South Carolina Lakes by Region

South Carolina : Capital City & Lake Murray Country (1)

• Lake Murray

South Carolina : Old 96 District (3)

• J. Strom Thurmond Lake
• Richard B. Russell Lake
• Lake Greenwood

South Carolina : Olde English District (3)

• Fishing Creek Reservoir
• Lake Wylie
• Lake Wateree

South Carolina : Pee Dee Country (1)

• Lake Robinson

South Carolina : Santee Cooper Country (2)

• Lake Marion
• Lake Moultrie

South Carolina : The Upcountry (3)

• Hartwell Lake
• Lake Keowee
• Lake Jocassee

Lake Greenwood

South Carolina Lakes A-Z

• Fishing Creek Reservoir
• Lake Keowee
• Lake Wateree
• Hartwell Lake
• Lake Marion
• Lake Wylie
• J. Strom Thurmond Lake
• Lake Moultrie
• Richard B. Russell Lake
• Lake Greenwood
• Lake Murray
• Lake Jocassee
• Lake Robinson

Lakes in SC

Lake Name	Lake Summary
Fishing Creek Reservoir	Also known as: Nitrolee Dam, Fishing Creek Lake Fishing Creek Reservoir, on the Catawba River in the Old English Region of South Carolina is aptly named: the 3112-acre lake provides a steady source ...
Hartwell Lake	Also known as: Lake Hartwell So large it covers parts of six counties in two states, Lake Hartwell draws millions of visitors a year to play on its 56,000 acres of water. With plenty ...
J. Strom Thurmond Lake	Also known as: Lake Strom Thurmond, J. Strom Thurmond Reservoir, Clarks Hill Lake, Thurmond Lake J. Strom Thurmond Lake, aka Clarks Hill Lake, holds the title of second largest artificial lake east of the Mississippi River. Straddling the Georgia-South ...
Lake Greenwood	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 ...
Lake Jocassee	Nestled into the pristine Appalachian mountains of northwestern South Carolina and southwestern North Carolina, Lake Jocassee reaches its watery depths ...
Lake Keowee	Lake Keowee is a freshwater lake located in northwestern South Carolina at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The lake supplies water ...
Lake Marion	The largest lake in South Carolina at 172 square miles, Lake Marion straddles five counties: Berkeley, Calhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg, and Sumter. It ...
Lake Moultrie	Lake Moultrie is located 31 miles north of Charleston in the low country of South Carolina. The lake is renowned for both its fishing and its natural ...
Lake Murray	The kayak slips quietly through the water, dipping in and out of the finger coves that fringe the lake. The sun is just peeking over the horizon. For ...
Lake Robinson	Also known as: Lake H.B. Robinson Lake Robinson spreads out over 2,250 acres in Chesterfield and Darlington Counties near Hartsville, South Carolina. Lake Robinson is long and narrow, ...
Lake Wateree	Also known as: Wateree Lake Lake Wateree lies 30 miles northeast of Columbia, South Carolina near Interstate 77. Duke Energy created the lake in 1920 by building a dam on the Catawba ...
Lake Wylie	Also known as: Lake Wylie Reservoir Spanning the North Carolina-South Carolina border, Lake Wylie is the oldest reservoir on the Catawba River. First dammed in 1904, the dam was rebuilt ...
Richard B. Russell Lake	Also known as: Lake Russell Richard B. Russell Lake, sometimes nicknamed Lake Russell, claims 26,650 sparkling acres and 540 miles of shoreline on the Georgia-South Carolina state ...