Lakes / South Carolina / Abbeville County / Secession Lake
Secession Lake, South Carolina
1,332 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - South Carolina
34.29 degrees N, 82.59 degrees W - Abbeville 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 Secession Lake Stacks Up
- Larger than 94% of the 276 lakes counted in South Carolina.
- The largest lake in Abbeville County among those counted.
- About 40 miles from Greenville, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broadway Lake | Anderson | 11 mi | 310 acres |
| Parsons Mountain Lake | Abbeville | 19 mi | 36 acres |
| Anderson Reservoir | Anderson | 23 mi | 110 acres |
| Big Creek Watershed One Reservoir | Anderson | 24 mi | 90 acres |
| Boyd Millpond | Laurens | 25 mi | 193 acres |
| Greenwood Reservoir | Greenwood | 26 mi | 50 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 107155497). Verified October 30, 2026.