Smiths Lake

Smiths 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 Smiths 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 Smiths Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 31.59535, -86.26881. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Smiths Lake

• Oaky Streak Methodist Church · church · Butler · ~32 km · Must-see
• Frank Jackson State Park · park · Covington · ~40 km · Must-see
• First Presbyterian Church · church · Pike · ~47 km · Must-see
• Three Notch Museum · museum · Covington · ~47 km · Must-see
• Butler Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church · church · Butler · ~53 km · Must-see
• First Presbyterian Church · church · Butler · ~53 km · Must-see
• Confederate Park · park · Butler · ~53 km · Must-see
• Conecuh National Forest · sanctuary · Covington · ~54 km · Must-see
• First Baptist Church · church · Butler · ~54 km · Must-see
• Boll Weevil Monument · fort · Coffee · ~63 km · Must-see
• Geneva State Forest · sanctuary · Covington · ~65 km · Must-see
• Brantley Assembly of God Church · church · Crenshaw · ~1 km
• L D Thaggard Dam · lake · Crenshaw · ~2 km
• Brantley United Methodist Church · church · Crenshaw · ~2 km
• Unknown Alabama Confederate Soldiers Monument · fort · Crenshaw · ~4 km
• Brunson Chapel · church · Crenshaw · ~4 km
• Antioch Church · church · Crenshaw · ~11 km
• Veasey Chapel · church · Covington · ~12 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Smiths Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Smiths Lake

• Juniper Lake · lake · Geneva · ~116 km · Must-see
• R.E. "Bob" Woodruff Lake · lake · Autauga · ~118 km · Must-see
• Walter F George Reservoir · lake · Barbour · ~134 km · Must-see
• Walter F George Reservoir · lake · Quitman · ~138 km · Must-see
• George W. Andrews Lake · lake · Houston · ~145 km · Must-see
• L D Thaggard Dam · lake · Crenshaw · ~2 km
• Morris Pond · lake · Crenshaw · ~14 km
• Mandy Warren Lake · lake · Pike · ~15 km
• Coffee County Public Lake Dam · lake · Coffee · ~23 km
• Whitman Pond Dam · lake · Coffee · ~24 km

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