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Ponderosa Motor Lodge, Cedar Wood Inn, and Recreational Springs Resort…

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As of September 2026, this address now operates as Recreational Springs Resort — confirmed via Recreational Springs Resort's own current website/social account, accessed 2026. Now: Recreational Springs Resort (formerly Ponderosa Motor Lodge, Cedar Wood Inn, and Recreational Springs Resort).

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What the source shows: The resort's own website, live with 2026 copyright and posted hours, shows a single consolidated property in Lead, SD covering the motel, cabin, and campground categories once marketed under separate names.

  • Season / episode Season 8, Episode 1
  • Original air date
  • Address 11201 US Hwy 14a, Lead, SD 57754
  • Current name Recreational Springs Resort

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What happened after Hotel Impossible?

Hotel Impossible visited the Sturgis, South Dakota area for the Season 8 opener Full Throttle in Sturgis, which aired 2016-10-24, covering three properties packed with motorcycle-rally guests: Ponderosa Motor Lodge, Cedar Wood Inn, and Recreational Springs Resort. Google Places matches the location to Recreational Springs Resort at 11201 US Hwy 14a, which sits in Lead, South Dakota rather than in Sturgis itself, roughly 30 miles from the rally's home city in the Black Hills. The resort's own website, recreationalspringsresort.com, returned an HTTP 200 response on 2026-09-09 with 2026 copyright text and posted current hours, describing itself as a "gateway to the Black Hills" and listing a motel, cabins, a campground, recreational rentals, and a bar and grill under one property. That structure suggests the motel and cabin components once marketed separately as Ponderosa Motor Lodge and Cedar Wood Inn now operate together under the consolidated Recreational Springs Resort name and management. The site lists a direct phone number and email for management and posts Sunday hours of 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. No additional news source was reviewed to confirm exactly when the properties combined under one name, but the live, currently dated website is the resort's own official statement of its current operations. The Sturgis motorcycle rally, which draws hundreds of thousands of riders to the region each August, remains the area's dominant seasonal business driver, and the resort's current site continues to market rally-season lodging and recreational rentals a decade after the Hotel Impossible episode aired.

Featured on Hotel Impossible

Season / episode
Season 8, Episode 1
Original air date
Episode title
Full Throttle in Sturgis
What was featured
Sturgis-area lodging properties strained by motorcycle rally crowds
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Ponderosa Motor Lodge, Cedar Wood Inn, and Recreational Springs Resort

Frequently asked questions

Is Ponderosa Motor Lodge, Cedar Wood Inn, and Recreational Springs Resort still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, this address now operates as Recreational Springs Resort — confirmed via Recreational Springs Resort's own current website/social account, accessed 2026. Now: Recreational Springs Resort (formerly Ponderosa Motor Lodge, Cedar Wood Inn, and Recreational Springs Resort).

What happened to Ponderosa Motor Lodge, Cedar Wood Inn, and Recreational Springs Resort after Hotel Impossible?

Hotel Impossible visited the Sturgis, South Dakota area for the Season 8 opener Full Throttle in Sturgis, which aired 2016-10-24, covering three properties packed with motorcycle-rally guests: Ponderosa Motor Lodge, Cedar Wood Inn, and Recreational Springs Resort. As of September 2026, this address now operates as Recreational Springs Resort — confirmed via Recreational Springs Resort's own current website/social account, accessed 2026. Now: Recreational Springs Resort (formerly Ponderosa Motor Lodge, Cedar Wood Inn, and Recreational Springs Resort).

What is Ponderosa Motor Lodge, Cedar Wood Inn, and Recreational Springs Resort called now?

Now: Recreational Springs Resort (formerly Ponderosa Motor Lodge, Cedar Wood Inn, and Recreational Springs Resort). As of September 2026, this address now operates as Recreational Springs Resort — confirmed via Recreational Springs Resort's own current website/social account, accessed 2026. Now: Recreational Springs Resort (formerly Ponderosa Motor Lodge, Cedar Wood Inn, and Recreational Springs Resort).

Where is Ponderosa Motor Lodge, Cedar Wood Inn, and Recreational Springs Resort located?

11201 US Hwy 14a, Lead, SD 57754. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Hotel Impossible featured Ponderosa Motor Lodge, Cedar Wood Inn, and Recreational Springs Resort?

Season 8, Episode 1 of Hotel Impossible, first aired October 24, 2016. The episode is titled “Full Throttle in Sturgis”.

What do reviews say since Hotel Impossible?

No additional news source was reviewed to confirm exactly when the properties combined under one name, but the live, currently dated website is the resort's own official statement of its current operations. We summarise what dated sources report; we do not publish our own rating.

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11201 US Hwy 14a, Lead, SD 57754
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