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Lakes Near Charleston, South Carolina

24 counted South Carolina lakes sit within 60 miles of Charleston - the largest is Lake Marion at 80,044 acres. Distances are straight-line from the city center.

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area	Max Depth
Lake Marion	Clarendon	55 mi	80,044 acres	-
Lake Moultrie	Berkeley	38 mi	56,828 acres	-
Goose Creek Reservoir	Berkeley	13 mi	573 acres	-
Mosquito Creek	Georgetown	50 mi	293 acres	-
Dingle Pond	Clarendon	58 mi	243 acres	-
Toney Bay	Orangeburg	46 mi	240 acres	-
Upper Reserve	Berkeley	23 mi	128 acres	-
Wittee Lake	Williamsburg	43 mi	115 acres	-
Rice Hope Lake	Berkeley	21 mi	101 acres	-
SCE and G Ash Pond	Dorchester	45 mi	70 acres	-
Buckfield Pond	Hampton	56 mi	67 acres	-
Lower Reserve	Berkeley	23 mi	67 acres	-
Bates Pond	Berkeley	20 mi	61 acres	-
Pine Ridge Pond	Georgetown	49 mi	61 acres	-
J J Padgett Pond	Colleton	55 mi	52 acres	-
Huttos Lake	Dorchester	43 mi	49 acres	-
Railroad Pond	Dorchester	39 mi	48 acres	-
Lake Lucious	Colleton	40 mi	40 acres	-
Crane Pond	Berkeley	18 mi	36 acres	-
Dawhoo Lake	Georgetown	41 mi	34 acres	-
Little Hellhole Reserve	Berkeley	27 mi	33 acres	-
Reservoir Pond	Colleton	40 mi	30 acres	-
Mayrants Reserve	Charleston	19 mi	26 acres	-
Ferry Lake	Williamsburg	40 mi	25 acres	-

Sources: USGS National Hydrography Dataset lake data; lake coordinates from the USGS NHD. Verified October 30, 2026.