Hotels near Lake Wateree State Recreation Area, South Carolina:
* Distances listed are direct linear distances, actual travel distance may be different.
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Catawba River
 | 17 miles away
... several islands & multiple channels. Scenery is spectacular, the river coursing through a mini-canyon with granite walls & no development visible from the water. Right now it can be run only when the Catawba is very high, after extended periods of heavy rain. A good indicator is the Catawba USGS gauge at Rock Hill (basically the discharge from Lake Wylie Dam). If it's running well over 10,000 c.f.s., there's probably some flow spilling into the Great Falls run. It needs about 3,000 or 4,000 c.f.s. spilling into the dewatered stretch to be worth running. At these levels it's low class 3. At 10,000 c.f.s. in G.F.(about 20,000 c.f.s. full flow) it's big water class 3-4 & alot of fun. Under the new Catawba/Wateree relicense agreement, there will be (I think) about 28 scheduled releases beginning next year. But it appears that the flows into G.F. will be about 3,000 c.f.s., kind of on the low side. This has great potential as a commercial raft run & play kayaking run if adequate flows can be available (at least 8,000 c.f.s., preferably 10,000 c.f.s.). There are 2 separate runs, separated... |
Broad River
| 22 miles away
I have traveled this stretch many times, and although there arent any real rapids to speak of, there are some beautiful island to explore ( Shelton and Henderson). Most all of this stretch is in the national forest.... |
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Other campgrounds near Lake Wateree State Recreation Area, South Carolina:
Glenn's Campground, Jenkinsville, 14 miles away 
Capital City Campground, Columbia, 16 miles away 
Wood Smoke Campground, Irmo, 17 miles away 
Chester State Park, Chester, 17 miles away 
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Paddling Rivers Near Lake Wateree State Recreation Area, South Carolina:
Catawba River, Chester LancasterCounty, 18 miles away | | Class III - 2 miles long (Great Falls)
...ars that the flows into G.F. will be about 3,000 c.f.s., kind of on the low side...
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Saluda River, Lexington/ RichlandCounty, 20 miles away | | Class II-IV - 11 miles long (Lake Murray Dam to Broad/Congaree confluence)
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Broad River, RichlandCounty, 20 miles away | | Class II-III - 4 miles long (I-20 to Congaree River)
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Broad River, Fairfield & Union/NewberryCounty, 22 miles away | | Class I-II - 15.2 miles long (South Carolina Routes 121/72/215 Bridge to South Carolina Route 34 Bridge)
...rent any real rapids to speak of, there are some beautiful island to explore ( S...
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Tyger River, Spartanburg/ UnionCounty, 24 miles away | | Class I-II - 11.6 miles long (Route 35 Bridge to South Carolina Route 34 on Broad)
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National Parks near Lake Wateree State Recreation Area, South Carolina:
Congaree Swamp National Monument, Hopkins - SC, 31 miles away 
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Lakes Near Lake Wateree State Recreation Area, South Carolina:
Jackson Mill Creek Watershed Structure Number Two, Fairfield CountyCounty, 4 miles away
Winnsboro Reservoir, Fairfield CountyCounty, 5 miles away
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