South Carolina Lakes Catalog Page

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.

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 Real Estate

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
  • Fishing Hot Spot Maps of South Carolina – http://www.fishinghotspots.com/e1/pc/viewcategories.asp?idCategory=50&pageStyle=L