On June 17th and 18th Smith Mountain Lake made the bigtime on HGTV’s (Home & Garden Network) House Hunters reality TV show. Paul Moore of the Smith Mountain Homes Realty Team was chosen to represent Smith Mountain Lake of all the lakes in the U.S. to be on the show. The show was part of a series [...]

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Has it ever occurred to you that there are few vacation spots out there more desirable than Smith Mountain Lake? It’s true. Most people thinking of vacations are looking for exactly what our lake has to offer. In fact, very few vacation destinations can come close to providing all the myriad of fun activities and [...]

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Smith Mountain Lake State Park is the place to be on June 28th and 29th if you enjoy camping. If you have never taken the kids camping, then this might be the time for a family adventure. The park is located on the second largest freshwater lake in Virginia and has loads of exciting things [...]

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It is now officially summer, school is out and Smith Mountain Lake is literally swimming with fun in the sun. Most of the plans we look forward to making for summer vacations and weekends off during warm months, involve some exposure to the sun. What would the world be like if we had to stay indoors all [...]

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Does it seem there is always some project awaiting your attention at your home on Smith Mountain Lake? I suppose most folks feel that way. Maybe this will be the summer you tackle that home improvement issue that you have been putting off.
Thankfully, the business resources here at the lake have grown considerably in the [...]

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The good news on Smith Mountain Lake Christian Academy, is that it is progressing nicely toward it’s first school year. The following is the latest update from Deke Andrews, Head of School.
Despite every tool imaginable to simplify our lives, life has become infinitely more complicated! Consequently, our needs are numerous and different but the alternatives [...]

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A new court ruling has been proposed that would affect boaters at Smith Mountain Lake. This recent ruling regarding pollution being dumped from commercial ship ballast water will also require all recreational boats to get permits by September, 2008-despite the fact that 99% of recreational boats do not have ballast tanks. Public involvement can make a [...]

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Exciting news at Smith Mountain Lake tonight! If you have never watched the Home & Garden Network channel, this would be the night to do so. The very popular House Hunters reality TV show will feature Smith Mountain Lake on their show at 10PM!
The following is a summary from the House Hunters website:

House Hunters takes viewers behind the [...]

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Smith Mountain Lake is a great place to get a suntan, and a sunburn too if you are not careful. We have all heard that sunburns are not good, but why exactly is that? What happens when a sunburn occurs? Here is my overview for the ordinary person (like myself who can’t quite wrap my mind around the scientific [...]

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Every time you think you have seen the ultimate new toy on the water at Smith Mountain Lake, another makes it’s debut. Of course that’s wonderful when you live on a lake and love to be in the water, which is why many of us live in this area. Lori Wolak of The Lake Channel writes [...]

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