Super close to the North Rim of Black Canyon of the Gunnison. Greeted warmly. Easy check in. Fridge, coffee pot, microwave, full bath with bathtub, cable and streaming services. Someone even took time to alphabetize the TV channel guide. What's not to love?! Cute little town. Don't blink! We enjoyed their only restaurant (very nice folk) and enjoyed a good night's sleep. We would stay here again if out this way. Also, if you smoke or just want to enjoy the night air, there is a beautiful covered wood porch, comfy chairs and big tables if you'd want to play cards and such. read more

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Excellent location if you're visiting the north rim of Black Canyon of the Gunnison. The bathroom seemed like it was recently updated, but the room itself felt a bit worn. It was equipped with a microwave, fridge and TV. I called to let them know we would be arriving around 8pm. Cheri was nice enough to turn the AC on for us before our arrival, and warned us to eat ahead of time because there wouldn't be anything open in town by then. Appreciate that! Just a FYI this located across from a cemetery, if that sort of thing gives you the heebie jeebies. A-OK for a one nighter passing through. read more

Such a cute place and really nice people working there. They were so helpful and made our stay really enjoyable. It's really close to the north rim of the canyon but a little over an hour to the south rim and visitor center at the park. There is a nice coffee shop across the street too. If you are running late for check-in give them a call to let them know so they can make arrangements to get you the key and bring something for dinner bc the restaurant in town closes pretty early. read more

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This review is for the hardware store, I'm local and haven't used the hotel. Really friendly folks and a surprisingly wide selection of things you would otherwise have to leave town to pick up for projects and such. They also have good prices which is totally not what you would expect from a small rural hardware store. Everyone else in the area seems like they are price gouging by comparison. I'll check here before I go anywhere else for hardware type stuff! read more

Came here for sons wedding in paonia and they are very easy to get a hold of they answer your questions before you get there even though I did thru hotels.com. Hospitality is excellent my wife needed milk for her hot tea and everything in Crawford is closed so they just gave her some milk from there own house. We got in late and they held our room open for us and even stayed outside in patio area talking to us very friendly! I'm a big roku person so I bring my own from home everytime this was first hotel that already had a roku hooked up so I didn't have to spend 20 minutes hooking up mine. I will give a new review with pictures after last day here but day 1 couldn't have gone nicer!!! read more

Great nights sleep and the owners are awesome. Prices are reasonable. Such a convenient location for central Colorado. Thank you!

Hitching Post was very rustic but clean and comfy. Great value for the price. Quaint and some great views. Would give 5 stars, except the cooler was too loud. read more

I recently had the pleasure of staying at the Hitching Post Hotel and love it. The hotel has fantastic views of the mountains. It was a peaceful and charming place to stay and the owners were so incredibly attentive my needs. They had what my grandmother would call "Down Home Hospitality!" read more

Small, rustic, charming and cozy spot with very easy access to Black Canyon! Phenomenal hospitality! Stopped in Crawford on a road trip that included the Black Canyon. Everything from reservation to departure was easy. The rooms are easily accessible, clean, and are simple but perfect for a quick stop. Very warm too in the cold winter months. The entire hotel has that quirky, small town Colorado feel, and it's just what we needed. Everything about the hotel was charming- right on the main road through Crawford with a bar and coffee shop literal feet away. The rooms sit above the hardware store with access from the back. Hospitality was beyond excellent, and we loved getting to stop and meet the owners on our way out. Can't recommend a stay here more! read more

A friend and I needed a place to stay in the Crawford area while there for a wedding in June. Being typical small town in the middle of nowhere, Crawford offers limited (i.e. two by my count) options for overnight stay. I was however delighted when I came across the Hitching Post during an online search. I had no trouble booking a room online and promptly received confirmation via email. Unfortunately, we arrived in Crawford late at night, after a long drive from Denver. The Hitching Post is conveniently located in the middle of town, so it's hard to miss. However, due to the apparent lateness of the hour (around 11pm), the entire place was closed. There was a sign on the door with a couple of numbers to call in such an event, but as cell phone reception is notoriously non-existent in Crawford, we had no way of getting into our room. We returned to the Hitching Post early the next morning and the receptionist was more than happy to refund the first night's stay. Our room on the top floor was spacious and very simple, complete with one full bathroom, closet space and fridge. Since Crawford doesn't attract many out of town visitors, most guests at the Hitching Post are hunters, so don't expect much. The feed store doubles as a convenience store, though keep in mind that there is no room or food service at the hotel. If you're simply looking a place to stay in the area, the Hitching Post is a sure bet as it is both affordable and clean. read more

