Bear Mountain Lodge  

"The Nature Conservancy's Bear Mountain Lodge Bear Mountain Lodge provides an inviting home base with a knowledgeable staff as you explore this beautiful region. Credit: Robert Findling "The facilities, food and staff were top notch." Experience comfort and conservation at the historic Bear Mountain Lodge near Silver City, New Mexico. Tucked away on 178 acres adjacent to the Gila National Forest, Bear Mountain Lodge is an exquisitely renovated 1920s hacienda owned and operated by The Nature Conservancy. Golden-eye with bug. Credit: Mike Fugali Located in the heart of southwestern New Mexico, this bed and breakfast offers eleven richly furnished rooms, private baths, balcony views, handcrafted furniture and delicious meals. ""We particularly enjoyed the view out of our upstairs window in the morning. It's like fine art."" Spend your days hiking and biking. Bring binoculars -- more than 300 kinds of birds are found here. Enjoy a tour of The Nature Conservancy's nearby Gila and Mimbres river nature preserves. Tuesday through Saturdays, our staff naturalists offers activities and hikes that examine the area's abundant wildlife.Nearby Silver City also offers colorful shops, galleries and a wealth of history. Naturalist Carol Fugagli holds a visiting towhee. Credit: Mike Fugagli Bear Mountain Lodge offers eleven luxuriously furnished rooms, hardwood floors, handcrafted southwestern and Mission-style furnishings, private baths and a delicious home-cooked breakfast. Our rooms are housed in three distinct buildings. Six rooms are in the two-story Lodge,four are housed in the adjacent Myra's Retreat (named for the former owner, Myra McCormick) and The Wren's Nest guesthouse offers a private getaway with an efficiency kitchen. Enjoy the comfort of our conservation-minded furniture,which was locally crafted from small-diameter sustainably harvested trees from a forest restoration project. At Bear Mountain Lodge you can relax under a star-filled sky, discover Silver City's galleries and historic buildings, bike high mountain trails and savor our mouthwatering meals. Come to explore, learn or just to relax at this unique bed and breakfast. ""We have traveled all over this world and would be hard pressed to identify a more caring group of people than the folks at the lodge."" "