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Lake Jocassee (/ dʒəˈkæsi /, / dʒoʊˈkæsi /) is a 7,500-acre (30 km 2), 300-foot (91 m) deep reservoir in northwest South Carolina. It was created in 1973 by the state in partnership with Duke Power. [2] The lake is known for the clean and cold Appalachian mountain rivers that flow into it, keeping its waters cool and clear year-round.
Devils Fork State Park is in northwestern South Carolina on the eastern edge of the Sumter National Forest at the edge of 7,500-acre (3,035 ha) Lake Jocassee. It is located three miles (5 km) off SC 11, the Cherokee Scenic Highway, near the town of Salem, South Carolina. The park offers hiking, camping (including several paddle-in primitive ...
The 7,500-acre lake’s sandy beaches are accessible to the public from Devils Fork State Park, a roughly 40-mile drive west from Greenville, according to the S.C. Department of Parks, Recreation ...
The Foothills Trail is a 76-mile (122 km) National Recreation Trail in South and North Carolina, United States, for recreational hiking and backpacking. It extends from Table Rock State Park to Oconee State Park. It passes through the Andrew Pickens Ranger District of the Sumter National Forest, Ellicott Rock Wilderness, Whitewater Falls, and ...
Beat the heat at Lake Jocassee, located in Devils Fork State Park. Revered by locals for its clear, clean water streaming in from the Appalachian rivers, this scenic lake is about an hour and a ...
The station near Salem, built in 1973, with its upper reservoir, Lake Jocassee, borders the Carolinas. The station near Devils Fork State Park off of State Highway 11 provides clean power to more ...
Horsepasture River. The Horsepasture River is an 18.1-mile-long (29.1 km) [5] National Wild and Scenic river [6] in the U.S. states of North Carolina and South Carolina. The river rises in Jackson County, North Carolina, and flows through the Jocassee Gorges area and ends at Lake Jocassee in South Carolina. Some of the land over which the river ...
Person kayaking down the "Mini Gorge" on the Whitewater River. The Whitewater River is a 14.6-mile-long (23.5 km) river that flows south from headwaters in Transylvania County, North Carolina, over Upper Whitewater Falls and Lower Whitewater Falls before crossing into South Carolina and entering Lake Jocassee, the reservoir behind Lake Jocassee Dam.