Reed's Lodge
514 E Main St
Springerville, AZ
A restored 1949 motor court on Arizona's high-country Route 60.
About Reed's Lodge
Reed's opened in 1949 as a motor lodge on US-60, then billed as the nation's first coast-to-coast highway, catching drivers as they climbed into Arizona's high country. Instead of chasing it out with beige carpet and drop ceilings, the family who keeps the place has leaned into what makes it special: locally milled knotty pine walls, log beams pulled from the adjacent national forest, and rooms shaped by care rather than a corporate template. The result is a working motor court that still feels handmade, with a lobby the owners call the Living Room and a memory of John Wayne, who owned a ranch nearby and was known to sit at Reed's playing cards with local ranchers.
What Reed's Lodge Is Known For
The individually decorated rooms are the standout. In an era of interchangeable motel interiors, Reed's treats each room as its own project, and guests notice, calling the place fun, special, and unlike anywhere else on the route.
Amenities
- Pets Welcome
- Breakfast Included
- WiFi
- Light continental breakfast, fresh coffee and hot drinks, a lobby fireplace, a game room with board games, wireless internet, and a communal picnic and barbecue area on the lawn. The property is pet friendly with a designated relief area.
What Guests Love
- Individually themed, hand-decorated rooms with real character
- A genuine 1949 motor court lovingly restored rather than modernized away
- Warm knotty pine and log-beam interiors milled and pulled from the local forest
- Communal lawn with picnic and barbecue space
- Friendly, family-run hospitality with a fireplace lobby and game room
Worth Knowing
- The lodge fronts US-60, the main road through town, so a few rooms catch some through-traffic noise
- Some rooms are on the cozy side, in keeping with a mid-century motor court
- This is a small mountain town, so keep normal after-dark awareness when walking around at night
- It is a character stay, not a full-service resort, so set expectations toward warmth and charm over luxury
The Room
The rooms are the heart of it, each one decorated as its own little world rather than a copy of the room next door. Some lean into a warm mid-century look with retro touches and playful color, others into the ranch-country grain of aged pine and log, and a few carry a bit of Hollywood glamour. Each opens to the outside through its own door in the true motor-court way, so you park, step in, and settle. What ties them together is not a theme but a feeling of being decorated by hand, clean and cozy and a genuine change from the ordinary motel room.
The Grounds
Outside, the grounds are meant to be used. There is lawn to stretch out on, a picnic and barbecue area for a slow evening meal, and shade from a mix of trees with seasonal flowers coming and going. Western-style structures built from juniper and pine logs give the space a rustic, high-country feel, and there is even a designated spot for four-legged guests. It is a communal, unhurried kind of yard, the sort of place where road-trip strangers end up chatting over a grill.
The Experience
Staying at Reed's is classic Americana done right. You are on the old US-60 in a mountain town at roughly 7,000 feet, with a fireplace in the lobby, a game room for a rainy afternoon, and coffee going in the morning. It is the honest version of the roadside lodge, where the appeal is warmth and character instead of gloss, and where the drive that brought you there is half the point.
Details
Springerville, AZ 85938
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Reed's Lodge pet friendly?
Yes, Reed's Lodge is pet friendly.
Does Reed's Lodge serve breakfast?
Yes, Reed's Lodge includes breakfast.
Does Reed's Lodge have WiFi?
Yes, Reed's Lodge has WiFi.
What is there to do near Reed's Lodge?
Casa Malpais Archaeological Site: 2 miles, about a 5 minute drive, or you can bike there. Coronado Trail Scenic Byway: 5 miles, about a 10 minute drive, or you can bike there. Sipe White Mountain Wildlife Area: 10 miles, about a 20 minute drive.
How far is Reed's Lodge from Casa Malpais Archaeological Site?
2 miles, about a 5 minute drive, or you can bike there.
How far is Reed's Lodge from Coronado Trail Scenic Byway?
5 miles, about a 10 minute drive, or you can bike there.
How far is Reed's Lodge from Sipe White Mountain Wildlife Area?
10 miles, about a 20 minute drive.
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Things to Do Near Arizona White Mountains
Casa Malpais Archaeological Site
2 miles, about a 5 minute drive, or you can bike there.
A remarkable ancestral Puebloan great house set into black basalt cliffs just outside town, visited on a guided tour from the local museum.
Coronado Trail Scenic Byway
5 miles, about a 10 minute drive, or you can bike there.
The start of one of Arizona's most spectacular and least-traveled mountain drives, twisting south through the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest.
Sipe White Mountain Wildlife Area
10 miles, about a 20 minute drive.
High meadows, ponds, and hiking trails prized for elk, pronghorn, and birdwatching in the White Mountains high country.