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Hotels near Bates College

Lewiston, MELiberal arts college

Your visit starts atBates Admissions / Lindholm HouseNamed on the map. Your tour confirmation has the final word.
CommencementAsk the schoolWe haven't confirmed the ceremony venue from the school's own page yet.
Closest stayHampton Lewiston-AuburnAbout a 6-minute drive from the tour start.
The school's own site
The short answer

The closest place to stay is Hampton Lewiston-Auburn, about a 6-minute drive from the tour start. Nothing on the map is within a 20-minute walk; 6 places to stay are within about a 10-minute drive. Coffee before the tour: The Ronj, about 3 minutes away.

What these minutes run to

Minutes run to Bates Admissions / Lindholm House, a building on this campus that the map names as admissions or a visitor center. We have not yet matched it against the school's visit page, so check your tour confirmation for the meeting spot. Map dated November 2026. The full method

5 min10 min20 minN
tour startstay within a 20-min walkother staysDashed rings: walking minutes.

Where to stay near Bates College

To the tour start

The hotel has

A short walk away

7 places to stay

Reading the cards: minutes are our estimates from map distance, so they say "about". Breakfast, suites and kitchens are what each hotel brand promises across its hotels, not something we checked room by room. The places listed under a hotel are the closest ones within roughly a 10-minute walk of its door.

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7 mindrive to the tour start, about

America's Best Value Inn

Motel · Americas Best Value Inn · 170 Center Street, Auburn, ME

  • Somewhere to eat: Margarita's, about 1 min on foot, and 5 more close by
  • Groceries: Axis Natural Foods, about 6 min on foot
See room pricesDriving route
7 mindrive to the tour start, about

The Munroe Inn

Inn / B&B · 123 Pleasant Street, Auburn, ME

  • Somewhere to eat: The Library Cafe, about 4 min on foot, and 4 more close by
  • Groceries: Hannaford, about 2 min on foot
  • Pharmacy: CVS Pharmacy, about 6 min on foot
See room pricesDriving route
9 mindrive to the tour start, about

Residence Inn Auburn

670 Turner Street, Auburn, ME

  • Breakfast included (free breakfast is this brand's standard)
  • All suites (every room is a suite by this brand's standard)
  • Kitchen in room (in-room kitchens are this brand's standard)
  • Somewhere to eat: Olive Garden, about 2 min on foot, and 6 more close by
  • Groceries: Walmart Supercenter, about 6 min on foot
See room pricesDriving routeHotel's own site

Graduation weekend at Bates College

We haven't yet confirmed the ceremony venue for Bates College from its own commencement page, so the walk times here run to the tour start only.

Rooms close to campus tend to go first for commencement, often months ahead and with a two-night minimum. If the walkable ones are gone, sort the list by the 10-minute drive chip and look one town over. Our graduation weekend guide covers timing.

Seeing another school on this trip?

The closest campuses we cover, with our drive estimate from Bates College (map distance, no traffic).

Unity Environmental UniversityNew Gloucester, ME · about a 33-minute driveBowdoin CollegeBrunswick, ME · about a 43-minute driveUniversity of Southern MainePortland, ME · about a 73-minute drive

Worth doing before you book

Bates College gear for the ride home

A hat for the tour, a hoodie for the acceptance letter, a frame for the far end of it all. Each button runs an Amazon search for that item with the school's name filled in.

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Questions parents ask

Is there a hotel you can walk to Bates College from?

None on the map. The nearest is about a 6-minute drive away.

Where do campus tours start at Bates College?

Minutes run to Bates Admissions / Lindholm House, a building on this campus that the map names as admissions or a visitor center. We have not yet matched it against the school's visit page, so check your tour confirmation for the meeting spot.

Where should we stay for Bates College graduation?

We haven't confirmed the ceremony venue yet. Book as early as the hotels allow, and widen the search to a short drive if the walkable rooms are taken.

Are there hotels with free breakfast near Bates College?

2 hotels within a 20-minute drive belong to brands that include breakfast; none of them is within a 20-minute walk.

Something wrong here, such as a closed hotel or a moved welcome center? Tell us and we'll look.