Storybook Farmhouse with golf cart, fishing, walking trails near waterfalls 🏡🐦🛺💦

As featured in Jackson Magazine (August 2026), stargaze from magical Yellowhammer Tower on a clear, country night. Sip morning coffee and enjoy the sweeping view as the sun rises over the farm. Sleep in our charming, mid-century authentic farmhouse – completely reworked with vintage décor & modern amenities. Explore the forest. Go fishing. Relax in the rockers under the shade of Mockingbird Gazebo. Explore the property by foot, golf cart, or bicycle. For classic Southern hospitality and cozy beds, make your reservations today for two or for the entire family!

Our charming farmhouse is located on the private Old Cottonwood Farm on the Jackson/DeKalb County line in the mountains of Northeast Alabama. Our sweeping countryside views and farm provide plenty of space to escape the hustle and bustle of everyday life. Breathe the clean mountain air and surround yourself in the warmth of a simpler life with a slower pace. Explore our newly opened private fishing and forest area with golf cart, bicycles, and walking trails. Experience simpler times with a complimentary glass bottled RC Cola and Moon Pie. Enjoy the history of the farm with a self-guided scavenger hunt – for adults and children.

Delight in a simpler time and experience the historic culture preserved at Songbird Story Farmhouse - the ideal getaway for the entire family, or the perfect romantic escape for two. For classic Southern hospitality, and to write a new chapter in your story, make your reservation today for Songbird Story!

We are 10 minutes from Pisgah Gorge Falls and hiking trails, 29 minutes from Mentone, 43 minutes from Chattanooga, one hour from Huntsville, two hours from Atlanta, Nashville, Knoxville, and Birmingham, and three hours from Tupelo. Centrally located to Mentone, Fort Payne, and Scottsboro, Alabama, and Trenton, Georgia, Songbird Story Farmhouse and Garden Tower provides guests with a great location to visit the waterfalls of the Pisgah Gorge, Unclaimed Baggage, DeSoto Falls, and the Alabama Band Fan Club Museum, among others. The farmhouse is 10 minutes from local dining and 20-30 minutes from Scottsboro, Fort Payne, and Kimball.

Songbird Story Farmhouse is a single-family accommodation with a maximum of six guests. We have two beds/bedrooms. A queen size air mattress is available for more than four guests.

Songbird Story provides both privacy and exclusivity to guests. Therefore, we only offer tours on days when we are not booked or during turnover time between 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.

Here is a description of the farmhouse and property where you will be staying:

*Yellowhammer Tower
Enjoy your morning coffee as the sun rises over the farm from high atop Yellowhammer Tower. The garden tower overlooks the summer flower and vegetable garden where you may pick your own sunflowers or zinnias. Magical stargazing by night is truly unbelievable. Without all the ambient lights of the city you feel like you can reach up and touch the stars in the clear, country night sky. Pull the rope to ring the dinner bell to call the family from the pond for dinner.

*Songbird Story Farmhouse
Our authentic, nearly century-old farmhouse has been completely reworked with all modern amenities, but with the original tongue-n-groove ceilings and walls and fireplace. Painted in the colors of the 1940’s/50’s/60’s and decorated with vintage décor, furniture, and pictures of the era, it feels like you are stepping back in time to grandmother’s house. Our authentic Hoosier cabinet with flour sifter, cedar bed frame, wooden dry ice box, wringer washing machine, Singer sewing machine, vessel bathroom sink on cedar slab, tin-walled walk-in shower, dining table, dressing table, and “retro” refrigerator are a few of the items that have led some to describe it as the ‘cracker barrel hotel.’

We have a full kitchen, refrigerator, oven, microwave, toaster and kitchen utensils.

Cozy up by the fireplace. Hotel quality mattresses and linens make for a comfortable bed and a place to truly unwind.

Enjoy family photographs and scrapbook clippings from the local area from decades past. Learn about farm life during the 1940’s and 50’s, how Songbird Story got its name as well as the history of the General Store that the original residents once built and operated beside the farmhouse. Read about the perseverance and faith of the family who made this farm their home.

*Mockingbird Gazebo
Relax under the shade of Mockingbird Gazebo by day while listening to the songbirds that have made the farm their home for centuries. Rocking chairs, a small dining table, authentic upright piano, firepit, outdoor furniture, grill, and cornhole toss make this the perfect place to enjoy the sweeping countryside views and summer flower garden. Enjoy an evening by the firepit before snuggling in the hotel quality mattresses and linens for a peaceful night’s sleep!

*Walking trails, Pond, and Forest
Take Songbird Story Express (golf cart), ride bicycles, or travel the Old Mill Run trail by foot to the pond and forest. Bring your fishing pole. The pond is well-stocked with blue gill and sunfish. Deer, cranes, and racoons like to visit the pond frequently. Feed the fish with the provided fish food. Relax on the cedar benches located around the pond. *Note: Driver’s license and insurance required to use the golf cart. Walk the wooded trail. Explore moss-covered trees and rabbit holes. Experience nature in a private setting.

*Garden, Grounds, and Farm
Greet the day with your morning coffee from the front porch bench, Cardinal Nook underneath the grapevine, or the back porch. Feed the donkeys – Missy and Minnie- if you like. Snooze the afternoon away under the century-old oak tree while the donkeys graze in the beautiful sunset slowly sinking in the pastures.

The backyard is huge with the additional pond and forest area.

Enjoy the summer flower and vegetable garden with butterflies to greet you! Discover the heirloom shrubs, giant oak, tulip poplar and hickory trees on the farmhouse grounds.

Hang clothes out on the old-fashioned clothes line if you like. (Note: We dry all of the linens in the dryer for guests due to allergies.)

Located in the midst of the North Alabama Birding Trail, the farm boasts many species of birds. Sightings include the American Eagle and barn owl as well as the regulars – Yellowhammer (Northern Flicker), mockingbird, blue bird, robin, blue jay, finch, cardinals, crane, crows, wild geese, red tailed hawk, and wren, among others.

Songbird Story Farmhouse is located on Alabama State Highway 71 and is the entry point to the farm. The owners and Songbird Story guests share a driveway entrance. The farmhouse and garden tower are visible at a distance from the owner’s home. The barn at the very back of the Garden Tower is occasionally frequented by the owners to conduct normal farm work. Donkeys and cows live in the pastures surrounding the farmhouse. For a step back in time – and to write a new chapter in your story - visit us at Songbird Story Farmhouse and Garden Tower!

Notable attractions near us include:
Alabama Fan Club and Museum
Cathedral Caverns State Park
Cloudmont Ski and Golf Resort
Dave’s Antiques
DeSoto State Park
Dogwood Hills Golf Estate
Down on the Farm Pumpkin Patch
Fort Payne Depot Museum
Goose Pond Colony Resort
Howard’s Waterfall Cave Preserve
Lake Guntersville
Little River Canyon National Preserve
and Falls
Lodge Museum of Cast Iron
Mentone Market
Myrtle Jane’s Antique Store
Northeast Alabama Community College
Walking Trail
Patches Merchant Emporium
Pisgah Gorge and Pisgah Gorge Falls
Rainsville Agribusiness Center
Russell Cave
Scottsboro Boys Museum
Shady Grove Horse Ranch
The Secret Place
The Willow Tree
Town Creek Field and Farm
Unclaimed Baggage
Walls of Jericho