Lakes

Lakes and reservoirs in South Carolina

This guide covers 9 lakes and reservoirs in South Carolina. 5 of them have a public water level gauge, and together they hold 2 mapped swimming spots. Each page carries the live level where an agency publishes one, plus weather, access points and sources.

9Lakes
5Live gauges
2Swimming spots

Lakes in South Carolina

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Every lake, by relevance

Ordered by how much people search for them.

Lake Hartwell

South Carolina · United States

Lake Hartwell

Lake Hartwell is a reservoir of some 56,000 acres on the Savannah River, in South Carolina. It is managed by USACE Savannah…

Reservoir
Lake Keowee

South Carolina · Oconee County

Lake Keowee

Lake Keowee is a 18,500-acre reservoir on the Keowee River in South Carolina. The lake is in Oconee County. Management is in the…

Reservoir1 beach

South Carolina · Fairfield County

Lake Wateree

Fed by the Wateree River, Lake Wateree holds roughly 13,864 acres of water in South Carolina. Its shoreline falls inside…

Reservoir
Lake Jocassee

South Carolina · Oconee County

Lake Jocassee

Lake Jocassee is a reservoir of some 7,500 acres on the Keowee River, in South Carolina. It lies in Oconee County. It is managed…

Reservoir
Lake Moultrie

South Carolina · Berkeley County

Lake Moultrie

Fed by the outflow =, Lake Moultrie holds roughly 60,000 acres of water in South Carolina. It lies in Berkeley County. It is…

Reservoir1 beach
Lake Wylie

South Carolina · United States

Lake Wylie

Lake Wylie is a 13,344-acre reservoir on the Catawba River in South Carolina. Duke Energy / Lake Wylie Marine Commission manages…

Reservoir
Lake Greenwood

South Carolina · Laurens County

Lake Greenwood

Lake Greenwood is a reservoir of some 11,400 acres on the Saluda River, in South Carolina. You will find it in Laurens County.…

Reservoir
Lake Murray

South Carolina · Lexington, Richland, Saluda and Newberry counties

Lake Murray

Lake Murray covers about 50,000 acres west of Columbia, South Carolina, with roughly 650 miles of shoreline. It was impounded in…

Reservoir
Lake Russell

South Carolina · Elbert County

Lake Russell

Lake Russell covers about 26,650 acres in South Carolina. The lake is in Elbert County. Management is in the hands of USACE…

Reservoir

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