Our new hand crafted Nivendale cabin uses cedar, poplar, oak, pine and driftwood harvested from our 150+ acre lakefront property. The unique rustic mock treehouse design has a large raised deck with an outdoor tree trunk window seat. Set among massive shady trees, it is beautifully furnished. Guests can enjoy our large adjacent campground shoreline with a swimming pier, and boat launch and canoe use at no charge. Recently featured in our local paper, there is no cabin quite like this. Our Nivendale guest cabin has been custom hand crafted and was purpose built to provide a unique and rustic yet luxurious Lake Guntersville experience. It has striking architecture that has the appearance of a faux treehouse from the front. Many repurposed and recycled materials are used in the decor and all interior trim is “live-edge” cedar. All beds and furnishings are brand new. There is a queen bed in a private bedroom, and two electric adjustable single beds in the main room. Guests have access to our adjacent Riverview Campground which offers swimming pier, boat launches, bathhouses, fishing, canoes and numerous campground activities. Some available activities on our property, depending on weather & season. (Boating and fishing have fees) 1. canoe trip with rope swing. 2. barn tour 3. Eagles nest hike 4. Dog cemetery trail & ghost stories 5. Shuffleboard 6. Cornhole 7. Horseshoes 8. Waterfall/ watercress walk 9. 1920’s farmstead /agriculture tour 10. Basketball /playground 11. Ceramics 12. Bass Fishing with a pro 13. Bream/ Bluegill fishing with homemade pole in private stocked pond 14. Pontoon Boating / or sailboating 15. Boat Trip to bat cave 16. Complete tour of the Gilbreath Homeplace Property and Riverview 17. Swimming pier with slide We love to show our guests our land and our charming city. Guests can request a visit to our private waterfall. We own over 150 acres of beautiful hilly woodlands which gradually rises from 600 ft. elevation at the lakeshore to 1000 ft. at the peak of Georgia Mountain. There are numerous hiking trails available through our woods guests may explore with us, upon request. We own the adjacent Riverview Campground, which offers a large covered pavilion with a rotating schedule of activities including crafts, nature walks, ceramics, bingo, and music performances. Guests may enjoy fishing from our numerous piers, our swimming area with slide, horseshoes, shuffleboard, canoeing, and our large playground. The cabin is very private, surrounded by woods, but just a short stroll to our home and the campground activities. We are on the Main Channel of Lake Guntersville directly across from the City of Guntersville shoreline via, the highway 69 causeway on Browns Creek. We are a short drive to downtown Guntersville, restaurants and shopping, yet the cabin sits on the edge of hundreds of acres of undeveloped woodlands, and is surrounded by wildlife, including deer, foxes, eagles We own a half mile shoreline and four streams with ducks, heron, salamanders, crawdads and turtles galore, which guests may explore. We have plenty of parking as the cabin sits on over an acre of land. There is room for anglers to leave their boat and trailer next to the cabin if desired. Be ready to relax . Build a campfire. Be prepared to see wildlife. Enjoy the beauty of nature all around you. Bring your walking shoes and explore the 19 acre shoreline campground, or our 150 acre wooded hillside. Keep an eye out for our Georgia Mountain bald eagles, ospreys and hawks that fly over head regularly. We generally have a no pet policy however if you must bring a pet it must be in a crate and treated with flea preventative there is a $50 additional fee for cleaning if you bring your pet.