Hitching Post Hotel and Feed Store - Hotels Near Me - Crawford, Colorado

My partner and I are somewhat conflicted on how to describe this isolated hotel on the second level of a wood frame fire trap on the edge of the mesas of south central Colorado. (My partner described it as " lost in nowhere." My take is that I'm not "lost" because I'm always "somewhere.") We approached our impending arrival thinking that the uniqueness of how it was presented in the reservation website would carry the day. Sadly, it fell a bit short. My take is that it's a clean but spartan facility that minimally meets travelers' needs. She feels that, although clean, it fails to provide even the basic amenities travelers expect based on experiences with lodging facilities located elsewhere with little attention to the conveniences and comfortsto facilitate one's comfort - such as an alarm clock or toiletries beyond the most basic soap and conditioning shampoo (we found one (yes - 1) bar of soap and the cheapest conditioning shampoo on the planet). We paid $98.01 with tax for a king room, one (yes - 1) old, beat up nightstand and an old typical hotel dresser and a single (yes - 1) wastebasket. Frankly, we agree that our hosts, a rather standoffish couple who seemed to occupy themselves more with closing the feed store on the first floor upon our arrival at about 6pm than they were concerned in our comfort. After a few brief directions, we were dispatched to find our upper floor room, accessed on the backside of the building where the wooden catwalk is at-grade. Upon our discovery that there was NO toilet paper (empty cardboard roll on the dispenser), I attempted to return to the feed store to find that it was closed and dark. A phone call brought a roll with a sheepish apology from male of the pair and ONE (1) roll..., as if they couldn't risk our stealing a second roll - something we wouldn't do - if only prevented by the low quality, should we been unprincipled... A little off-putting...! I found the price "consistent with the rate that of remote hotels in settings with little competition." My partner considered it to be "typical of hotels that take advantage of tourists, enabled by the knowledge that their guests are unlikely to darken their 'lobby door' again." (The above description only a generality, since the 'lobby' is a feed store!) I suppose it comes down to one's sense of humor. I'll grant that most travelers are likely to at least desire a cheerful demeanor upon being greeted, some attempt to provide more than minimal creature comfort and a more appealing room than is likely to satisfy Sparticus (maybe you saw the movie). After settling in, we did enjoy exploring the adjacent cemetery until the rain intensified (did I mention there isn't much to do in Crawford...?), though this hotel may not be everyone's cup of tea, so to speak... My assessment is that our room was overpriced by at least $25 and the owners/operators have been hoteliers for such a long time that they are really more interested in collecting the room fee than they are with providing a quality experience - at least that is the impression they conveyed to us through their demeanor and behavior. Possibly the humor and fascination of staying in a 'feed store' would be more enduring if they were to expend a little more effort on its 'entertainment aspect,' but they certainly didn't waste any time on us upon our arrival. Instead of getting the 'Knott's Berry Farm' version, we were welcomed by 'Elmer Fudd and Yosemite Sam.' We're likely to bypass this lodging facility in the future for a little more convenience and, possibly, at a lower price - besides, the entertainment value of the novelty feed store immediately fell flat - besides, we didn't have a horse to feed, so it hardly passed as a utilitarian stop for us. The decision to stay at the Hitching Post Hotel and Feed Store probably hinges on your expectations....., and, possibly, your sense of humor. I tended to laugh it off as typical of hotels in far flung locations with little competition, acknowledging that such facilities charge what the traffic will bear. I also think that such facilities tend to provide only basic guest comfort because they are 'the only available option in a one-horse town.' My partner thought it less a comedy hour, more resembling an overpriced predatory operation calculated to minimize even the smallest expenditure that might be dedicated to guest comfort (she would have appreciated a shower cap and some hand lotion - a second wastebasket and we both agree that an additional nightstand wouldn't have bankrupted them), while the facility focused on extracting the maximum price as it failed to provide even the most basic of necessities. I leave the judgment to you. I would, however, recommend that you bring your sense of humor... read more

A small, quaint hotel smack dab in the middle of Crawford. We had no problem booking the hotel room online. When we arrived, the husband of the owning couple checked us in. He seemed quite confused when we said we had a reservation. He told us that he needed a credit card, to which we replied that we paid online. He said that the credit card number that we put in online was just to reserve the room - we hadn't actually paid yet. Online, we booked room 4 for $60, but in person, we paid $70 for room 1. My husband didn't want to argue because the owner still seemed confused. When we got to our room, there were two queen beds instead of one king. When my husband looked at the receipt, he noticed that we were given someone else's receipt. My husband went and made the receipt exchange, but didn't want to argue with the owner - it was only $10 more. The room was fine. It took awhile to cool off the room as the air conditioner was not running. The tv had Dish TV, but didn't have many options available. Phone data was completely non-existent in the area, so my husband had to go down once again for the wifi password. The shower did not have a shower head, so it did spray everywhere, but the water was warm. The beds were comfortable, but the small refrigerator and air conditioner made a lot of noise that woke me up multiple times in the middle of the night. In the end, it worked for the one night we stayed. read more