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Smith Mountain Arts Council

Smith Mountain Arts Council

Most of us at Smith Mountain Lake have some sort of artistic streak, whether it be an occasional penchant for coaxing music out of a guitar or a weekend painting passion. Or perhaps you…

Homemade BBQ Sauce

Homemade BBQ Sauce

Everyone knows Smith Mountain Lake residents love their grills and barbeque pits, and nothing spices up a juicy burger or sizzlin’ steak better than a zesty barbecue sauce – something with that perfect mix…

National D-Day Memorial

National D-Day Memorial

June 6, 1944…….few days in our nation’s history have been more significant or more costly than D-Day.  It might also be said that no greater honor could be bestowed on a locale than to…

Camper's Paradise At Smith Mountain Lake

Camper’s Paradise

Are you looking for a different way to experience both the waters and the woods of Smith Mountain Lake this summer?  What better way to combine the two than a lakeside camping trip?  Whether…

Houseboating On Smith Mountain Lake

Houseboating on the Lake

Travel Bloggers.com has ranked Smith Mountain Lake as one of the top ten houseboat lakes in North America!  According to the article, the lakes chosen were those that “tend to be large enough for…

Flying at the Lake

At 20,600 acres or roughly 32 square miles, Smith Mountain Lake sprawls out over a large section of the map.  If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to have a bird’s eye…

Tips for Great Grillin’

Summer . . . the time when delicious aromas begin wafting from the docks and decks of Smith Mountain Lake homes everywhere as the grilling season gets underway. If you’re looking to learn a…

Smith Mountain Lake or Lake Winnipesaukee?

  “Doctor Marvin!  Doctor Leo Marvin!”  Fans of the 1991 movie What About Bob? can instantly recall the scene from their favorite comedy.  Bill Murray as Bob Wiley steps into the parking lot beside…

Come and Visit a Piece of Local History

Slave and free man, student, and educator, Booker T. Washington was a man whose life greatly promoted the cause of racial equality in our country.  Born on April 5, 1865, Washington grew up on…

Learn To Wakeboard

With summer and the warm weather now fully upon us at Smith Mountain Lake, it’s time to be out on the water in every spare moment.  But maybe after a few seasons of waterskiing,…

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