Whatever the group or whatever the reason, the W. E. Skelton 4-H Educational Conference Center at Smith Mountain Lake is the ideal location for meetings, lodging, meals, rest, and recreation. Our modern and spacious meeting rooms can handle almost any crowd as can a variety of recreational sites on our 120 shoreline acres!

We're open year-round so for whatever reason you want to retreat to Smith Mountain Lake, please know these are just a few of the events we can host:

Have something else in mind? Call us!

Conferencing

Groups have more than 15 indoor event spaces to choose from. We have more than 14,500 square feet of meeting space from a 7,130 square foot auditorium to a 280 square foot break-out room. Our dining hall can seat 400.

Our main conference rooms are located in the Taubman Center, Reid Jones, Jr. Lodge and JOCO Learning Center. Each has a kitchen or kitchenette and restrooms with ADA accommodations.

Outdoor shelters include our Open Air Pavilion, Willard Pavilion, Challenge Course shelter and Far Point shelter. The pavilions have restrooms that are ADA compliant. The Open Air Pavilion can seat 600 for picnics or meetings and the Willard Pavilion can accommodate 200 at its picnic tables.

Meals

A variety of delicious and satisfying menu options are available for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Continental breakfast, brunch, picnic, and snack menu items for conference breaks are also available. Special menus and meals to meet specific dietary needs can also be created. Save room for dessert!

Lodging

Six centrally located lodges have a total of 450 beds. For large retreat and recreation groups, our dormitory style lodges may be just what you're looking for. There are four of these lodges sleeping six per room with a shared bath/restroom. Overnight conferencing groups may prefer our two other lodges featuring rooms with private baths and individually controlled heat and air conditioning. Most of these rooms are ADA compliant. Whatever your preference, we have convenient options to choose from.

Rates vary depending on the day of the week.
Please contact our Guest Services department for more information.

Recreational Sites

Tennis anyone? How about some basketball or volleyball; maybe a couple of laps in the pool or a round of miniature golf? Perhaps a walk on our nature trail or canoeing is more to your liking. Maybe your entire group would like the unique team building experience our program staff offers at our Challenge Course? There are fifteen separate recreational sites on campus and more opportunities than that to complement your retreat agenda with exercise, quiet time or fun.

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