Mentone, Alabama – Lookout Mountain
A large-group cabin that actually holds the group.
One house, 6 bedrooms, sleeping up to 20, on the brow of Lookout Mountain.
There are plenty of cabins around Mentone and DeSoto State Park. Very few of them hold 20 people. The Lodge on Lookout Mountain does, in one house, with 6 bedrooms, 4.5 baths, 11 beds and three stories of deck looking over the valley.
That matters for the kind of trips people take here: reunions, church and staff retreats, wedding parties, milestone birthdays and friends who have been meeting up once a year for a decade.
The numbers
- 6 bedrooms, 4.5 baths, 11 beds
- Sleeps up to 20
- Three levels, with a deck on each
- Hot tub, game room with pool table, climbing wall, fire pit
- Full kitchen with a large island, and a dining table that seats the group
- 1-gig fiber internet and a dedicated workspace
- Pet friendly – $50 per stay
Need less space? Half the lodge sleeps 11 and books separately. See the half lodge.
Room to be together and room to get away
The reason large groups keep rebooking is not only the bed count. The great room, the kitchen and the decks hold everyone at once, and the bedrooms are spread across three levels, so people who go to bed early and people who stay up late are not in the same hallway.
Groups planning meetings or sessions use the great room and the lower level; see groups and retreats. Wedding parties stay here and hold the ceremony at a Mentone venue – the lodge is lodging only, not an event venue. More on wedding stays.
Midweek is the best value
Sunday through Thursday nights start at $375 plus cleaning. Groups that can shift a Friday arrival to a Sunday or Monday save real money and have the mountain mostly to themselves.
Book direct and you are talking to Josh, the owner, about dates, extra nights and group questions – no platform message filters. Why book direct.
More on staying here
One house for the whole family, sleeping up to 20.
Waterfalls, canyon overlooks and trails close by.
Church, staff and leadership retreats midweek.