Lake Greenwood

Lake Greenwood: access and conditions

On the map, Lake Greenwood is centered near 34.2288, -81.9778. Water leaves through the Saluda River. It reaches roughly 69 feet at its deepest. It lies at roughly 440 feet of elevation.

If Lake Greenwood is busy, the nearest alternatives here are Parr Shoals Reservoir (South Carolina, 37 mi), Lake Murray (South Carolina, 39 mi) and J. Strom Thurmond Lake (Georgia, 41 mi). In all, 15 lakes in South Carolina are covered here.

Season dates vary by park; the operating agency publishes them each spring. No public sensor reports water temperature at Lake Greenwood, so the panel shows air temperature and wind. Freshwater advisories are issued locally, so check the state health department before you swim.

Station 02166500, LAKE GREENWOOD NEAR CHAPPELLS, SC, publishes the water surface elevation used here. The last value stored here, 438.27 ft, is from 2026-09-09. When the pool drops, shoreline beaches grow and shallow ramps can run out of concrete.

The nearest mapped swimming spot is East Beach on Lake Keowee, roughly 59 miles away. No named swimming beach is mapped at Lake Greenwood in the federal and state datasets this guide reads. Access is through whatever the operating agency provides on the ground, so check with them first. Where there is no marked beach, entry is usually from a boat ramp or an unimproved bank.