Lake Wateree State Park is a state park located in

Ridgeway, South Carolina Ridgeway is a town in Fairfield County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 319 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Columbia, South Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Blink Bonnie, Camp Welfare, Century House, Hunter ...

. The state park is located on Desportes Island on

Lake Wateree Lake Wateree is a reservoir in Kershaw, Fairfield, and Lancaster counties, South Carolina, in the United States. Developed in 1919 by the damming of the Wateree River, it is one of South Carolina's oldest man-made lakes. It has of shoreline a ...

, 17 miles from Winnsboro SC and 14 miles from Ridgeway SC. The site was acquired by the state in 1982 and offers 100 camping sites, picnic shelters, an on-site tackle shop with boat refueling, and a mile-long nature tail. The park was formerly known as Lake Wateree State Recreation Area.

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Lake Wateree State Park
State parks of South Carolina Protected areas of Fairfield County, South Carolina {{SouthCarolina-geo-stub