Smith Mountain

Smith Mountain is a Mountain range in Northern Pittsylvania County, Virginia, it is the mountain for which Smith Mountain Lake gets its name.

Over thirty summits in the United States including:

  • Smith Mountain (Taconic Mountains), a peak in western Massachusetts.
  • Smith Mountain (Death Valley), a peak in Death Valley National Park in California.

Famous quotes containing the words smith and/or mountain:

    “The human heart dares not stay away too long from that which hurt it most. There is a return journey to anguish that few of us are released from making.”
    —Lillian Smith (1897–1966)

    “Fogs and clouds which conceal the overshadowing mountains lend the breadth of the plains to mountain vales. Even the small-featured country acquires some grandeur in stormy weather when clouds are seen drifting between the beholder and the neighboring hills.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)