Crooked Creek Retreat-Escape Relax Breathe on LSL

Welcome to Crooked Creek Retreat. This property’s location offers the best of Lewis Smith Lake, Bankhead National Forrest and Historic Downtown Cullman Alabama. We are located in Crane Hill Al. & 15 miles west of Interstate 65. Enjoy swimming, fishing and boating on Lewis Smith Lake. The Bankhead National Forrest borders part of the lake creating many beautiful scenic bluffs. Enjoy a few day trips by driving to many of the Bankhead National forest hiking trails & waterfalls. Pack a lunch and go exploring. Each season you will have many opportunities to attend different festivals, events & activities because of this property’s central location. Our guest Retreat is built on a densely wood lot that has a gentle slope with a walk-in shoreline & dock ramp. The property is located in the Crooked Creek area on Lewis Smith Lake. It is about one hour south from the Huntsville airport & about one hour north from the Birmingham airport. During your stay If you need a break from lake life historic down town Cullman is 20 minutes away and offers many activities to enjoy from antique shopping, fine dining restaurants, a farmers market, brewery & casual dinning choices with live entertainment. Please review the city of Cullman’s website for up to date city & county festivals & special events throughout the year. Our Crooked Creek Guest Retreat was complete January 2021 and is ready for your arrival. The guest house has a private entrance & is the lower walk out level of the main house. Your windows all face the lake, forest & patio. It is not possible to enter the main house or guest house internally between either home. The guest Retreat has a private patio, gas grill, private fire pit with 6 chairs & free parking for 2 vehicle’s including space for a toy trailer. Your welcome to bring a wagon or golf cart to help transport your lake gear up & down to the dock. The entire property is for your enjoyment including the back yard, shoreline, 2 hammocks, path swing, fire pit and dock. Your privacy is very important & will be respected. The property is very peaceful due to the fact it has two empty wooded lots on either side of the house providing a 400ft buffer between the closest neighbors in any direction. Throughout the year the homeowners may be in residence & have two standard poodles Lily & Beaux. If you have any needs they can be reached by a call or text. Please note the property is in a very rural area. Expect to see and hear many different kind of wildlife including birds, deer, cows, chickens, goats. You will drive on twisting, winding, hilly country roads. Walk a natural path to & from the shoreline. The WiFi & cell service is iffy in the Smith Lake area. ATT provides the best cell service in the area. I recommended printing off your driving directions for when you get off Interstate 65 on your way to Crooked Creek Retreat. Your gps will cut in & out while you are driving. Please note it will drive you a mile past Crooked Creek Retreat address. If your going to be boating I highly recommend purchasing a lake map incase your cell phones gps goes out while your out on the lake. The lake has 500 miles of shore line & its easy to get lost. It’s imperative to know that Lewis Smith Lakes water level changes seasonally & can be tracked on a smith lake app. When booking any rental on this lake it’s important to note Smith Lake has three different kinds of water front property descriptions. Deep water, year round water & seasonable water. Each offers different experiences with different perks. Traditionally Crooked Creek Retreat dock is floating March through August. You can swim, float, boat, fish, jet ski from the dock during this time. The water around the shoreline and dock are very calm & safe for swimming, floating, paddle boarding & kayaking. Guest are welcome to tie up their boat & jet skis on the east side of the dock. Owners keep their ski boat on the lift. They use the west side of the dock for their fishing boat & jet ski. Beach chairs are perfect to sit at the shoreline to watch little ones play in the shallow water. Arrow Head bar & grill is a kayak ride away. Order in or carry out breakfast lunch or dinner on the weekends. FYI: Seafood boils is great on the weekends! During the fall & winter months Crooked Creeks Retreat dock is not floating. During the fall/winter months weather permitting you can walk out to the channel & drop in the kayak, enjoy fishing & go for long walks along the shoreline. Some time between January-March Alabama Power will raise the lake level. During this time you might get not be able to walk out to the dock but you will be able to kayak out the dock. The closest public boat launch is a 5 minute boat ride away at Arrow Head Park Park. Smith Lake Park public boat launch is about twenty minute car ride away.