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The beauty of Smith Lake attracts many people from all around. This lake is so wonderful. A lake nearby is Hollywood Club Lake, and if you came to camp Castle on the Lake Inn and RV Resort is a splendid location to do that. Going for a hike along the Mount Hope Tract Trail will let you absorb the natural beauty of this area, and why not pop by nearby Brushy Creek since you're here at Smith Lake. If you don't mind getting soaked, you can always go whitewater
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| | paddling on Neches River, and if you need a location to stay Best Western Executive Inn is a good choice. You just should like Smith Lake. There's so much to do here at Smith Lake that you need to camp here for a while, Shady Pines RV Park and Campground is a magnificent place for that, and Smith Lake is not the only spot nearby, Hollywood Lake is a nearby lake. From a rain point of view Smith Lake is a quite normal place; May is the month that gets the most | |
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rain, and August is the month with the least moisture. This lake is so wonderful. While you're here at Smith Lake you can take a hike along the Jim Hogg State Historical Park Trail; if the weather is great, you can go for a hike
along the Nature Trail. The warmest time of the year at Smith Lake comes with high temperatures in the 90's. During the moonlight hours it's typically in the 70's. The cold days of the winter come with highs in the 50's while Smith
Lake overnight low temperatures through the winter are in the 30's. You don’t have to go far from Smith Lake to spot the water at Hollywood Club Lake Dam, and at Smith Lake you can catch a sight of Rocky Point. If you're visiting
Smith Lake from Jacksonville, you won't be the only one; after a long day outdoors Holiday Inn Express Jacksonville, Tx is a magnificent location to spend a night or two.
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Coordinates: Latitude: 32.01667 Longitude: -95.23389
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Neches River, Anderson Cherokee CountyCounty, 14 miles away Class II+ - 3 miles long (Lake Palestine to US 175) |
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Neches River
 | 13 miles away 1 PHOTO ...ne off to your kayak and let it float under a downed tree, you crawl over the tree and then get back in. I'm sure the when and where the trees are down changes quite often.... And it looks like someone (probably the river authority) takes a saw down and cuts some of this out from time to time.
The put in location is correct. However, the take out is not. You need to float further down to the 175 bridge (less than 1/4th mile) and get out there.
I would suggest that experienced paddlers attempt this only when the water is high from heavy rains or when the dam is letting a lot of water out. There's vegetative litter stuck in the trees 10 foot above the water line.... So at some points of the year... This thing moves... And could represent dangers with the amount of timber.
You might consider taking a machete on this trip just in case. Don't forget the fishing pole, or if you are an archer, a bow for the huge gar and buffalo. There's plenty of fishin to do .
This trip with little effort takes approx 3 hours. If you live nearby, you need to make this float. Gla... |
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