Built in 1937, this hotel has a spacious art deco lobby, where you'll find an espresso cart after 4 PM. The rooms are smaller and less elegant than those at the park's other two historic hotels, but the Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel is less expensive and usually less crowded. In summer the rooms can get hot, but you can open the windows, and there are fans. More than half the rooms do not have their own bathrooms; shared baths are down the hall. The cabins, set amid lush lawns, are the nicest inside the park, but most do not have private bathrooms, and only two very expensive suites have TVs. This is one of only two lodging facilities open in winter. Some cabins have hot tubs, a nice amenity after a day of cross-country skiing or snowshoeing. Pros: Great rates for a historic property, beautiful setting near picturesque Fort Yellowstone, no better place to watch elk in the fall. Cons: Those elk grazing on the lawn can create traffic jams, many hotel rooms and cabins without private bathrooms, rooms can get hot during the day.
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