Lakes / South Carolina / Lakes Near Columbia

Lakes Near Columbia, South Carolina

135 counted South Carolina lakes sit within 60 miles of Columbia - 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	53 mi	80,044 acres	-
Lake Murray	Lexington	20 mi	48,761 acres	-
Wateree Lake	Kershaw	31 mi	11,756 acres	-
Lake Greenwood	Laurens	59 mi	10,363 acres	-
Monticello Reservoir	Fairfield	28 mi	6,659 acres	-
Parr Shoals Reservoir	Newberry	28 mi	3,114 acres	-
Fishing Creek Reservoir	Lancaster	45 mi	2,164 acres	-
Lake Robinson	Chesterfield	59 mi	2,099 acres	-
Cedar Creek Reservoir	Lancaster	39 mi	662 acres	-
Langley Pond	Aiken	56 mi	302 acres	-
Dingle Pond	Clarendon	49 mi	243 acres	-
Great Falls Reservoir	Chester	41 mi	213 acres	-
Pond B	Barnwell	57 mi	203 acres	-
Lake Katherine	Richland	4 mi	162 acres	-
Edisto Lake	Aiken	28 mi	156 acres	-
Etheredge Millpond	Orangeburg	25 mi	148 acres	-
Murray Pond	Richland	19 mi	148 acres	-
Craigs Pond	Barnwell	55 mi	134 acres	-
Forest Lake	Richland	5 mi	127 acres	-
Chester State Park Lake	Chester	48 mi	119 acres	-
Lake Marion	Sumter	33 mi	117 acres	-
Chester Reservoir	Chester	51 mi	110 acres	-
Boykin Mill Pond	Kershaw	28 mi	108 acres	-
Boyle Pond	Sumter	35 mi	105 acres	-
Lake Columbia	Richland	14 mi	103 acres	-
Reynolds Pond	Aiken	47 mi	103 acres	-
Raley Millpond	Kershaw	52 mi	101 acres	-
Edgar A Brown Lake	Barnwell	55 mi	94 acres	-
Graniteville Pond Two	Aiken	53 mi	86 acres	-
Colonial Lake	Kershaw	33 mi	84 acres	-
White Oak Slash Lake	Sumter	25 mi	84 acres	-
Second Millpond	Sumter	38 mi	83 acres	-
F Coopers Pond	Richland	15 mi	68 acres	-
Pond Five	Barnwell	60 mi	68 acres	-
Neeses Lake	Aiken	40 mi	67 acres	-
Rocky Ford Lake	Richland	6 mi	66 acres	-
White Pond	Kershaw	19 mi	66 acres	-
Moragne Pond	Lexington	15 mi	64 acres	-
Tucker Lake	Richland	15 mi	64 acres	-
Mikell Pond	Sumter	27 mi	61 acres	-
Mountain Lakes - Upper Lake	Chester	47 mi	60 acres	-
Vaucluse Pond	Aiken	52 mi	60 acres	-
Windsor Lake	Richland	7 mi	60 acres	-
Lancaster Reservoir	Lancaster	51 mi	58 acres	-
Ashwood Lake	Lee	42 mi	57 acres	-
Lexington Acres Pond	Lexington	11 mi	57 acres	-
Dinkins Millpond	Sumter	29 mi	55 acres	-
McGrits Millpond	Lee	41 mi	55 acres	-
Barr Lake	Lexington	13 mi	51 acres	-
Crystal Lake	Lexington	12 mi	51 acres	-
Fort Pond	Lexington	20 mi	51 acres	-
Paxton Millpond	Lexington	20 mi	51 acres	-
Carolina Eastman Waste Pond	Calhoun	10 mi	50 acres	-
Des Champs Pond	Sumter	40 mi	50 acres	-
Hunt Pond	Lexington	10 mi	50 acres	-
Marco Millpond	Darlington	55 mi	50 acres	-
Messers Pond	Richland	15 mi	50 acres	-
Whites Millpond	Sumter	40 mi	48 acres	-
Rainbow Lake	Clarendon	56 mi	47 acres	-
Clarks Lake	Richland	11 mi	46 acres	-

Showing the 60 largest of 135 counted lakes within 60 miles of Columbia.

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