I normally hate staying at "motel" style places but we chose here due to location. Excellent choice! Location can't be beat. Views from back patio are clear views of dunes. Favorite place to sit and enjoy. Older woman in office was so sweet. We rented sleds with no issue & checked in early no issue. Very clean rooms with fridge and microwave. Kids loved that it had day bed and trundle so they had their own beds. Breakfast was simple but more than adequate for families especially with young kids (muffins juice coffee granola bars pop tarts waffles toast frozen burritos). They give you trays so everyone comes in grabs food eats back at their rooms patio and just return tray. Would definitely recommend and would stay here again. Booked for location but definitely didn't feel like we "suffered" just to get location. Peaceful stay we'd do again!

Great Sand Dunes NP is pretty remote and if you don't want to camp or stay in an RV park, this is pretty much it for about a half an hour. We stayed in the park view queen room which came with two queen beds. All the rooms (I believe) have a patio that overlooks the park and the best part of the room is this amazing view! We loved sitting out there to watch the sunset over the dunes. The room itself is pretty small and basic. We also had a few lights that did not work - the light on the patio didn't work and we didn't find that out until after their office was closed. Additionally one of the indoor lights was also burned out. The only food nearby is at the Oasis restaurant, which is takeout only. We were disappointed to learn they were serving an abbreviated menu, so be prepared for that. Breakfast at the Lodge was still a hot breakfast - they said they are letting four people in the office at a time and you tell them what you want, then they cook it and you bring it back to your room; I had a waffle. I was a bit disappointed though that they didn't stick to the four person limit. My husband and I were in the office waiting on our food when a family of six stuck their head in and asked if they could also come in (and not all of them were wearing masks). The woman cooking said "Sure" so now we had way more than four people in this tiny office. Additionally the woman cooking was not wearing her mask correctly (not covering her nose). I feel all staff should be required to wear correctly-worn masks during a pandemic and that they should stick to no more than 4 in the tiny office at a time. Ideally just make it no more than one group/family unit at a time.

I stayed here one night with my dog. The room was super clean. The only gripe I have about the room is I did not have a screen on my sliding door like other units do and the AC can’t be turned on all the time so it got quite warm in my room during the night when the AC turned off. The breakfast area was very well stocked and every one of the employees I encountered was very nice. The views of the sand dunes are excellent. It was a nice quiet place to stay.