Lake Hartwell, South Carolina: A boater’s dream destination.
If you like to boat, ski, fish, or just enjoy jetski weekends on great waterways, make your way to Lake Hartwell, one of the world’s largest manmade lakes. Lake Hartwell is like a water highway, and is one of the longest waterways around. You can start here and go all the way into the Appalachian Mountains or turn and head south and go all the way to Atlanta for a wild weekend of big city nightlife. Marinas are available for fueling or year ’round storage, and you can even rent a sailboat or outboard for the weekend. Each year there is a waterskiing show here, and pros form pyramids of people or hit adrenaline-arousing ramps as crowds like the banks to watch them perform their acrobatic stunts.
You can fly into the nearby Greenville, SC airport and find Lake Hartwell by driving due west for about an hour, to the town of Anderson. Don’t worry if you didn’t bring along your favorite fishing gear, because there are plenty of outfitters to help you get whatever supplies you need to make your weekend of fishing and watersports a success. And if you like golf, there are several good courses in the area to help you keep your game up to par while you are away enjoying the life of leisure on the big long lake.