Smith Mountain Lake Blog

As the months fly by at rates of speed generally only reached by rockets shooting into space, we tend to get a little afraid to look at the calendar. No one is ever ready for the big holidays to take place, and that includes Thanksgiving! Stressful, busy, and expensive, the holiday designated for being thankful often leaves us anything but—the good news is we think we have a solution. We would like to invite you to the tranquil and peaceful landscape of Smith Mountain Lake for your 2019 Thanksgiving celebration, […]

We get it, you don’t come to Smith Mountain Lake for the museums, the nightlife, or even the shopping. You visit our piece of paradise for the flamboyant sunsets, the serene water views, and the beauty of our natural landscape! Outdoors is best in this area, and these outdoor Smith Mountain Lake activities are designed to ensure you get to enjoy every second of your getaway! Charter a Fishing Expedition There’s no better way to worship the great outdoors in Smith Mountain Lake than with a pole in hand, and […]

Every day spent in Smith Mountain Lake is guaranteed to be one filled with fun and excitement, but there are some times that are better to visit than others: holidays, special occasions, and our favorite salute to the end of summer, the weekend the Smith Mountain Lake Wine Festival comes to town! Occurring the weekend of September 28th & 29th and bringing with it the first cooler days of fall and the start of the changing of the color of leaves, this fun festival offers something wonderful for everyone that […]

Fishing just does not get much better than what it is at Smith Mountain Lake. Each year Smith Mountain Lake is frequented by amateur and professional anglers looking to make their biggest catch yet. Smith Mountain Lake is so popular with fishing due to its location and incredible fishing conditions year round. However, having Smith Mountain Lake ranked as one of the top 100 lakes in the country for fishing by Bassmaster Magazine does not hurt either! The Best Fishing Ranking to Have We are not tooting our own horn […]

As the final days of summer begin to fly by, many people begin to feel depressed that these carefree hours will be gone. We live for summer and the joys that accompany it, but we just don’t have enough free time to fully experience the season. Fortunately, Labor Day Weekend is just around the corner, and if you’re looking for the perfect way to end your summer on high note, our Smith Mountain Lake Labor Day escapes are available and ready to give you a vacation experience you will never […]

We can’t help it, just saying the words “summer vacation” causes us to break out in happy giggles as we remember those fantastic carefree days of our youth. They were long days spent exploring, sleeping in late, and enjoying everything that is wonderful about the season without a thought to the heat and humidity that accompanies it! If you’re like us, your upcoming Smith Mountain Lake getaway is probably very much on your mind, and these cool treats to beat the summer heat in Virginia are designed to make sure […]

Generally, a lake getaway is not considered a luxurious experience, but as anyone who has ever visited Smith Mountain Lake before knows, luxury is in the eye of the beholder! It doesn’t always have to mean time spent swaddled in furs and dining on caviar and champagne; sometimes luxury can be found in the simple moments in life, such as watching the sunrise over the lake with a pole in the water, not really caring if you get a bite or not, or spending the day on water skis, feeling […]

As the season changes from spring to summer to even hotter summer, it’s time to start thinking about what you’re going to be doing when America turns 243! But first, let’s think about that for a moment. 243 is such an awkward age. It’s not close to a well-rounded 300 and still far enough away from 250; you should probably plan something special, like a trip to Smith Mountain Lake, to make America feel better! All kidding aside, celebrating our nation’s birthday in a place where much of the magic […]

There’s a lot to fall in love with when you visit Smith Mountain Lake for the first time. From the tranquil beauty of the water to the verdant green of the countryside surrounding it, our breathtaking natural landscape is one of the top reasons we spend so much of our downtime outside. But it’s more than that. It’s the crispness of the morning air when hiking along the Peaks of Otter. It’s the bobbing of your boat in the waters of the lake. And it’s the take no prisoners award-winning Carvins […]

D-Day was a day that the entire world will remember throughout eternity, including right here in our small town of Bedford, where 20 of the 32 soldiers fighting lost their lives on the beaches of Normandy. This year marks the 75th anniversary of that horrible time, and what better place to commemorate the sacrifices and the heroism of our American soldiers than at Bedford’s National D-Day Memorial? Constructed in 2001, over 24,000 people attended the opening dedication, and we think the five-day commemoration ceremony taking place on June 5th through […]