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Best Cabin Camping near Scottsboro, AL

651 Reviews

Cabins at Goose Pond Colony Resort near Scottsboro provide lakefront accommodations with full utility hookups. Jackson County Park offers similar cabin rentals with water views and proximity to a restaurant and small store. Most units include basic furnishings with beds, tables, and chairs, though amenities vary by location. Lake Guntersville State Park Campground features more developed cabin options with indoor plumbing and kitchenettes. Cabins at Mountain Lakes Resort include access to multiple swimming pools and recreation facilities. One camper noted that at Mountain Lakes Resort, "We were 20ft from the water, beautiful sunsets and tons of wildlife."

Options range from rustic single-room structures to multi-room family accommodations with separate bedrooms. DeSoto State Park and Monte Sano State Park cabins tend to be more rustic, while River Ridge Retreat offers "very spacious" units according to visitor feedback. Most locations allow pets in designated cabins for an additional fee, though policies vary by location. Reservations are recommended, particularly during summer months when lakeside cabins fill quickly. Little Mountain Marina Resort maintains cabins year-round with indoor pool access during colder months, making it popular for families with children.

Most cabin facilities provide beds with mattresses but require guests to bring their own sheets, pillows, blankets, and towels. Kitchen provisions vary significantly - some include only mini-refrigerators and microwaves while others offer full cooking facilities with stoves and utensils. On-site stores at Lake Guntersville State Park and Goose Pond Colony stock basic food items, ice, and firewood. Limited cell service affects some locations, particularly Mountain Lakes Resort, where one visitor mentioned "we really enjoyed our stay but wished the cellular coverage was better in case of emergency."

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Best Cabin Sites Near Scottsboro, Alabama (35)

    1. Lake Guntersville State Park Campground

    43 Reviews
    Guntersville, AL
    19 miles
    Website
    +1 (256) 571-5455

    "Visited Lake Guntersville State Park, for the day. After taking our granddaughter to Screaming Eagle Zip-line Adventures, located at the gorgeous Lodge, we visited the Campground…and it’s amazing!"

    "As soon as we stepped out the door we had to go up an incline to get to our picnic table."

    2. Cloudland Canyon State Park Campground

    183 Reviews
    Trenton, GA
    34 miles
    Website
    +1 (706) 657-4050

    $10 - $270 / night

    "The campground here is smaller, and less private than the west rim loop, offering 24 tent/RV sites that have 30A electrical hookup, gravel tent pads, picnic tables, and fire rings, along with a bathhouse"

    "Nice state park that is well maintained. Awesome views from the rim trails. Power and water hookups only. Clean bath houses with laundry facilities. Lots of covered pavilions for group gatherings."

    3. DeSoto State Park Campground

    74 Reviews
    Alpine, AL
    26 miles
    Website
    +1 (256) 845-5075

    $38 / night

    "Desoto State Park is a beautiful park with great hiking and waterfalls. The primitive camping area has a keyed gate."

    "This park has it all in terms of overnight amenities. You can stay in a motel style room, log cabins, chalets, backcountry sites, wall tents, improved campsites and primitive campsites."

    4. Goose Pond Colony Resort Campground

    9 Reviews
    Langston, AL
    4 miles
    Website
    +1 (256) 912-0075

    "My only negatives were some campers had boats and they would park along our site and use it as a parking space for their boats, leaving us a view of someone’s truck and boat trailer."

    "Right on the water at lake Guntersville, golf course, restaurant, walking trails, boat ramps & docks, play ground, basketball court & much more!"

    5. Monte Sano State Park Campground

    76 Reviews
    Brownsboro, AL
    27 miles
    Website
    +1 (256) 534-6589

    $14 - $30 / night

    "We heard from other campers that if you go to Huntsville, Alabama that you have to stop at Monte Sano State Park."

    "Monte Sano State Park is located near Huntsville in northeast Alabama. In Spanish, Monte Sano means “Mountain of Health.”"

    6. Little Mountain Marina Resort

    9 Reviews
    Grant, AL
    15 miles
    Website
    +1 (256) 582-8211

    "I don’t like how you can’t pick your spot and you just have to drive around until you find one you like. My kids love the pools and the indoor pool is awesome during colder months. My kids love that."

