group
The only negative thing about this location was that it walls seemed thin. You could hear the people in the other rooms. It would be nice to have ice available as well. We enjoyed our stay. I would stay there again. Thank you tjb
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Lorri

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Monique

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

6/10 Okay

Julie

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Watch out for unauthorized credit charges
When I got to the hotel to check in I was handed a key. I asked about when I pay and they said we charged your credit card 2 hours ago. I did not authorize this charge. The reservation said pay at hotel. I was not giving a receipt and there was no internet service anywhere in the area and no Wi-Fi at the hotel so I could not even see what they charged me. When we got into the room overall it was clean, but there was used towels and washcloth left hanging on the hook in the bathroom. The bed and the pillows were quite uncomfortable.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

2/10 Terrible

Shaul

Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Georgia

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This was an awesome location. The lodge was very clean. The only complaint was no wifi because the location being in the mountains got no signal for our phones. And this is not a complaint but a suggestion of night stands to charge phones on.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Cole

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

tasha

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Tommy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

4/10 Poor

Joanne

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ilene

Travelled with family
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2024

6/10 Okay

karen

Didn’t know where to get keys took 10-15 min and had to ask a local. Room was filthy -all linen on floor trash on floor and table and no towels. Had to call and go get another room. Bed was okay not great No wifi
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

4/10 Poor

Mark

Disliked: Cleanliness
Whereas it is a cute motel, there were a couple of disappointing things. The floor of the room was dirty. My wife wore a brand new pair of white socks and they were black within a few minutes. Second, the foam insulation along the door cheapened the otherwise cute ambiance. Third, the smoke detector was missing.. Finally, there was no internet and zero phone service with our carrier—obviously my issue is not the phone service, but since there was no internet then we were unable to communicate with anyone.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

6/10 Okay

Deborah

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Clean, needing a bit of updating, needs WiFi.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

6/10 Okay

Mary

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The stairway needed to be repainted. The gravel had wholes needed to be re pitted. Needed a upgrade
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Lisa

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We were looking for a place to stay for 1 night on our way to another destination. This was one of the cheaper places to stay, and I'd stay there again. The rooms were small, but clean and quiet. They had a fridge, microwave and coffee machine.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

James

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The room was nice, clean and had a comfortable bed. Also very convenient to RRG, hiking, etc
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Amy

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
We liked the room, the staff at the Daniel boon gift shop were very friendly and pleasant. One thing that was an eye soar was an old camper and an old ford explorer with flat tires, both took up parking space and not a lot of room to park our motorcycles and trailers. Their were 4 other couples who trailered motorcycles at the sametime. We all we're told someone would be their to let us know where to park, and no one was their. So the next day Monday we were told by the lady that lives their our trailer needed to be move by 7 am Tuesday because the garbage truck will be their at that time. If the camper and the ford explorer were moved,it would have provided better looking/views and parking.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Susan

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Joshua

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jana

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great weekend getaway
We loved this cabin style motel. We walked across the street to food and a bar and general store. The room has a fridge and microwave and some people were fishing the river right outside the door for bass. The bed was a bit uncomfortable, but we would still stay there again. It does have tv with cable, HOT water, and great water pressure. AC worked well. We did not have any cell service at all and there is no wifi, which was great for us for the weekend but may be something to plan for. Definitely go to Walden Lodge and hike Red River Gorge and the Crystal Kayaking at the Gorge Underground was super fun.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jeffrey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The solatude and genuine Hospitality from every place we stopped and shopped. We definitely recommend to friends and family.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

6/10 Okay

Hollie

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
Wasn’t too bad for the price ($99) but the beds / mattresses were hard. Not comfortable at all. 😳
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024