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3 out of 5
Northern Sky Lodge
8587 Parks Hwy, Fairbanks, AK

Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 101 out of 140 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 25 out of 140 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 11 out of 140 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 140 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 140 reviews" "

9.6/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

9.0/10

Amenities

9.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Karen

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Sanchit

Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Debra

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great place to see the aurora.
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

David

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very quiet and clean. Rex, our host was helpful but unobtrusive. Make sure you buy some food and take it in with you as only breakfast is provided. Lots of breakfast choices and the dining area was very nice. We would definitely visit again
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Astrid

Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

TETSURO

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Guilherme

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Rex is an excellent host, and the property is beautiful I recommend it.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Tjay

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
If you are looking for peace and quiet and a place that is out of the way, this is the place. It is older and bit rusty, but this adds to it's charm. I highly recommend staying there.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Karie, woodinville

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is a unique property. You enter in a vestibule, so bring all your stuff in 1st. You remove your shoes inside the mud room area before the living room. You cant access your room from outside. On the 1st floor, the bedrooms are down a hall past the common area of a small living room and large Kitchen/eating space with lots of windows. The place clean and tidy. A work in progress for Rex and his partner. We got Room #4 We had a double Bed room, my bed was great. big pillows. Didn't know that to watch TV you will need to go to the common area. No Big Deal. There was only one other couple there and they weren't interested in watching TV, nor were we really. My friend i was with, didnt like that the open jars of jelly and peanut butter put out for the continental breakfast are all shared too. hopefully no one licks their knives or spoons before dipping. we washed our dishes, even tho there wasnt any direction to wash or leave, so we washed and left them on the drain board, picked up our garbage. There is a community refrig. to share or keep things to eat. There was milk in there that we used for coffee since we forgot to buy in town. The kitchen is large so if you are planning to make dinner or lunch it has everything. You just need to buy things in town. Due to clouds, we didn't see the northern lights, nor any wildlife, went dog sledding with Bob Cotter (great), to Chena hot springs, drove to Denali park, didn' see Denali either. Saw Santa in North Pole, It was an adventure.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Being out in the middle of no where
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Melody

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very peaceful quiet and everything one needs, great dining area!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Dore

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Rex is amazing . Very intimate and cohesive experience . Northern Lights right outside the door!
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotels.com info sucks again
Once again hotels.com has false information. This was a hostel. You share a bathroom with 4 rooms. 1 toilet, 1 shower. Had I known this, I would not have booked. Other than that the place was cute and clean.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Rex on 13 Sept 2023
We are sorry to hear your stay with us was not amazing. Only two of our rooms share a bathroom (the Eagle & Aurora rooms), all of our other rooms have private bathrooms.We have requested Expedia make this information more obvious on their family of websites. For now, you have to click on "More Details " for the room listing and scroll down to "Room amenities" in order to see the bathroom setup.We apologize this had a negative impact on your visit but are glad you otherwise enjoyed the splendor of our lodge.

8/10 Good

Ada

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This was a small lodge off the highway. Everything was pretty much self serve no host interaction unless you request it. We met a very nice couple in the main dining room/great room and we exchanged tips on our travels. That was our social interactions for the night. Slept comfortably for a night stay.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Anum Khurram

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Amazing property. At first when you enter into the woods, it seems a little strange. But when you get to the property and get into your room, it is extremely clean and cozy. There's a deck that overlooks the mountains and it is extremely peaceful. We sat there in the morning before heading out, and it was the perfect way to start the day with nature.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Long

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Property is nice and clean. It would be better if morning breakfast could be a warm things like scrambled eggs or hot soup would be nice.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Rex on 1 Sept 2023
We are sorry to hear our continental breakfast was not quite what you were hoping for. Our shared kitchen is fully equipped with cookware and available for all guests to use to prepare lunch, dinner, or a little something extra for breakfast and a full size fridge is available for storing groceries.Your feedback is important to us and we are looking into offering hot breakfast items for the future. Thank you for staying with us. We hope to see you again!

10/10 Excellent

Angelika, ARVADA

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful views. Great kitchen and patio for breakfast. Super nice and clean place. Feels like home.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Juhn Tae

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

karthik

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Deborsh

Liked: Amenities
Very nice property beautifully kept offers everything anyone would need.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

GRACE

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Marti

Travelled with partner
Liked: Amenities
Loved the location and the clean quiet room. Hosts are very personable
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Jess on 13 Aug 2023
Thank you for staying with us and taking the time to leave a review!

8/10 Good

Clyde

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I was initially disappointed at how far from Fairbanks the lodge is, but I got used to the drive and enjoyed staying there.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Jess on 13 Aug 2023
Thank you for choosing to stay with us!

8/10 Good

Ronald

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Gregory, aiken

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Patrick, Hartland

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
All around great stay. Can't think of a way to improve it.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023
Response from Jess on 13 Aug 2023
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review and choosing to stay with us!

10/10 Excellent

Harold

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Located about 30 minutes south of Fairbanks, so convenient, but away from the noise of the city. We loved the big kitchen and dining area, which we made good use of, and the room, with it's impressive log walls, was comfortable and cool, despite the summer heat.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Jess on 13 Aug 2023
We are glad to hear you had a comfortable stay, we hope to see you again if your travels bring you back up to Fairbanks!

