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Hotels near University of Arkansas, Fort Smith

Fort Smith, ARPublic university

Your visit starts atNot pinned down yetMinutes on this page run to the edge of campus. Check your tour confirmation.
CommencementAsk the schoolWe haven't confirmed the ceremony venue from the school's own page yet.
Closest stayQuality Inn Fort Smith I-540About a 7-minute drive from campus.
The school's own site
The short answer

The closest place to stay is Quality Inn Fort Smith I-540, about a 7-minute drive from campus. Nothing on the map is within a 20-minute walk; 9 places to stay are within about a 10-minute drive. Coffee before the tour: Starbucks, about 1 minute away.

What these minutes run to

We have not pinned down where tours begin here, so minutes run to the nearest edge of the mapped campus. A big campus can add ten minutes or more on foot to the meeting spot. Map dated November 2026. The full method

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campusstay within a 20-min walkother staysDashed rings: walking minutes.

Where to stay near University of Arkansas, Fort Smith

To campus

The hotel has

A short walk away

30 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 campus, about

Baymont

  • Breakfast included (free breakfast is this brand's standard)
  • Somewhere to eat: McDonald's, about 2 min on foot, and 14 more close by
See room pricesDriving route
10 mindrive to campus, about

Residence Inn Fort Smith

Fort Smith, AR

  • 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: Red Lobster, about 1 min on foot, and 18 more close by
  • Pharmacy: Harps, about 8 min on foot
See room pricesDriving routeHotel's own site
11 mindrive to campus, about

The Arc Hotel

Holiday Inn Express

  • Breakfast included (free breakfast is this brand's standard)
  • Somewhere to eat: KPot, about 2 min on foot, and 8 more close by
  • Pharmacy: Harps, about 10 min on foot
See room pricesDriving route
11 mindrive to campus, about

Holiday Inn Express

7111 Phoenix Avenue, Fort Smith, AR

  • Breakfast included (free breakfast is this brand's standard)
  • Somewhere to eat: KPot, about 1 min on foot, and 12 more close by
  • Pharmacy: Harps, about 7 min on foot
See room pricesDriving route
11 mindrive to campus, about

Candlewood Suites

  • 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: Slim Chickens, about 2 min on foot, and 20 more close by
  • Pharmacy: Harps, about 1 min on foot
See room pricesDriving route
11 mindrive to campus, about

Element Fort Smith

7200 Phoenix Avenue, Fort Smith, AR

  • 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: KPot, about 4 min on foot, and 8 more close by
  • Pharmacy: Harps, about 7 min on foot
See room pricesDriving routeHotel's own site
11 mindrive to campus, about

Homewood Suites

7300 Phoenix Avenue

  • 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: Dunkin', about 3 min on foot, and 7 more close by
  • Pharmacy: Harps, about 6 min on foot
See room pricesDriving route
11 mindrive to campus, about

Home2 Suites Fort Smith

7400 Phoenix Avenue, Fort Smith, AR

  • 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: Slim Chickens, about 2 min on foot, and 9 more close by
  • Pharmacy: Harps, about 5 min on foot
See room pricesDriving routeHotel's own site
17 mindrive to campus, about

Magnolia Inn Motel

Motel · 1314 HWY 71 South, Fort Smith, AR

  • Somewhere to eat: Church's Chicken, about 1 min on foot, and 7 more close by
  • Pharmacy: Walgreens, about 9 min on foot
See room pricesDriving route

Graduation weekend at University of Arkansas, Fort Smith

We haven't yet confirmed the ceremony venue for University of Arkansas, Fort Smith from its own commencement page, so the walk times here run to campus 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.

Worth doing before you book

University of Arkansas, Fort Smith 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 University of Arkansas, Fort Smith from?

None on the map. The nearest is about a 7-minute drive away.

Where do campus tours start at University of Arkansas, Fort Smith?

We have not pinned down where tours begin here, so minutes run to the nearest edge of the mapped campus. A big campus can add ten minutes or more on foot to the meeting spot.

Where should we stay for University of Arkansas, Fort Smith 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 University of Arkansas, Fort Smith?

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

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