    7. Jackson County Park

    2 Reviews
    Scottsboro, AL
    2 miles
    Website
    +1 (256) 574-4719

    "Has a restaurant and little store in the park. We weren’t lucky enough to stay in the gated in area with lake front spots. We had to stay in a gravel lot with full hookups."

    8. Honeycomb Campground

    18 Reviews
    Grant, AL
    21 miles
    Website
    +1 (256) 582-9884

    "This campground is located on Lake Guntersville. There are plenty of sites with trees for shade and hammocking. Clean bathrooms and showers. Water and electric at all sites. Dump station."

    "Some tent sites and cabins you can reserve to stay in. If you don’t have a camper they have those also that you can rent. They have boat rentals too. Clean bathhouses  and a  very friendly  staff.  "

    9. Mountain Lakes Resort

    3 Reviews
    Grant, AL
    15 miles
    Website
    +1 (256) 582-5556

    "Multiple piers, and lake entries, good rv “shop”, nice spaces and nice humans. Clean facilities and overall mostly quiet."

    10. River Ridge Retreat Guntersville

    1 Review
    Grant, AL
    17 miles
    Website
    +1 (256) 505-1454

    $45 - $150 / night

    "Very spacious, tons of spots lake side or on the hill. Beautiful views, pet friendly."

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  • Kelly G.The Dyrt PRO User
    Sep. 18, 2021

    DeSoto State Park Campground

    Primitive campsites with Perks!

    Desoto State Park is a beautiful park with great hiking and waterfalls. The primitive camping area has a keyed gate. Make sure you arrive during business hours so they can get you registered and give you a key. They will also give you a big card with your last name on it that you will put on the campsite ledger board once you have driven through the primitive area and picked from available sites. This ledger board is halfway along the gravel road once you have let yourself through the gate and is also where the common area is. In the common area there are pit toilets, a large covered pavilion, rentable cabins, picnic tables and stone fire rings. Campsites are well marked, each has a trash can (not bear proof since no bears), and a stone fire ring. At registration you will also receive the gate code for the improved RV park so that you can use the showers and do laundry. When you leave you can put your gate key in a Dropbox outside the office.

  • Sarah C.The Dyrt PRO User
    Jul. 25, 2017

    DeSoto State Park Campground

    This place is swanky!

    This park has it all in terms of overnight amenities. You can stay in a motel style room, log cabins, chalets, backcountry sites, wall tents, improved campsites and primitive campsites. Whatever you're looking for, this place probably has it and all in a beautiful setting. We stayed here while visiting Little River Canyon and it was a good location for our needs.

    The park also has a near little nature center with cool interpretive programs. The improved campsites have hook ups (water, sewer and electric), picnic tables, fire rings and large gravel pads with plenty of room. There are a number of wonderful hiking options here as well. It's a little pricey, especially with the convenience fee and the 13% lodging tax but you get what you pay for and this place is NICE.

  • Charlie K.
    Jul. 12, 2018

    Monte Sano State Park Campground

    Top of the Mountain with Great Views

    We heard from other campers that if you go to Huntsville, Alabama that you have to stop at Monte Sano State Park. We took our Class C up the mountain and was able to reserve full hookups in a nicely wooded area. Sites were level gravel with picnic tables and grill. Great place to bring a trail bike or take hikes. Pet friendly.

  • Stephanie J.The Dyrt PRO User
    Jun. 30, 2020

    Cloudland Canyon State Park Campground

    Unrivaled Beauty and Adventure

    My first experience with Cloudland Canyon State Park was on a day hike, and my second was photographing a wedding here--which should set the stage for what type of place this is! 

    The park can be spoken of in two separate sections; the East Rim and the West Rim. The East Rim is home to several cabins, the group lodge, one of the full service campgrounds, and the main trailhead, as well as the ADA accessible overlook trail which is where many of the iconic photographs of this park come from. This side is very popular for day use as the one mile out and back hike to Cherokee Falls draws in campers and people from Chattanooga coming in to enjoy the towering waterfall and the swimming hole below. The campground here is smaller, and less private than the west rim loop, offering 24 tent/RV sites that have 30A electrical hookup, gravel tent pads, picnic tables, and fire rings, along with a bathhouse and playground. The main road to the trailheads and day use area runs past this loop and while there are trees for shade they do not offer any privacy. 

