L'Auberge de Sedona
Walk to Uptown
Creekside
$$$$
Creekside cottages you can walk to Uptown from. Water rather than panorama.
Details, fees & parking →Where to Stay in Sedona: Areas, Views & Trail Access (2026)
Where you stay in Sedona matters more than usual this year, because most of the northwest-side trails are closed and the open ones are clustered along SR 179. That makes the Village of Oak Creek the most practical base right now, not the resorts out toward Boynton Canyon. We don't quote nightly rates — they're dynamic and any number would be wrong by the time you read it — so price tiers here describe positioning, not a quoted price.
Uptown Sedona
Amara Resort & Spa
Infinity pool
Walk to Uptown
$$$
Design-forward boutique with an infinity pool facing the rocks. Walk to Uptown.
Details, fees & parking →Outbound Sedona
Rebranded
Pet-friendly
Tennis & pickleball
This is the old Poco Diablo, rebranded. Same SR 179 address, red rock views.
Details, fees & parking →West Sedona
The Wilde Resort & Spa
Renamed 2021
West Sedona
This is the old Sedona Rouge, renamed in 2021. Same West Sedona address.
Details, fees & parking →Southwest Inn at Sedona
No resort fee
Salt cave & sauna
Pet-friendly
Small boutique, no resort fee, salt cave and sauna, close to the trailhead roads.
Details, fees & parking →Village of Oak Creek
Airport Mesa
Boynton Canyon
Oak Creek Canyon
Junipine Resort
Cool in summer
Check canyon conditions
Creekhouses in the canyon, a mile from West Fork. Forest, not red rock.
Details, fees & parking →Briar Patch Inn
Arizona's top B&B 2025
Very quiet
Check canyon conditions
20 creekside cabins on nine acres. Arizona's top-rated B&B, and deeply quiet.
Details, fees & parking →Don Hoel's Cabins
1920s cabins
Kid & pet friendly
Check canyon conditions
Sixteen 1920s log cabins with private creek access. The affordable canyon option.
Details, fees & parking →Orchard Canyon on Oak Creek
Renamed from Garland's
Check canyon conditions
This is the old Garland's Lodge, sold and renamed. Historic canyon lodge.
Details, fees & parking →Three big properties changed name — and old listings still use the old ones
Sedona Rouge Hotel & Spa → The Wilde Resort & Spa (renamed 2021, same West Sedona address).
Poco Diablo Resort → Outbound Sedona (rebranded; the old domain now redirects to the new one).
Garland's Oak Creek Lodge → Orchard Canyon on Oak Creek (sold and renamed).
Also mid-transition: Los Abrigados has been moving from Diamond Resorts to Hilton Grand Vacations branding, so its current legal name is unsettled — verify before booking.
If a guide is still selling you "Poco Diablo," its other Sedona facts are probably several years old too.
Camping, and why we're being careful about it
Oak Creek Canyon's Forest Service campgrounds — Manzanita, Pine Flat and Cave Spring — are the classic budget option, booked through Recreation.gov.
Right now their status is genuinely unreliable. When we checked, the Forest Service's own pages listed Manzanita and Pine Flat as temporarily closed due to the Pocket Fire, while Cave Spring's page said "open" while simultaneously referencing the active closure order — a contradiction on the agency's own site.
We're not going to resolve that for you with a guess. Call the campground or check Recreation.gov the same day before driving up. See what's closed.