Lake Hartwell Facts

• Hartwell Lake contains 55,900 acres of water and has 962 miles of shoreline. 23,563 acres of public land surround the lake.
• Hartwell Dam is built of more than 880,000 cubic yards of concrete (enough to build a sidewalk from the dam to San Francisco) and more than 3 million pounds of reinforcing steel.

• The depth of the lake behind the dam is approximately 180 feet
• The top of the dam is 204 feet above the Savannah River Bed.
• Each year, millions of people come to visit the many public parks, marinas, and campgrounds that conveniently surround Lake Hartwell. Hartwell Lake also has a variety of outdoor recreational experiences, making Hartwell Lake one of the most visisted Corps lakes in the nation.
• Lake Hartwell also provides some of the best striper and hybrid fishing in South Carolina!