Joe Wheeler State Park is adjacent to Wheeler Lake. Plenty of lodging options exist within the park. Joe Wheeler Resort Lodge, located on the bank of First Creek, offers 75 rooms including suites with kitchenettes and whirlpools, executive suites and standard rooms. All rooms have a lakefront balcony. Joe Wheeler State Park also offers lakeside cottages and cabins. All cabins and cottages have satellite TV, cookware and linens. The Elk River Group Lodge is available for groups up to 30. The Group Lodge boasts 13 bedrooms, a common room and a commercial kitchen. Cookware and linens are provided. Camping facilities are also available. Daniella's In the Park serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. Joe Wheeler State Park offers paddle, fishing and pontoon boat rentals, an 18-hole golf course, a marina and two and a half miles of hiking trails.
Located in Rogersville, this quaint bed and breakfast offers four rooms. Sunshine Daydreams boasts a whirlpool tub, fireplace and a private balcony. Simple Pleasures offers a Greek soaking tub and a reading nook. Country Graces provides a claw-foot tub, window nooks and fireplace. The Sleeping Porch is an open-air room with its own steam room. Common areas include a library, living room with a TV and DVD player, breakfast room and various decks and gazebos. Guests are pampered with luxurious bath robes, towels and wash cloths, an arrival gift pack and handmade shampoos and soaps from local artisans. A boat launch for Wheeler Lake is less than one minute away. Hearty breakfasts, box and evening snacks are provided. The Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail is nearby, as is the Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Huntsville Botanical Gardens, Cane Creek Canyon Nature Preserve and the Marshall Space and Rocket Center.
Formerly Lucy's Branch, the Bay Hill Marina and resort is located off Wheeler Lake, in a cove near Athens. The resort rents two-bedroom cabins including cookware, linens, TV and decks with patio furniture. The resort has a swimming pool, fitness center and ship store. Nighttime entertainment includes karaoke. The marina possesses a service department, dry dock for storage and a fuel dock. Wet docks offer free wireless Internet. Fishing lessons are available for the inexperienced. The Captain's Table is a full service restaurant offering indoor/outdoor seating and carryout.
Located in Athens, the Country Hearth Inn and Suites offers high-speed wireless Internet access, cable TV and complimentary breakfast. The hotel also provides guests with banquet facilities, an outdoor pool and a business center. Athens offers many dining options, including various chains and fast food restaurants. Nearby attractions include the Antebellum Trail and the Houston Memorial Library.
Various hotel chains operate near Wheeler Lake. Located in Florence, Muscle Shoals, Decatur and Athens, these chains include Days Inn, Best Western, Comfort Inn, Microtel Inn and Suites, Super 8 Motel, Holiday Inn Express Hotel and Suites, Quality Inn, Residence Inn by Marriott, Courtyard Inn by Marriott, Hampton Inn and La Quinta Inn.