    The West Rim side houses the pioneer camping, west rim loop, the yurt village, and the remaining cabins. We have not been able to see the inside of the yurts, but they are spaced away from each other and off the road, and offer a lot of privacy; the loop that serves the yurts it not connected to any other road, and has a shelter, playground, and bathhouse. 

    The West Rim camping loop has a total of 48 tent/RV sites with 30 or 50A hookups, water, gravel tent pads, picnic tables, and fire rings. This loop is far more wooded and offers a greater variety of site size and privacy, and has an extremely quiet and peaceful vibe to it. If the east rim is good for those using their campsite as a home base for exploring, the west rim is perfect for campers who want the convenience of a bathhouse with running water and/or the ability to run electric in their RVs, but without giving up the feeling of being immersed in nature. Sites 4-9 are well spaced from each other and great for tent campers and families who want their kids to have room to play, and while site 37 does not have as much privacy being in the center of the loop, it does have one of the most perfect climbing trees I have ever seen in a public campground. 

    There are 16 cottages/cabins, and Georgia State Park cabins really cannot be overstated; they are well appointed, well maintained, and absolutely beautiful, and are spaced out to offer a feeling of seclusion: perfect for winter getaways, or for people who enjoy total creature comforts at night with nearby adventure during the day. Word of advice; cabins 1-5 are on the east rim and the waterfall trail runs almost directly behind them, so there is a loss of privacy there, especially on busy weekends. 

    Finally, the park offers 4 pioneer sites and 30 walk-in backcountry sites. I have not seen these in person yet, but it is worth noting this park has accommodations for every type of camper out there.

    There is not enough good I can say about Cloudland Canyon. About 45 minutes from Chattanooga, it is a must-see for anyone traveling from out of state who want to add adventure to their tour of the city, a home base for the many hiking and climbing opportunities within the park, or just a beautiful and peaceful place to spend a few nights out in nature.

  • Harold W.
    Jun. 16, 2018

    Cloudland Canyon State Park Campground

    Beautiful sunset views at the canyon

    Despite what the website shows there are a couple of pull through sites. Nice state park that is well maintained. Awesome views from the rim trails. Power and water hookups only. Clean bath houses with laundry facilities. Lots of covered pavilions for group gatherings. Cabins and yurts available to rent. Lots of trails from mild to exterme. Walk in tent sites. Mountain bike rentals, disc golf and tennis courts as well as a fishing lake.

    Sites are nice with grill and picnic table.

    Great spot with lots of activities.

  • Mark C.
    Sep. 1, 2018

    Monte Sano State Park Campground

    Adventure for any RVer or Camper. Very nice campsites, hiking, biking !

    Monte Sano State Park is located near Huntsville in northeast Alabama. In Spanish, Monte Sano means “Mountain of Health.” In the late 1800s, visitors from across the United States came for “the season” to experience and enjoy Monte Sano’s fresh air, spectacular views and mineral springs. Fourteen rustic cabins, 11 of which were built by the Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC), are perched on the side of the mountain and are equipped with kitchens, fireplaces, separate showers and baths, cable television, outdoor grills, picnic tables, and porches for taking in the amazing sunrises.

    The park also features 89 improved campsites, a primitive campground and a camp store.

  • Raina H.The Dyrt PRO User
    Feb. 3, 2024

    Cloudland Canyon State Park Campground

    Beautiful Winter Camping

    First time to this State Park, but won’t be the last. Large pull through sites with fire pits, grills, picnic tables, and lantern poles. Close proximity to several hiking trails with sweeping vistas and gorgeous waterfalls. Clean and warm bathrooms/shower house. Friendly hosts.

  • Jennifer F.
    Jun. 10, 2018

    Cloudland Canyon State Park Campground

    Wooded with nice trail access

    The sites all have gravel pads that the tents must go on, fire pits with grills and also charcoal grills, picnic tables and lantern poles at all the sites. Showers and a laundry room. I’ve been twice, a few years apart, and both times the camp hosts have started cleaning and maintenance with gas fueled golf carts and leaf blowers very early in the morning so if you go to the woods to sleep in, you won’t. Also the camp store starts closing 15 mine before posted time and won’t sell you ice or wood so plan accordingly. The trails are just beautiful. The steps down to the waterfalls allow dogs but it’s 600 steps made of metal grate, in case you want to bring boots for them. It’s very beautiful here and I’d rate it higher if the staff and volunteers were less rude. That may not factor in to your camp, though, and it’s still worth seeing!

