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 indefatigable pursuit of an unattainable perfection—even though nothing more than the pounding of an old piano—is what alone gives a meaning to our life on this unavailing star.”
    —Logan Pearsall Smith (1865–1946)

    “And no one knows what’s yet to come.
    For Patrick Pearse had said
    That in every generation
    Must Ireland’s blood be shed.
    From mountain to mountain ride the fierce horsemen.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)