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Black Bear Lodge Motel

2.5 star property

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Room, 2 Double Beds
Room, 2 Double Beds | Porch
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Property entrance

Reviews

8.0 out of 10
Very good

Popular amenities

  • Parking included
  • Air conditioning

Explore the area

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781 Natural Bridge Rd, Slade, KY, 40376
  • Natural Bridge State Park
    ‪1 min walk‬
  • Kentucky Reptile Zoo
    ‪2 min drive‬
  • Red River Gorge
    ‪17 min drive‬

Room options

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Room, 2 Double Beds

Room, 2 Double Beds

8.2 out of 10
Very good
(20 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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About the area

Slade

When you stay at Black Bear Lodge Motel in Slade, you'll be in the mountains, just steps from Natural Bridge State Park and 3 minutes by foot from Osborne Bend Trail. .This motel is 9.4 mi (15.2 km) from Red River Gorge and 0.2 mi (0.3 km) from Fat Man's Misery.
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What's nearby

  • Natural Bridge State Park - 1 min walk - 0.0 km
  • Fat Man's Misery - 5 min walk - 0.4 km
  • Kentucky Reptile Zoo - 2 min drive - 2.1 km
  • Red River Gorge Geological Area - 6 min drive - 7.3 km
  • Red River Gorge - 17 min drive - 14.9 km

Getting around

  • Blue Grass Airport (LEX) - 64 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Miguel's Pizza - ‬11 min walk
  • ‪Toads Barn Grill - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪Daniel Boone Coffee Shop - ‬11 min walk
  • ‪Callie's Lake and Campground In Red River Gorge - ‬13 min drive
  • ‪Red River Rockhouse - ‬7 min drive

About this property

Black Bear Lodge Motel

Motel with free parking, steps from Natural Bridge State Park
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.

Make yourself at home in one of the 10 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and microwaves. Satellite television is provided for your entertainment. Bathrooms have shower/tub combinations and hair dryers. Conveniences include desks and coffee/tea makers, and housekeeping is provided weekly.
Make use of convenient amenities, which include a picnic area and barbecue grills.
Satisfy your appetite at the motel's coffee shop/cafe, or stop in at the grocery/convenience store.
The front desk is staffed during limited hours. Free self parking is available onsite.

Property amenities

Parking and transport

  • Free uncovered self parking on site

Food and drink

  • A coffee shop/cafe

Family friendly

  • Grocery/convenience store
  • In-room microwave
  • In-room refrigerator

Conveniences

  • ATM
  • Grocery/convenience store
  • Limited-hour front desk

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (weekly)

Outdoors

  • Barbecue grill
  • In the mountains
  • Picnic area

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower/bathtub combination
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • TV with satellite channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Microwave
  • Refrigerator

More

  • Air conditioning
  • 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 within 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 any questions, 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

Pets not allowed (service animals welcome)

Children and extra beds

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

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 and a smoke detector
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms

Property is also known as

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

Black Bear Lodge Motel Reviews

Reviews

8.0

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 239 out of 597 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 210 out of 597 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 78 out of 597 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 43 out of 597 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 27 out of 597 reviews

8.4/10

Cleanliness

8.2/10

Staff & service

7.2/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Amy

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Room was clean. A few minir issues noted above.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Bill

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Amber

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

6/10 Okay

Jon

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities
Smallest bar of soap I ever saw for two day use for two people. The room was nice, but the beds not that comfortable.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Curtis, Canton

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Clean and comfortable. no wifi.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

2/10 Terrible

DANIELLE

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

D

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

4/10 Poor

Kevin

Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
No communication. after finding the place to receive the key,there was 0 communication on where to leave the key at departure.a phone # given ,but no cell service anywhere near the place.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Darlene

Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was rustic but clean and fairly quiet.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

6/10 Okay

Laura

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Unfortunately I can’t give a great review. The staff was very friendly and helpful, however, the grounds needed some work. In the parking lot is an old, dirty RV and another car that has flat tires and is full of trash. The upstairs landing, where my room was had seating to enjoy the view but the area was full of spider webs on the railing and on the lights and bird poop in front of our door. It would have been a really nice spot to hang out if it had been cleaned, it wouldn’t take much. Inside, the room was very clean but the pillows were as flat as pancakes.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

6/10 Okay

Rachel

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
I liked the location and the people, everyone was friendly. The room was clean, the A/C was cold, the shower was nice with good water pressure. My only complaint is the mattress was uncomfortable. And I needed more towels. The BBQ restaurant across the street was good but didn't open until Thursday. I would stay there again but next time I will bring extra towels and pillows. I had a great time in Daniel Boone National Park. Thank you.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2025

4/10 Poor

judith

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This place was unique, but old and had a stale odor. It still had carpet on the floor. Bathroom was small. No where to sit in the rooms except on the bed. Several of the chairs outside, broke when we sat on them. We stayed here 3 nights, and we wouldn’t have if we would have had somewhere else to go. There was a Sasquatch convention or something going on, so everything was busy. We had booked 2 months before and weren’t aware of that. We were doing the Red River Gorge cave kayaking and Ruby Falls etc., and the motel was very close to the attractions. We assumed that everything was priced that high in the area. It was not what we expected for the money, and even though we didn’t see any live bugs inside, we did clean up several dead ones on arrival.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2025

6/10 Okay

stacie, independance

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Amenities
It's a good location right off the highway. Easy to get to all the sites around the area, just no internet access, no cell service. Makes it hard to stay in touch with family.And parking lot is not motorcycle friendly at all.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

8/10 Good

Salvatore

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Enjoyed the quiet rustic setting
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

ALAN

Travelled with group
Very quite and really cool place
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Vaghinak, Nashville

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Everything was great
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The rooms were very nice. It was a peaceful place to stay.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jess

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great stay!
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Trisha

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Rustic and awesome.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jason

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service

3/5

Power went out and there was no backup power so we spent about 4-5 hours shortly after arrival with no lights, no air conditioning, no tv, and no hot water. Was hopeful that we would be contacted by management to offer an amendment to our reservation in exchange for the services we paid for but did not receive. Unfortunately did not hear from anyone. The next evening we came in to take a shower and there was again no hot water. Took a cold shower and it felt like there was cleaning product still in the bathtub. Very slick-slippery once water in the tub was turned on. Dropped my phone and had to retrieve it from under the bed and was met with what could only have been months of dirt and dust that clearly hadn’t been swept in some time. Beds were comfortable, and there are hangers for your clothes. Coffee is provided in the room as well as at the building for check in down the road. Location is great if you’re visiting any of the local parks areas. You must let the cashier know you are staying at the black bear lodge in order to get your free coffee at the check in building. All of the local shops close by 8-9 so make sure you check them out earlier in the day.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

8/10 Good

Luther

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Road from highway to bridge (very short distance) was very bumpy. Tiny bar of soap - bring your own. Heat and A/C worked well.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Ruth Ann

Stayed 1 night in May 2025

4/10 Poor

Mark

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
No top sheet on one bed. Linen questionable. Quite noisy at night.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

4/10 Poor

Joanna

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Annette

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2025