Place to stay near airport

Never been to Billings and am confused about some of the other posts here about staying in the dangerous part of town, etc.....also some of the reviews on the hotel pages here are over 2 years old.....We will be arriving very late and want a clean, quiet place to stay for one night, one where it will be safe to park a rental car......any suggestions ??

Place to stay near airport

We stayed last year at the Best Western Kelly Inn. It is about 7 miles from the airport, which may be farther than you want. It was brand new and we were very pleased. Right in town, about a mile or so from the airport is the Rimrock which I have seen recommended on this site. I have also had family members stay there and they said it was fine.

Place to stay near airport

The Rimrock Inn is on North 27th Street which is the street you have to drive down from the airport on so it would be really convenient. It is only about 1 mile mile from the airport (and about a 3/4 mile from me lol). There is a Perkins Restaurant real close. That area is next to a huge hospital corridor for 2 hospitals. There are other hotels in that area either right on N 27th or a block off to the west. Right in the middle of the downtown area are some other hotels- one of the tallest buildings downtown being The Crown Plaza.

North 27th Street is really easy to access to I90 where you turn west and drive about 15 miles to the exit to go to either Red Lodge (northeast entrance over Beartooth Pass) or Cody (east entrance). If you want to enter through the north entrance (Gardiner) you%26#39;ll stay on I90.and then a straight shot through downtown and up to the airport.

For ease of driving off the interstate to the hotel and finding a place to eat I would probably recommend getting a hotel off Exit 446 (West Billings). You can drive through town to get there but probably the easiest (tho longer) route later at night would be to drive down N 27th until you get to I90 (maybe about 4 miles) and then turn west on the exit to I90. You would then drive maybe another 5 miles to get to Exit 446. There are a variety of hotels south and north of that exit. Three hotels I would recommend north of the exit are Spring Hill Suites by Marriot, Quality Inn Homestead, %26amp; C%26#39;Mon Inn. South of the exit- Holiday Inn and Billings Hotel %26amp; Convention. North of the exit are many different and easily accessible restaurants- In very close vacinity are: Outback Steak House, HuHot, Texas Roadhouse, Brunos (Italian), Fuddruckers, Red Lobster,Denny%26#39;s, Olive Garden, Old Chicago. Up the street about a mile is a Famous Dave%26#39;s and a Johnny Carinos (and some other hotels). On the south side of the interstate there is a Cracker Barrel.

The Days Inn is off the same exit at the Quality Inn but you have to make some weird street turns to get to it. There are other hotels/motels near it but its a little isolated as far as restaurants nearby.

You can never guarantee total safety but of the areas I%26#39;ve mentioned above are the ones I%26#39;d feel safest in.

Hopefully I%26#39;ve been of some help. If you need any more information ask away.

Deb

Best place to stay is in Homestead area. Great restaurants and good hotels. We stayed at the Quality Inn and Suites last year. Nice hot breakfast and very safe.

The airport is right up the hill from the hospital area. There are hotels near the hospital and down 27th Street. Downtown is more dangerous if you go south of the tracks at night, but I don%26#39;t think it qualifies as dangerous during normal hours. There are some very nice hotels down there.

The more modern area of Billings as at the south end of 24th St. West and King Avenue, and has the newest hotels and a lot of chain restaurants. It is not particularly close to the airport, but Billings is not that large of a town.

You could also go the other direction from the airport down Zimmerman Trail to hotels by Billings Metra Park in the Heights.

We have reservations for Hilton Garden Inn in June. Is this an ok area. We are not familiar with Billings and were also a bit concerned about the other posts.

To travelingjb

You don%26#39;t need to worry about the area of town that the Hilton Garden Inn is in. While you can%26#39;t guarantee safety anywhere, it is in one of the safest areas of town. It is off of King Ave/24th Street West where the main shopping/hotel/restaurant area is. It is off Exit 446 on I90 (north side). I%26#39;ve detailed that area in a previous post on this thread. There are so many new hotels in that area. I think the Hilton Garden Inn is just next to (west) Old Chicago Pizza %26amp; Pasta. If its the one I%26#39;m thinking it is its tucked behind some bigger stores and can be easy to miss if you arrive after dark. Are you driving or flying in? I missed going to Costco today because of snow. When I go next weekend I%26#39;ll check the exact location out for you.

Deb

Deb, thanks for the information. I did read your previous post about the exit and area but I couldn%26#39;t find the exit number for this hotel and I don%26#39;t think the street had been mentioned. We are flying in but our Billings stay is at the end of our trip. We are flying then going to Teton/Yellowstone for 5 days, next up to Ft. Benton then over to Glacier for 3 nights then to Missoula for a couple of nights then back to Billings. We thought we would spend one day in the Billings area doing some things such as the Custer Battlefield before our early flight the next day. We should be coming into Billings in the daylight but who knows. We are spur of the moment stoppers if something catches our interest.