The Lodge at Smithgall Woods

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The Lodge at Smithgall Woods is a cluster of five cottages tucked in the northwest corner of the Smithgall Woods Conservation Area, 5,600-acres of hemlock and hardwoods, trails and trout streams.

Lodge guests Lynn Whitten of Decatur (left) and Pam Brooks-Carump hike back from Dukes Creek Falls. The falls are about a mile walk from the lodge. Access to several hiking trails is one of the amenities of the lodge.

Laurel Cottage overlooks a meadow and provides sleeping for two.

Wealthy newspaper owner Charles A. Smithgall Jr. assembled the acreage in the 1980s and in 1994 sold the White County tract to the state for $10.8 million, half its appraised value of $21.6 million.

Lodge guests Lynn Whitten, left, of Decatur and Pam Brooks-Carump, right, have a picnic packed by lodge chef Marshall Parks while sitting overlooking Dukes Creek Falls.

Smithgall Lodge has four guest rooms, the dining room for all guests and a deck that overlooks Dukes Creek.

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Lodge guests Lynn Whitten of Decatur (left) and Pam Brooks-Carump hike back from Dukes Creek Falls. The falls are about a mile walk from the lodge. Access to several hiking trails is one of the amenities of the lodge.

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