Southern Lakes Resort

Southern Lakes Resort is in Whitehorse, Yukon (1702 Ten Mile Road, Whitehorse, Canada), close to central Whitehorse.

Southern Lakes Resort is a 3-star hotel in Yukon.

Guests rate it 4.8 across 110 reviews. It's a midscale choice for Yukon.

Downtown Whitehorse is walkable across roughly a 10-block grid between Second Avenue and the Yukon River waterfront, and you can cover Main Street, the SS Klondike, the MacBride Museum and most restaurants on foot. The Millennium Trail along the river is 5 km round trip and pleasant in summer. Beyond downtown — to the airport, Porter Creek, Riverdale or the Yukon Wildlife Preserve at Km 8 of the Takhini Hot Springs Road — you need a car, taxi or the local Whitehorse Transit bus. Winter walking is fine if you dress for -25°C.

Sometimes, but plan not to rely on it. Downtown Whitehorse has enough light pollution that only strong aurora shows through, and most guests join a tour that drives 20–40 minutes out to Fish Lake, the Takhini area or Marsh Lake. Cabin-style stays outside town — around Marsh Lake, Tagish or on the road to Haines Junction — give you a genuine chance from the deck. The aurora season locally runs roughly 20 August to 15 April, with the darkest, most reliable months being late September through March.

Downtown Whitehorse is the best area for a first visit, because you can walk to Main Street, the Yukon River waterfront, the SS Klondike and most tour pickups. Riverdale, just across the Robert Campbell Bridge, is quieter and about 15–20% cheaper for the same standard of room. Porter Creek, 7 km north on the Alaska Highway, is where the cheapest motels sit but you will need a car. Skip the airport strip unless you have a very early flight — it is a 5 km taxi from downtown and has no walkable surroundings.

October is typically the cheapest month, with Whitehorse hotel rates 40–50% below their July peak and rental cars readily available. November is similarly low but colder and darker, with only about 7 hours of daylight by month’s end. April is another quiet window before the summer season begins in mid-May. Avoid late December to March if price is the priority — aurora demand keeps Whitehorse rates high, particularly around Chinese New Year and the Yukon Quest in February.

Seven nights is the practical minimum given the distances and the cost of flying to Whitehorse. Ten to fourteen nights lets you combine Whitehorse, Kluane National Park out of Haines Junction, and Dawson City with a Dempster Highway day, without doing 500 km driving days. For a pure aurora trip in winter, four nights in the Whitehorse area is the accepted minimum for a reasonable chance across weather variability. Two-night trips only make sense if you are connecting from Alaska overland.