Joslyn House, Bingen Oregon - Southwest Lodging

We are located one mile east of the Hood River Bridge (on the Washinngton side of the Columbia River) we are on the North side of HWY 14, between the Dickey Farm Stand and farm fields, just before you come to the city of Bingen.

Joslyn House offers its guests:
* A Grand Old House on the Columbia Gorge built in 1860 by Erastus Joslyn
* Rates $86.00 to $107.50 (all tax included) double occupancy, all rooms share hall baths (we have four baths - two on each floor)
*choose from a selection breakfast menu items, featuring espresso/lattes, several juices, fruit cocktail and sweet bread tray
* Ski Mt Hood Meadows with our $35 all day (four shift) pass available with overnight stay
* 35 miles to Mt Hood Meadows ski, 2 miles to many good restaurants, pubs, and shops
* Full-sized outdoor hot-tub
* Seven rooms, each with a distinctive personality (we usually offer only four rooms at a time)
* TV Room with a large selection of videos
* Free WiFi and loaner laptop

Joslyn House is a non-smoking environment.

Families and small children are welcome.

Sorry no pets, although they may stay in your car in our large, quiet parking lot with a view of farm fields.

Joslyn House is located conveniently close to Hood River Oregon, Mt Hood, Mt Adams, the waterfalls and hiking trails of the Columbia gorge, and the high desert. Portland's shopping and cultural events are less than an hour's drive away. Joslyn House is centrally located to prime Gorge windsurfing areas. Easy walking distance to the Bingen Marina and Amtrak station. Enterprise car rental drop offs can be arranged.

FOR CENTURIES, the Native Americans living in the great Northwest knew about the wondrous beauty and grandeur of the mighty Columbia River and the spectacular gorge that carried it through the majestic Cascade mountains. As the first inhabitants, they depended on the abundant natural wealth of the area, and left a legacy that continues today.

1807 brought Lewis and Clark to this land, and the start of the European migration that followed. Early newcomers came to hunt and trap the abundant wildlife, and later to farm the fertile land and establish settlements.

ERATUS AND MARY JOSLYN were among those early pioneers. After their first house was destroyed by members of the Yakama Nation, they built what is now know as the Joslyn House in 1860. During the years they lived in the area, the Joslyns raised fruit and vegetables for the inhabitants of the gold rush boom towns of Oregon and Idaho, including the fledgling town called Portland. Early visitors came up the Columbia river by sternwheeler river boat.

Eratus Joslyn named the White Salmon River, taught the native inhabitants and held Sunday worship services for them. The Joslyns also provided travelers a free room for the night.

The second owners were the Suksdorfs, a prominent local German family. The Suksdorfs named the town of Bingen. They lavishly expanded Joslyn House.

JOSLYN HOUSE has a long reputation for its fine service and hospitality. Just an hour's drive from Portland (and centrally located in one of the most diverse and scenic natural areas in the United States) it offers the visitor a quiet destination for relaxation, or a central location from which to venture forth. With so much to see and do within easy day trip distances, Joslyn House offers a chance to step back in history and imagine how it might have been when the steamboats were plying the waters, and salmon were free as the land.

The area around Joslyn House offers a wide variety of historic, cultural, and athletic or sporting activities.

Joslyn House is located in the small town of Bingen, Washington at the eastern edge of the beautiful Columbia gorge.

Please call ahead for reservations, as we do fill up quickly on the weekends.

Looking for more information? Email us innkeeper@joslynhouse.com, or call (509) 493-4888.