Welcome to the complete catalog of South Carolina lakes. Below is every lake covered on this site — from the giant Savannah River and Santee Cooper reservoirs to the small state-park and water-district lakes of the Upstate and Midlands. Click any lake for a full guide with fishing, depth, maps, boat ramps and more.
Table of Contents
South Carolina’s Largest Lakes
- Santee Cooper Lakes (Marion & Moultrie) — 170,000+ acres of world-class catfish and striped-bass water
- Lake Thurmond / Clarks Hill — one of the largest lakes in the Southeast, on the SC/GA line
- Lake Hartwell — a 56,000-acre Savannah River lake near Clemson and Anderson
- Lake Murray — 50,000 acres near Columbia, famous for its purple martins and fireworks
- Lake Keowee — crystal-clear Duke Energy lake at the foot of the Blue Ridge
- Lake Russell — the wild, undeveloped Savannah lake between Hartwell and Thurmond
- Lake Wateree — one of SC’s oldest lakes and a Catawba catfish favorite
- Lake Wylie — the oldest lake on the Catawba River, just south of Charlotte
- Lake Greenwood — an 11,400-acre Midlands lake on the Saluda and Reedy rivers
- Lake Jocassee — the deepest lake in SC, with boat-only waterfalls and scuba diving
- Lake Monticello — a deep, clear Fairfield County lake famous for winter bass
- Lake Fishing Creek — a Catawba River lake in Chester County
- Lake Whelchel — Gaffney’s city fishing lake in Cherokee County
Small Lakes & Ponds of South Carolina
- Lake Bowen — a 1,534-acre Spartanburg crappie lake
- Lake Blalock — Spartanburg Water’s reservoir on the South Pacolet
- Lake Cooley — a quiet 332-acre Spartanburg County lake
- Lake Cunningham — a Greer “chain of lakes” fishing lake
- Lake Robinson (Greer) — an 800-acre Greenville County water-supply lake
- Saluda Lake — a 331-acre lake minutes from Greenville
- Oak Grove Lake — a small managed Greenville County fishing lake
- Lake Placid — the swimming lake at Paris Mountain State Park
- Lake Pinnacle — a sand-beach swimming lake at Table Rock State Park
- Lake Oolenoy — Table Rock State Park’s second lake
- Lake Tugalo — a deep mountain gorge lake above Hartwell
- Lake Craig — the lake at Croft State Park near Spartanburg
- Lake Secession — a 1,450-acre Abbeville crappie lake
- Broadway Lake — a 300-acre Anderson County lake
- Lake Rabon — a 546-acre Laurens County lake
- Boyd Millpond — a scenic Reedy River millpond in Laurens County
- Lake Thicketty — a managed state lake near Gaffney
- Lake Robinson (Hartsville) — a 2,250-acre power-plant cooling lake
- Lake Prestwood — a historic Hartsville town lake (dammed 1896)
- Lake Juniper — the lake at Cheraw State Park, SC’s oldest state park
- Lake Warren — a Lowcountry state-park lake near Hampton
- Langley Pond — Aiken County’s Olympic-class rowing lake
- Lake Oliphant — a managed state fishing lake in Chester County
- Goose Creek Lake
- Swan Lake Iris Gardens — Sumter’s famous swan and iris garden lake
- Lake Becky
- Parr Shoals Reservoir
- Lake Yonah
- Lake Ashwood
- Lake Edwin Johnson
- Lake Cherokee
- Sunrise Lake
- Lake John D. Long
- Jonesville Reservoir
- Lake Edgar Brown
- Lake Paul Wallace
- Lancaster Reservoir
- Star Fort Pond
- Mountain Lakes
- Webb Center Lakes
- Bonneau Ferry WMA Lakes
- Draper WMA Lakes
Lake Real Estate
- Lake Murray real estate — waterfront homes for sale
- Lake Keowee real estate — luxury waterfront homes
- Lake Hartwell real estate — waterfront homes & lots
Maps are no longer sold on this webpage. Please click on the links to below to buy lake maps in South Carolina:
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- Kingfisher South Carolina Lake Maps – http://www.kfmaps.com/product-category/lake-maps/sc-lake-maps
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