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Lake Name Lake Description
Fishing Creek Reservoir
(South Carolina)
Lake description coming soon. Fishing Creek Reservoir is described by some anglers as the "best fishing lake in the Catawba River chain." All stats are preliminary. This is one of 4 reservoirs on the Catawba River. From South Carolina Dept. of Tourism: Fishing Creek Reservoir is a 1,937 ...
Hartwell Lake
(Georgia, South Carolina)
Hartwell Lake, straddling the South Carolina - Georgia border, is one of the most popular recreational lakes in the Southeast. Boasting a very impressive 56,000 acre area and 962 miles of shoreline, the reservoir is one of South Carolina's largest lakes. Created by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ...
J. Strom Thurmond Lake
(Georgia, South Carolina)
J. Strom Thurmond Lake, otherwise known as Clarks Hill Lake, holds the prize as the second largest artificial lake east of the Mississippi River. A mind-boggling 71,000 acres in area, the lake straddles the Georgia-South Carolina border and welcomes millions of visitors per year. The lake's wide variety ...
Lake Greenwood
(South Carolina)
Lake Greenwood, located in the counties of Greenwood, Laurens, and Newberry, is one of South Carolina's more popular lakes. Stretching 20 miles and with a shoreline of 212 miles, Lake Greenwood is the site for many recreational activities as well as residential homes. Recreational activities include ...
Lake Jocassee
(South Carolina)
Nestled into the pristine Appalachian mountains of northwestern South Carolina, Lake Jocassee reaches its watery depths down 300 feet and out over 7,500 acres. Burying underwater an area once home to part of the Cherokee nation, the lake was originally built for hydro-electric power generation. Now, ...
Lake Marion
(South Carolina)
The largest lake in South Carolina at an incredible 110,000 acres, Lake Marion straddles five state counties: Berkeley, Calhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg, and Sumter. Created in 1942 in tandem with its sister reservoir, Lake Moultrie, the two lakes comprise over 174,000 acres and contain more than 6.5 ...
Lake Murray
(South Carolina)
Lake Murray, one of the largest lakes in South Carolina, spreads out over approximately 50,000 acres and stretches an incredible 41 miles long and 14 miles wide. Built to provide the area with hydroelectric power, the Saluda Dam was the largest earthen dam in the world upon its completion date in 1930. ...
Richard B. Russell Lake
(Georgia, South Carolina)
Richard B. Russell Lake, sometimes nicknamed Lake Russell, straddles the South Carolina-Georgia state line to claim 26,650 sparkling acres and 540 miles of shoreline. Like many lakes in the area, the lake was originally created by damming up the Savannah River to provide flood control to the surrounding ...

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