  • Sarah C.The Dyrt PRO User
    Jul. 29, 2017

    Monte Sano State Park Campground

    Fun exploring

    This land trust and state park offers a fun little get away in northern Alabama, just outside the city of Huntsville. The campground is well maintained and the sites have tons of shade that make the warm summer days a bit easier to tolerate.

    Each site has a large gravel area, picnic table and fire ring. There are 80+ sites but not all of them provide hookups, so be sure to pay close attention when reserving your site. At the western end of the park there is a loop that offers primitive camping that is a bit more secluded and away from the RV hustle and bustle. So if you're more of a tent camper that doesn't enjoy the noise of generators or the sight of large RVs, this may be more up your alley. The showers are located in the two loops of the developed sections of the park.

    This park does offer laundry facilities which is nice if you find yourself here for a longer time period or in the midst of a long road trip.

    This park also offers nice hiking trails to explore while you're here.

Guide to Scottsboro

Cabin accommodations near Scottsboro, Alabama range from rustic shelters to modern units with lake views. The area sits at approximately 600 feet above sea level in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains with terrain characterized by rolling hills, dense forests, and numerous lakes and reservoirs. Weather conditions vary by season, with high humidity in summer months reaching the 90s while winter temperatures regularly dip below freezing.

What to do

Waterfall hikes: At DeSoto State Park Campground, visitors access multiple waterfall trails. "We went to DeSoto falls and went to Little River canyon. This area of Alabama has numerous outdoor activities," notes Rachel G. The park includes a junior ranger program and seasonal swimming facilities.

Fishing opportunities: Lake Guntersville State Park Campground offers premier fishing locations. "Great place if you like to fish. Right on the banks of Guntersville lake which has great fishing and watersports," explains Brad W. The park includes boat slips and a marina for easier water access.

Exploring nearby towns: From Cloudland Canyon State Park Campground, campers can venture into nearby communities. "We went into Mentone for a lovely meal at Wildflower Cafe. We enjoyed walking around the quaint town," shares one visitor. The park sits approximately 45 minutes from Chattanooga for additional day trip options.

Rock scrambling: Little River Canyon near DeSoto State Park Campground features unique rock formations. "A lot of scrambling over rocks and high water debris, a lot of picture taking opportunities," describes one visitor about the hiking trails. The canyon area includes designated climbing routes for experienced climbers.

What campers like

Natural privacy between sites: Monte Sano State Park cabins provide good separation between accommodations. "Sites are spaced well, wooded, and many have direct access to the trails," says Greg S. The park includes both RV sites and more secluded cabins.

Lake access points: Mountain Lakes Resort provides multiple water entry locations. "Multiple piers, and lake entries, good rv 'shop', nice spaces and nice humans," says Alanna R. Many cabin sites include direct water access for fishing or kayaking.

Clean facilities: Honeycomb Campground maintains well-kept bathhouses. "The restrooms and showers are very clean. 10/10 would recommend," states Jordan P. Sites include individual shower rooms with locking doors for added security.

Wildlife viewing: Goose Pond Colony Resort Campground offers excellent nature observation opportunities. "Very well kept campground on the lake. The kids have loved the playground and fishing," explains Morgan. The waterfront location attracts various bird species and small mammals.

What you should know

Site reservation systems vary: While most parks require advance bookings, Goose Pond Colony operates differently. "They don't take reservations!!! I have no idea how, or why they do business this way, but that's how it is. So you show up and hope for the best," explains Lori H.

Cell coverage limitations: Connectivity varies widely between parks. "We really enjoyed our stay but wished the cellular coverage was better in case of emergency," notes Dwight L. about Mountain Lakes Resort. Signal strength typically decreases at more remote cabin locations.

Accessibility challenges: Some cabin areas require physical effort to reach. "It was a bit interesting to get all our stuff to the site, and thank goodness we had 2 wagons and teens to help carry," shares Michelle D. about Cloudland Canyon's walk-in sites.

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