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Lakes Near Greenville, South Carolina

57 counted South Carolina lakes sit within 60 miles of Greenville - the largest is Hartwell Lake at 18,037 acres. Distances are straight-line from the city center.

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area	Max Depth
Hartwell Lake	Oconee	42 mi	18,037 acres	-
Lake Keowee	Oconee	30 mi	16,883 acres	-
Lake Greenwood	Laurens	46 mi	10,363 acres	-
Lake Jocassee	Oconee	32 mi	7,703 acres	-
Lake William C Bowen	Spartanburg	26 mi	1,463 acres	-
Secession Lake	Abbeville	40 mi	1,332 acres	-
North Saluda Reservoir	Greenville	21 mi	1,037 acres	-
Table Rock Reservoir	Pickens	22 mi	450 acres	-
Lyman Lake	Spartanburg	15 mi	398 acres	-
Lake Cooley	Spartanburg	20 mi	335 acres	-
Broadway Lake	Anderson	29 mi	310 acres	-
Saluda Lake	Greenville	6 mi	303 acres	-
South Pacolet River Reservoir Number One	Spartanburg	29 mi	269 acres	-
Boyd Millpond	Laurens	29 mi	193 acres	-
Lake Whelchel	Cherokee	47 mi	178 acres	-
Lake Cunningham	Greenville	12 mi	172 acres	-
Lake Edwin Johnson	Spartanburg	32 mi	147 acres	-
Lake Cherokee	Oconee	38 mi	146 acres	-
Anderson Reservoir	Anderson	19 mi	110 acres	-
Issaqueena Lake	Pickens	28 mi	106 acres	-
Thicketty Creek WCD Lake Number 26	Cherokee	38 mi	104 acres	-
Big Creek Watershed One Reservoir	Anderson	16 mi	90 acres	-
Lake Lanier	Greenville	25 mi	85 acres	-
Twelve Mile River Watershed Six Reservoir	Pickens	20 mi	85 acres	-
Berry Shoals Pond	Spartanburg	17 mi	73 acres	-
Lake Leroy	Oconee	43 mi	70 acres	-
Lake Becky	Oconee	41 mi	68 acres	-
Silver Lake	Spartanburg	16 mi	66 acres	-
Coneross Creek Reservoir	Oconee	42 mi	61 acres	-
Whitewater Lake	Oconee	35 mi	52 acres	-
Crystal Lake	Oconee	42 mi	51 acres	-
Country Club Lake	Pickens	17 mi	50 acres	-
Greenwood Reservoir	Greenwood	43 mi	50 acres	-
Conestee Lake	Greenville	6 mi	46 acres	-
Thicketty Creek Watershed Number Twenty Reservoir	Cherokee	40 mi	46 acres	-
Harpers Folly Lake	Greenville	13 mi	42 acres	-
Snows Lake	Greenville	13 mi	41 acres	-
Zimmerman Pond	Spartanburg	28 mi	41 acres	-
Lake Johnson	Spartanburg	32 mi	38 acres	-
Chattooga Lake	Oconee	43 mi	36 acres	-
Parsons Mountain Lake	Abbeville	52 mi	36 acres	-
Star Fort Pond	Greenwood	53 mi	32 acres	-
Coneross Watershed 21 Reservoir	Oconee	37 mi	31 acres	-
Water Shed Four Reservoir	Greenville	10 mi	31 acres	-
Watershed Number 18 Reservoir	Cherokee	41 mi	31 acres	-
McGee Pond	Anderson	13 mi	30 acres	-
Beaverdam Watershed Four Lake	Oconee	39 mi	28 acres	-
Furman Lake	Greenville	6 mi	28 acres	-
Sumter National Forest Lake	Oconee	39 mi	28 acres	-
Grace Pump Pond	Laurens	28 mi	27 acres	-
Brushy Creek Watershed 18 Reservoir	Anderson	11 mi	26 acres	-
Hammett Lake	Cherokee	39 mi	26 acres	-
Jonesville Town Pond	Union	40 mi	26 acres	-
Rutledge Lake	Greenville	7 mi	26 acres	-
Pinnacle Lake	Pickens	21 mi	25 acres	-
Three and Twenty Creek Watershed Five Lake	Anderson	17 mi	25 acres	-
Water Shed Number One Reservoir	Greenville	11 mi	25 acres	-

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