Trail's End Motel

About Trail's End Motel

Trail's End sits at the western edge of Dubois with its back rooms built right onto the bank of the Wind River, the only lodging in town that can say so. Scott and Tammy Bushnell have owned and run it for more than twenty years, and the place reflects that kind of steady, hands-on care: a genuine log building kept clean and simple, with a riverside deck, a garden, and outdoor grills for guests. It is not a designed or styled property, and it does not pretend to be. What it offers instead is an authentic log lodge on a trout river, warm owners who know the valley, and a spot in the heart of Dubois that puts the Bighorn Sheep Center, the badlands, and the long climb over Togwotee Pass to Grand Teton all within easy reach.

What Trail's End Motel Is Known For

What Trail's End does better than anywhere else in Dubois is put you directly on the Wind River. That single fact, paired with more than twenty years of steady family ownership and consistently clean, well-kept rooms, is what earns it a place here. It is an honest, unpretentious log lodge that knows exactly what it is: a warm, reliable riverside stop in one of Wyoming's most scenic valleys, run by people who clearly care about the guests who pass through. Come for the river, stay for the quiet.

Amenities

• Pets Welcome
• WiFi
• Direct Wind River frontage with fishing access
• Riverside deck over the water
• Outdoor hot tub
• Guest laundry
• Outdoor grills and garden
• Corrals and trailer parking for horses
• Kitchenette and family units

The Room

The rooms are straightforward and comfortable rather than styled: clean, rustic, and outfitted with the things that matter after a day outside, including good beds, flat-screen TVs, microwaves, and refrigerators, with kitchenette units and larger family rooms and suites for groups. Some open toward the river, and those are the ones to ask for, close enough to hear the water. The log walls and simple furnishings give the rooms a plain Western honesty. This is not a place with a design point of view in its interiors, and the honorable mention reflects that. What you get is a well-kept, quiet room a few steps from the Wind River, which for most travelers passing through Dubois is exactly the point.

The Grounds

The reason to book Trail's End is the ground it sits on. The Wind River runs right along the property, with a deck set above the water, lawn and garden space, and fishing access straight from the bank, a rare thing to have outside your door. There is an outdoor hot tub for soaking after a cold day, guest laundry, and grills for cooking what you catch. Because this is horse country, the property also keeps corrals and trailer parking for guests traveling with their own animals. Downtown Dubois, with its boardwalks and western storefronts, is a short walk away, and free parking sits right outside the rooms.

The Experience

A stay here is about slowing down to river pace. Mornings start with coffee and the sound of the Wind River; days run out toward the Bighorn Sheep Center, the painted badlands north of town, or the long scenic climb over Togwotee Pass toward the Tetons; evenings come back to the deck, a grill, and the water going by. Dubois is a small, friendly ranch town that has not been polished into a resort, and Trail's End fits it perfectly: unfussy, welcoming, and genuinely tied to its place. Anglers in particular treat it as a home base, casting from the lawn at first and last light.

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