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DeSoto Falls
This beautiful waterfall is formed by Little River dropping about 104 feet into a gorge. In the 1920s North Alabama's first hydro-electric dam was built above DeSoto Falls, which supplied power to nearby Fort Payne, Mentone, Valleyhead, Collinsville , Alabama and Menlo, Georgia. DeSoto Falls is about 6 miles from the main part of DeSoto State Park, near Mentone, Alabama and is accessible by County Road 89 that goes thru the park.
 
Sallie Howard Memorial Chapel
Built by Colonel Milford Howard in the late 1930s in memory of his first wife, this unique chapel is an interesting place to visit. The altar is made up of a huge mountain boulder and river rocks. When Colonel Howard dies in 1937 he was cremated and interred in the huge stone. Over the Altar is the words"God has always been as good to me as I would let him be" immortalized from Sallie Howard's last letter to her husband.
Howard's Chapel is open to the public and still welcomes visitors to services every Sunday.
DeSoto State Park was developed by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s during the Great Depression. Several structures can be seen throughout the park that are still standing as testimony to their hard work and dedication. The main part of Desoto’s Lodge and other buildings were built using stone taken from the rock Quarry found off of the white trail. Drill marks and dynamite blasts can still be seen if you look closely enough. The quarry can be reached by getting on the White trail at the end of the Country Store parking lot and hiking on a moderate trail with uphill climbs. CCC artifacts can be seen inside Desoto’s Nature Center next to the Country Store.
Civilian Conservation Corp
Mountain Legends
Learn about the Legends of DeSoto Resort State Park and the surrounding areas of Lookout Mountain
Hernando DeSoto
The Welsh Caves
Little River Canyon
Col. Woosley Finnell (Southern Railroad)
Click here for more info about DeSoto State Park.
Access to Alabama State Parks and State Park Programs is available without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex or disabilities
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