What is The Boardwalk at Smith Mountain Lake?
The Boardwalk is the only community at Smith Mountain Lake with a genuine wooden boardwalk, designed in a New England, Nantucket style across 100+ acres and 4 miles of shoreline. It offers townhome-style living, a recreation center with a lap pool, tennis and croquet, and a community beach.
The Boardwalk is the only community at Smith Mountain Lake with a genuine wooden boardwalk, built in a New England, Nantucket style and ideal for strolling and biking. It spans more than 100 acres with four miles of shoreline. Housing runs from townhouses and condos through cottages to single-family homes, so the community holds a range of buyers rather than one price band. Owners share a recreation center with a lap pool, regulation tennis courts, croquet, a community beach, and walking and jogging trails.
Updated July 2026
Amenities & Features
Housing Options
Only boardwalk on Smith Mountain Lake (Nantucket style)
Key Details
- Acreage
- 100+ acres
- Shoreline
- 4 miles
- Housing Types
- Townhouses & Condos, Cottages, Single-Family Homes
- Location
- Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia
The Boardwalk FAQs
What makes The Boardwalk unique at Smith Mountain Lake?
The Boardwalk is the only community at Smith Mountain Lake with a genuine wooden boardwalk, designed in a New England, Nantucket style that is ideal for strolling and biking. It spans 100+ acres with 4 miles of shoreline.
What amenities does The Boardwalk offer?
The Boardwalk offers its signature Nantucket-style wooden boardwalk, a recreation center with a lap pool, regulation tennis courts and croquet, a community beach, and walking and jogging trails.
What types of homes are at The Boardwalk?
The Boardwalk offers townhouses and condos, cottages, and single-family homes in a quiet, luxury lakeside setting.
Is the boardwalk itself usable, or decorative?
It is a genuine wooden boardwalk and the community was laid out around using it, for strolling and biking. It is the one feature no other community at Smith Mountain Lake has. If the walkability is the reason you are buying, walk it at the time of day you would actually use it, and in the season you would actually be here.
How much shoreline does The Boardwalk have?
The community spans more than 100 acres with about four miles of shoreline, which is a large water frontage for the acreage and is why the layout can put so much of the community within reach of the water. There is a community beach as well. Confirm what water access conveys with a specific property, since that varies within any lake community.
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