Howard E Smith Lake

Howard E Smith Lake: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this lake: Full / gates open · Low water level · Entry closed.

Best time to visit Howard E Smith Lake

Season: August to December when reservoirs are full and gates may open.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Howard E Smith Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 31.01949, -88.22896. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Howard E Smith Lake

• Old Mobile Site · fort · Mobile · ~29 km · Must-see
• Bottle Creek Indian Mounds · fort · Baldwin · ~34 km · Must-see
• Chickasabogue Park · sanctuary · Mobile · ~36 km · Must-see
• Andrews Chapel · church · Washington · ~41 km · Must-see
• Bartram Canoe Trail · sanctuary · Baldwin · ~42 km · Must-see
• Big Creek Lake · lake · George · ~45 km · Must-see
• Stockton United Methodist Church · church · Baldwin · ~45 km · Must-see
• Mobile-Tensaw Delta Wildlife Management Area · sanctuary · Baldwin · ~45 km · Must-see
• Saint Paul's Episcopal Chapel · church · Jackson · ~46 km · Must-see
• Sodality Chapel · church · Mobile · ~47 km · Must-see
• Sodality Chapel · church · Jackson · ~47 km · Must-see
• The Catholic Cemetery of Mobile · church · Mobile · ~47 km · Must-see
• Carlen House · fort · Mobile · ~50 km · Must-see
• Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church · church · Mobile · ~50 km · Must-see
• Saint Francis Street United Methodist Church · church · Mobile · ~51 km · Must-see
• Cathedral Square · church · Mobile · ~51 km · Must-see
• Government Street Presbyterian Church · church · Mobile · ~51 km · Must-see
• Mobile Carnival Museum · museum · Mobile · ~51 km · Must-see

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• Flint Creek Water Park · lake · Stone · ~109 km · Must-see
• Crescent Lake · lake · Baldwin · ~137 km · Must-see
• Hickory Hills Lake · lake · Lamar · ~144 km · Must-see
• Hatters Pond · lake · Mobile · ~25 km
• D R Stallworth Pond · lake · Washington · ~37 km
• A D Hall Lake Dam · lake · George · ~38 km
• Clifton McLeod Lake · lake · Greene · ~41 km
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