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Boating and Sailing, Boat Rentals, and Marinas

Whether you are a motorboat enthusiast, canoeist, kayaker or sailor, you’ll find the perfect place for your favorite water sport here in beautiful Bedford. No need to worry if you can’t bring or don’t have a watercraft. Our many full-service marinas and outfitters have just what you need!

Bent Creek Adventures
PO Box 1091
Routes 60 and 605
Appomattox, VA 24522
434-933-8034
www.floatfisherman.org
bcaonthejames@aol.com
Canoeing & Tubing Livery

Bridgewater Marina and Boat Rentals
Pontoons, waverunners, run-a-bouts, parasailing
16410 Booker T. Washington Highway
Moneta, VA 24121
540-721-1639, 800-729-1630
www.bridgewaterplaza.com

James River Basin Canoe Livery
Twin River Outfitters
US 60 Between Lexington & Buena Vista
17 Rockbridge Road
State Route 130
Glasgow, VA 24555
540-261-7334
Website: www.canoevirginia.net
Email: tro@canoevirginia.net

Parrot Cove at Smith Mountain Lake
Houseboats, pontoons, waverunners, 18' run-a-bouts, fishing boats
16441 Booker T. Washington Highway
Moneta, VA 24121
540-721-5363, 800-488-4516
www.parrotcove.com
rentals@parrotcove.com

Parkway Marina on Smith Mountain Lake
Pontoons, cruisers and houseboat rentals, ship’s store, accessories, marine service center, hauling, washing and cleaning.
16918 Smith Mountain Lake Parkway
Huddleston, VA 24104-2963
540-297-4412
www.ParkwayMarina.com

Smith Mountain Lake State Park
Waverunners, canoes, kayaks
1235 State Park Road
Huddleston Virginia 24104
540-297-6066
www.dcr.state.va.us

Webster Marine Center
1185 Mills Road
Moneta, VA 24121
Darrell Ross
1-800325-9110
540-297-5228
540-297-9167 - Fax

Wilderness Canoe & Kayaks
631 James River Road
Natural Bridge Station, VA 24579
540-291-2295

Lake Sailing Academy
A Yearn to Learn?
Smith Mountain Lake
Ralph Brush
PO Box 143
Huddleston, VA 24101
540-297-8393
888-SAIL SML (toll-free)

Virginia Dare Cruises
3619 Airport Road
Moneta, VA 24121
540-297-7100
800-721-3273
Email: info@vadarecruises.com
Web: www.vadarecruises.com

Boat Landings

Reed Creek Boat Landing:
James River Access, Big Island, VA adjacent to Georgia Pacific Plant, by main entrance off Rte 501

Hunting Creek Boat Landing:
James River Access,Big Island ,VA ,1 block north of junction of Rte 501 and Rte 122,turn right on Riverside Circle,1/4 mile on right .

Hardy Road Ford:
Smith Mountain Lake Access, From Rte 24 in Stewartsville follow Rte 619 to Rte 634(Hardy Road) south to boat ramp. From Franklin County,south side of Hales Ford Bridge,take Rte 122 ,turn right on Rte 634 and follow to ramp

Smith Mountain State Park Public Boat Ramp:
Fee $5.00, From Bedford Rte 122 S to left on Rte 608,turn right on Rte 626 to SML State Park.

Upcoming Events

• May 17 - Restoration Talk and Tour - 3:00pm to 4:00pm - In honor of National Historic Preservation month, Director of Restoration Travis McDonald will present a slide talk and tour explaining why Jefferson's design of his retreat, Poplar Forest, was a radically modern work of architecture in America for its time. Jefferson's work was a "melting pot" of architectural prototypes but also very personal. The current restoration work on the wing of service rooms is one of the most Jeffersonian parts of the architecture and one that was innovative and unusual in American architecture. Standard admission charge, which also includes a separate tour of the house either before or after the restoration tour. - Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest, 1548 Bateman Bridge Road, Route 661, Forest - 434-525-1806 - www.poplarforest.org

• May 24 - Moonlight Serenade - 7:00pm - See the Memorial at dusk on this special Memorial Day weekend. The Jefferson Choral Society will perform an evening concert of 1940s music from 8:00pm to 9:00pm. Performer Keith Campbell will kick off the concert at 7pm. The Memorial will remain open until 10:00pm. - National D-Day Memorial, Bedford - 540-586-3329 - www.dday.org

• May 31 - 3rd Annual BBQ at Sedalia - Barbeque connoisseurs will gather at the 3rd annual BBQ festival to celebrate the art and secrets of slow-cooked pork barbeque. Tastin' starts at High noon! BBQ Teams will likely begin cooking Friday night and continue into the early hours of Saturday morning. The 4-person teams typically have playful names, but are serious about tasty and tender pork barbeque. - The Sedalia Center, 1108 Sedalia School Road, Big Island - $ - 434-299-5080 - www.sedaliacenter.org

These events and more can be found in our event calendar.

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