10/10 Excellent

Michelle

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023
Response from Jess on 13 Aug 2023
Thank you for staying with us!

10/10 Excellent

Philip

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Awesome view from back deck!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Jess on 13 Aug 2023
Thank you for choosing to stay with us, we are glad to hear you enjoyed your stay!

6/10 Okay

Julianna

It was clean inside. The outside was let go, & messy... not mowed. It was a shared bathroom, a shared common room w/ tv, not impressed for $160. Slept well, would maybe stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Jess on 13 Aug 2023
Thank for providing us with your feedback, unfortunately, we were having mower difficulties and waiting on a replacement piece. We have multiple room options, two of which have a shared bathroom which is listed in the room description. We hope to see you again if your travels bring you this way!

10/10 Excellent

Xiongtao

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Jess on 13 Aug 2023
Thank you for staying with us!

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Jess on 13 Aug 2023
Thank you for staying with us!

10/10 Excellent

Mary

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Rustic, interesting decor - perfect for an Alaskan lodge. We stayed in the Denali room which was very comfortable and included all necessary amenities.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from Jess on 13 Aug 2023
Thank you for choosing to stay with us and taking the time to leave a review!

10/10 Excellent

Eugenia

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful lodge in a quiet and pristine area.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023
Response from Jess on 13 Aug 2023
We are glad to hear you enjoyed your stay, hope to see you again if your travel brings you back this way!

10/10 Excellent

Rebecca

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Quality stay!
First thing I noticed, mosquitoes (crazy amount in our room). Otherwise, this place is great! Very nice, friendly hosts, nice breakfast, super comfy bed and hot shower. Lived everything about this place but the crazy amounts of mosquitoes and distance from town (which may be a plus for some).
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023
Response from Rex on 27 Jun 2023
We are so glad you enjoyed your stay with us! Mosquitoes are the unofficial "state bird" of Alaska and are unavoidable during the summer months.We apply a bee, pet, and child safe spray around the perimeter of the lodge to try and keep them away but some will always get inside. Each of our guest rooms has a mosquito trap and there is bug spray available upon request. We do our best to safely mitigate their nuisance and hope they did not impact your rest too much.

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great stay and awesome staff.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from Rex on 22 Jun 2023
We are so glad you enjoyed your stay with us! It was a pleasure to meet you and we hope you come back soon.

8/10 Good

Jeffrey

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Finding a Jewel
The location is beautiful and the lodge looks great. It was not perfect, but I would stay over and over again if the occasion arises.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from Rex on 20 Jun 2023
We are so happy you enjoyed your stay with us and look forward to seeing you again in the future!

8/10 Good

Niki

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I really liked everything about this property but I will say that the walls are thin and you can hear people sometimes. Other than that I enjoyed everything.
Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2023
Response from Rex on 20 Jun 2023
Thank you for the feedback. We are investigating ways to improve the soundproofing for our rooms and are glad you otherwise enjoyed your stay.

8/10 Good

Ace

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
An excellent Lodge. Friendly owner. A quiet and peaceful place. I will recommend it to my friends.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from Rex on 20 Jun 2023
We are so glad you enjoyed your stay with us and look forward to hosting you and your friends in the future!

10/10 Excellent

Marianne

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
BEAUTIFUL LODGE AND HAD IT TO OURSELVES ! VERY RELAXING ATMOSPHERE.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Response from Jess on 4 Jun 2023
We are so glad to hear you were able to have an enjoyable and relaxing vacation! We hope to see you back again if your travels bring your to Fairbanks again.

10/10 Excellent

Daniel

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It was nice and quiet on a remote property. Staff was friendly and we could cook our own food and sit on the porch. Would go again when the northern lights come back.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Response from Jess on 4 Jun 2023
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review, we are so glad to hear that you enjoyed your time with us. We hope to see you again in the future when the northern lights arrive!

10/10 Excellent

Pensiri

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It’s nice and quiet place, :)
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023
Response from Jess on 4 Jun 2023
We are so glad to hear you enjoyed your stay! Thank you for taking the time to leave a review.

10/10 Excellent

Roosevelt, Linden

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Highly recommend
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023
Response from Jess on 7 May 2023
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review! It was our pleasure to have you stay with us!

10/10 Excellent

Emerson

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Highly recommend
Highly recommend, great place, sparkling clean, nice atmosphere, well set up breakfast, owner are super friendly.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023
Response from Rex on 18 Apr 2023
We are so glad you enjoyed your stay with us!

10/10 Excellent

Mai

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is located in the remote area from downtown, so you need to purchase some groceries because there is no stores around this lodge. However, there are some trail behind the lodge and one good dog.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2023

8/10 Good

Zena-Lee

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great stay! Beautiful scenery and lots of outdoor land to discover. This is an absolute gem
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kota

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Owners are friendly, room was clean
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Makar

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is an amazing resort. The mountain view is priceless. Staff is very professional. It was my pleasure to discover that the employees really care about this place! Stayed here for 2 nights. Very cozy and comfortable place to stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Khin

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
need more put flowers that be great .
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022