Elk River Lodge & General Store — Hotel in Elk River

Where do I start. We went down for the ice fishing tournament. Check in was at 8 am but apparently that doesn’t matter. People checked in all day to fish which seemed unfair. We got up early, drove an hour and half to make check in on time all for a guy to cheat the tourney. He checked in half way through the day and didn’t fish, brought some 3 pound trout from a different lake. He was never announced and they never showed the fish to the public. He was handed his prize money and bolted. So thank you kind sir for ruining it for my daughter and the rest of us. The tournament wasn’t professional whatsoever. We walked down to the local bar/restaurant and waited an hour and half for our food that turned out to be awful anyways. We spoke with the owner and waitress and the only we got was an apology. We still had to pay $100.00 bill for burnt/cold food because they were surprised by the tournament turnout. Rooms were ok but I wouldn’t recommend. There wasn’t enough water to do anything with, no WiFi, the place was very loud because your rooms are by multiple entrances into the place. Everyone shares a common bathroom which is odd. The room pictures on the website are not up to date. The rooms mostly hold twin beds. They’re not very family/ kid friendly. The only thing they had going for them was the breakfast. The staff was always very friendly and helpful but we won’t stay again. It will always just be a...

Elk River Lodge - The last store at the end of the road. Gas, and great little market for restocking. Nice people, and have all the info on the area. Love to camp in the area, and makes me feel good to have tank topped off, for it really is last gas, and endless miles of jeep trails and logging roads. Stayed three nights at the lodge above the store. No need to lock your car or anything else in this place. If you want to get away, camping is over the top, camp sites or just on forestry property, and have never seen it crowded. Town and this Store are little Jewels, and don't forget about a tree that is over 3000 years old, walk among very old grove trees just a short drive out of town on good logging roads. Remarkable country, have seen wolves twice out on the roads and...

The general store is amazing. I'm 30 now and myself as well as my immediate family and uncle Steve and aunt Nene have been coming down to Elk River for camping since I can first remember- and I always looked forward to coming over and having some huckleberry ice cream before going down to the swimming hole. I myself haven't been down here in awhile now so I can't speak too much about the hotel part, but my family still comes down every summer to stay here and they all tell me how amazing it is. I definitely recommend this place, you'll leave with some amazing...