If you are an athlete living at or near Smith Mountain Lake, you may want to mark your calendar for May 6th. The Annual SML Triathlon will be held on that day at Smith Mountain Lake State Park in Huddleston, …
Interpreting Recycling Codes on Plastics
Many families at Smith Mountain Lake recycle plastic products to help prevent the deterioration of our environment caused by trash build-up. On the bottom of each plastic container you purchase, there is a triangular-shaped recycling symbol with a number in …
Interesting Trivia About ‘April’
April is the month that brings Smith Mountain Lake alive! The spring rains nourish the earth and everything in Creation begins to explode with color against a backdrop of green. It is a wonderful time of year. Somehow even the …
Smith Mountain Lake Maps
Smith Mountain Lake is a lovely actress with many different faces and personalities, each one beautiful in its own way. Seen from the sky she is shining and sinuously graceful. Riding her clear blue/green waters she is soothing and mysterious. …
Learn How To ‘Raft Up’
Everyone has to start learning the ropes of boating sometime and first-timers on Smith Mountain Lake are no exception. Nate Davis at www.LKNfun.com has written a great article for The Lake Channel and those who want to learn the basic …
Sail Away on Smith Mountain Lake
Sunshine and warm weather, blue waters, and weekends at Smith Mountain Lake…….. make you feel like sailing off into uncharted waters sometimes. Well, at least it does me. This kind of balmy spring day makes me chafe at having to …
Story, Song and Sermon
Although this speaking engagement is to take place in Roanoke rather than at Smith Mountain Lake, it could very well turn out to be worth the drive. The speakers are both Christian and unusual to some degree; appreciated by many, avoided by …
The Corporate Cup
In 1997 the Smith Mountain Lake Chamber of Commerce began hosting the Corporate Cup Golf Tournament as one of their fundraisers. Its location alternates yearly between two private country clubs encouraging optimal challenge. Proceeds go to SMLCC for the operation …
Recognizing the ‘Poison’ Plants Part 3
While I have never seen poison sumac at Smith Mountain Lake, that certainly does not eliminate the possibility that it exists somewhere out there in the campgrounds and more heavily forested areas. The key to identifying it seems to be …
Smith Mountain Lake – Channels & Islands
The Channels One of the many wonderful features of Smith Mountain Lake is the numbered navigation channel marker system on both the main channels and the tributaries. The Roanoke Channel numbers start at R1 near the dam and extend west, …