Lakes / South Carolina / Saluda County / New Saluda Reservoir
New Saluda Reservoir, South Carolina
39 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - South Carolina
34.00 degrees N, 81.79 degrees W - Saluda County. State and county outlines drawn from Census boundary data; the lake marker is placed by its USGS National Hydrography Dataset coordinates, not by eye. Schematic - not a survey map.
How New Saluda Reservoir Stacks Up
- Larger than 38% of the 276 lakes counted in South Carolina.
- About 43 miles from Columbia, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holmes Pond | Edgefield | 14 mi | 27 acres |
| Odell Memorial Lake | Edgefield | 16 mi | 42 acres |
| Star Fort Pond | Greenwood | 16 mi | 32 acres |
| Davis Pond | Lexington | 16 mi | 44 acres |
| Slade Lake | Edgefield | 17 mi | 34 acres |
| Reid Lake | Aiken | 17 mi | 26 acres |
Straight-line distance between lake centers.
Facts and Figures
Largest Lakes in South Carolina
| # | Lake | County | Surface Area | Max Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake Marion | Clarendon | 80,044 acres | - |
| 2 | Lake Moultrie | Berkeley | 56,828 acres | - |
| 3 | Lake Murray | Lexington | 48,761 acres | - |
| 4 | Hartwell Lake | Oconee | 18,037 acres | - |
| 5 | Lake Keowee | Oconee | 16,883 acres | - |
All 276 South Carolina lakes ranked by surface area
Sources: USGS NHD (The National Map NHD MapServer layer 12) named waterbodies FTYPE 390/436; counties via Census point-in-polygon lake data (ID 122337670). Verified October 30, 2026.