The barn and pasture
A stone walk leads up to the barn doors.
16486 Hwy 55, Sterrett, AL 35147 (opens Google Maps) Shelby County, about 40 minutes from Birmingham
Longleaf Lodge
The Longleaf Lodge Campus
A campus of pine woods, pasture and water in Shelby County, Alabama, near Birmingham. Medical detox, six residential cabins, The Commons and the Clinical Building all sit on the same 150 acres.
The campus at a glance
A 150-acre recovery campus near Birmingham
Longleaf Lodge is the residential rehab campus of Longleaf Recovery & Wellness. It sits on 150 acres at , in Shelby County, . The land has a barn and pasture, a kitchen garden, a pond with its pavilion and trails through the pines.
The buildings stand among the trees: the Welcome House, a medical detox building, six residential cabins, The Commons and the Clinical Building.
The campus has 60 beds. Ten are medical detox beds in a building of their own, and the other 50 are residential beds across the six cabins.
- acres of pine woods, pasture and water
- 150
- beds: 10 medical detox and 50 residential
- 60
- residential cabins
- 6
- seats in the dining hall in The Commons
- 90
- minutes from Birmingham, give or take
- 40
Campus guide
The places on the Longleaf Lodge campus
Choose a place to jump to its section. Photographs show the land and the buildings already on it. Architect's renderings, each marked with a tag, show the new buildings and their interiors.
- Welcome House Where each stay starts
- Medical detox building 10 beds, nurses on duty 24/7, physician oversight
- Residential cabins Six cabins, 50 beds, a common room in every cabin
- The Commons The kitchen, a 90-seat dining hall and the fitness room
- Provisions The campus store, for snacks, toiletries, books and everyday items
- Clinical Building Therapist offices for individual sessions
- Barn and pasture Where the horses and alpacas live
- Kitchen garden Raised beds that grow food for the kitchen
- Pond and pavilion A covered pavilion and a dock on the water
- Hiking trails Paths through pine and hardwood forest
- Chapel Stone and timber, on a wooded hillside
- Pool house
Where each stay starts
The Welcome House
Residents and their families arrive at the Welcome House, and the admission paperwork and first conversations with staff take place here.
The house centers on a great room with a fireplace under a timbered ceiling, and a kitchen and family dining room sit beside it.
Medical care
The medical detox building
Longleaf's page on medical detox and withdrawal management covers how withdrawal is treated and who needs detox before other care.
Where residents live
Six residential cabins with 50 beds
Every cabin has a common room, a kitchenette and its own laundry. With eight or nine people to a cabin, housemates get to know each other over the course of a stay.
The renderings show oak, linen and wool, warm lamplight, and landscape and botanical art on the walls.
Rendering Four on campus
Four-bedroom cabins
Four double bedrooms, for eight residents. A common room, a kitchenette and laundry.
Rendering Two on campus
Five-bedroom cabins
Four double bedrooms and one private, fully accessible room, for nine residents. The same common room, kitchenette and laundry.
| Cabin | Bedrooms | Per cabin | Beds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four-bedroom 4 cabinsFour doubles | Four doubles | 8 | 32 |
| Five-bedroom 2 cabinsFour doubles and one private, accessible room | Four doubles and one private, accessible room | 9 | 18 |
| Six cabins | 50 |
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Meals
The Commons: dining hall and kitchen
Many people arrive after weeks or months of skipped meals and poor sleep, and regular meals are part of getting physically well again. Residents from every cabin share the hall at mealtimes, and
Longleaf's article on nutrition in addiction recovery explains why food matters so much in the early weeks.
Provisions, the campus store, is in The Commons too. It carries snacks, toiletries, books and other everyday items.
Movement
The fitness room
Therapy
The Clinical Building
The Clinical Building holds the therapists' offices. Individual sessions happen here, in rooms furnished like a quiet study, with two upholstered chairs, a desk and a window onto the woods.
Group therapy meets in other rooms around the campus, including a group room in The Commons and the common room of each cabin.
Therapy at the Lodge includes cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, EMDR and trauma-informed care, along with individual therapy, group therapy, family therapy and psychoeducation. The residential treatment program at Longleaf Lodge explains how they fit into a stay.
The land
Outdoors on 150 acres: the barn, garden, pond and trails
Most of the property is pine and hardwood forest, open pasture and water. The treatment buildings take up a small part of it, and residents spend time outside every day, between sessions and in the evenings.
Daylight and time outside can also help with the poor sleep and low mood that are common early in recovery.
The kitchen garden
Rows of raised beds sit under the pines inside a fenced garden, with a timber pergola at the gate and a shed beside it.
The pond and pavilion
A covered pavilion and a dock stand at the edge of the pond, so there is shade right by the water.
Hiking trails
The trails start at a stone and timber trailhead and run through pine and hardwood forest.
The chapel
A chapel of stone and heavy timber stands on a wooded hillside above the pasture.
The pool house
Safety and privacy
Safety and privacy on the campus
Families often ask how safe the campus is and who can find out that someone they love is there.
A staffed front gate
Key-card entry to the cabins
Bedrooms staff can always reach
This is standard in residential care: if someone feels unwell in the night, staff can get to them right away.
Privacy for every resident
Longleaf follows federal privacy law for substance use treatment records.
Getting here
Getting to the campus in Sterrett, Alabama
Longleaf Lodge16486 Hwy 55
Sterrett, AL 35147
After a stay, care continues closer to home at Longleaf's outpatient locations in Birmingham, Huntsville and Baldwin County, or through virtual IOP anywhere in Alabama.
Gallery
Longleaf Lodge campus photos and renderings
The images follow the order of this page, from aerial views of the land to the barn, garden, pond and trails. Photographs show the land and the buildings already on it, and every rendering carries a tag. Select any image to see it larger.
Construction progress
Where construction stands at Longleaf Lodge
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April 2, 2026
Groundbreaking
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Summer 2026
Site work and foundations
Grading, utilities and building permits, then the first concrete slabs for the detox building and the cabins.
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Fall 2026 Now
Framing
The new buildings go up across the campus.
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Before opening
State certification
The Lodge opens only after certification by the Alabama Department of Mental Health.
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Summer 2027
Opening
Keep reading
Life and treatment at Longleaf Lodge
The pages below cover the program and how to begin. The Longleaf Lodge FAQ answers other questions.
Residential treatment
How a stay works, from detox through discharge planning, and the therapies residents take part in.
Learn moreWhat to expect
Arrival day, a sample daily schedule, what to pack and the campus guidelines for residents.
Learn moreAdmissions and insurance
Longleaf Lodge works with commercial insurance. See how admission works and how a call to admissions checks your benefits.
Learn moreTalk with admissions
Questions about the Lodge, or need care today?
Longleaf Lodge is for adults with a substance use disorder, with or without a co-occurring mental health condition.
Our admissions team answers every call. We can tell you more about the Lodge, add you to the interest list for Summer 2027, and help you find care that is open today at one of Longleaf’s Alabama locations.
Call (844) 810-7340 Join the interest list
In an emergency, call 911. For a mental health or substance use crisis, call or text 988.
