High Horse Lodge
A Lookout Mountain retreat for distriminating guests --- and their horses!
High Horse Lodge is part of 543 acre privately owned wilderness area and farm. The area includes more than five miles of trails available to lodge guests who can hike, bike, ride, wade, fish, and fly kites on site. There is a plethora of wildlife, clear streams, mountain flora, and sparkling stars in a night sky. The farm sports a herd of myotonic (fainting) goats, and guests are invited to come to the barn at sundown to put the animals up for the night and to gather the eggs from the free range chickens who roost in a "chicken tractor", a movable chicken house.
The High Horse Lodge was built by talented local craftsmen who incorporated wood, stone, and tile into a stunning house. With a large porch with dining area across the front, it has a view of 25 miles to the Lake Weiss area, and offers luxury in a wilderness setting.
The house features rough cut beams, hickory floors, half round pine steps and mountain laurel banisters, etched glass panels, barn wood ceilings, tiled full baths, and handmade doors and iron hardware.
The iron silhouette lighting throughout is by Iron Age Crafters, Inc., while the antler chandelier was presented, piece by piece, by the livestock guard dogs who bring in deer sheds.
The furnishings are almost completely handmade, each one with a story which is detailed in an album on the table. Antiques, arts and crafts from Mentone area artisans fill the lodge: hand forged fire tools, a whiskey still table, 200 year old oak plank dining table, a sawmill blade porch table, original paintings and photographs, and on and on.
Details are the forte: monogrammed linens, an antique camel back trunk filled with board games and handmade puzzles, mexican hand painted sinks, good kitchen equipment and complete small appliance selection, designer dinnerware, good book and movie libraries, etc.
With 543 acres available, guests can find a plethora of activities onsite. They can fish the pond; visit the prehistoric rock overhangs where native americans camped; look into a turn-of-the-century coal mine; picnic at one of the waterfalls; play a game of Mentoneopoly, watch a classic movie; read a book from the library; or cook a four course dinner. Early morning walks usually reveal deer or turkey, and a rest in the hammock reveals the night sky.
The town of Mentone is 5 1/2 miles away, with shopping great restaurants, and art festivals. Both national, state and city parks are nearby.
A Lookout Mountain retreat for distriminating guests --- and their horses!
High Horse Lodge is part of 543 acre privately owned wilderness area and farm. The area includes more than five miles of trails available to lodge guests who can hike, bike, ride, wade, fish, and fly kites on site. There is a plethora of wildlife, clear streams, mountain flora, and sparkling stars in a night sky. The farm sports a herd of myotonic (fainting) goats, and guests are invited to come to the barn at sundown to put the animals up for the night and to gather the eggs from the free range chickens who roost in a "chicken tractor", a movable chicken house.
The High Horse Lodge was built by talented local craftsmen who incorporated wood, stone, and tile into a stunning house. With a large porch with dining area across the front, it has a view of 25 miles to the Lake Weiss area, and offers luxury in a wilderness setting.
The house features rough cut beams, hickory floors, half round pine steps and mountain laurel banisters, etched glass panels, barn wood ceilings, tiled full baths, and handmade doors and iron hardware.
The iron silhouette lighting throughout is by Iron Age Crafters, Inc., while the antler chandelier was presented, piece by piece, by the livestock guard dogs who bring in deer sheds.
The furnishings are almost completely handmade, each one with a story which is detailed in an album on the table. Antiques, arts and crafts from Mentone area artisans fill the lodge: hand forged fire tools, a whiskey still table, 200 year old oak plank dining table, a sawmill blade porch table, original paintings and photographs, and on and on.
Details are the forte: monogrammed linens, an antique camel back trunk filled with board games and handmade puzzles, mexican hand painted sinks, good kitchen equipment and complete small appliance selection, designer dinnerware, good book and movie libraries, etc.
With 543 acres available, guests can find a plethora of activities onsite. They can fish the pond; visit the prehistoric rock overhangs where native americans camped; look into a turn-of-the-century coal mine; picnic at one of the waterfalls; play a game of Mentoneopoly, watch a classic movie; read a book from the library; or cook a four course dinner. Early morning walks usually reveal deer or turkey, and a rest in the hammock reveals the night sky.
The town of Mentone is 5 1/2 miles away, with shopping great restaurants, and art festivals. Both national, state and city parks are nearby.