Lake Jocassee
- Area
- 31 km²
- Tonight
- 50°FClear · Wind 0–5 mph NNE
Lake Jocassee is a lake at 338 m above sea level in South Carolina, United States, 31 km² in area and 14.3 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 338 m
- Length
- 14.3 km
- Shoreline
- 142.9 km
Lake Jocassee in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 142.9 km
Lake Jocassee 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 16.3 × 16.3 km
Lake Jocassee terrain and contours
50 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
Lake Jocassee elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Lake Jocassee weather
Tonight · Clear · 50°F (10°C) · Wind 0–5 mph NNE
Lake Jocassee forecast for about 298 m.
- Tonight50°–0–5 mph NNE
- Sat48°67°–2–6 mph NE
- Sun47°68°–3–7 mph NE
- Mon51°72°–0–3 mph E
- Tue54°74°–1 mph E
- Wed52°71°1%2 mph ENE
- Thu53°74°2%1 mph ENE
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:25 UTC.
Camping & parking near Lake Jocassee
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lake Jocassee, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
1.6 km E
Nearest campsite
Devils Fork Campground
Nearest trailhead
6.1 km E
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 1.6 km E |
| Parking | 2.2 km WSW |
| Parking | 2.4 km WSW |
| Devils Fork CampgroundCampsite | 2.9 km W |
| Devils Fork State Park Boat-In CampsiteCampsite | 3.8 km NW |
| Trailhead | 6.1 km E |
Slope
Share of the 16.3 × 16.3 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 14.3% of the 266 km² view
- Relief in view
- 959 m low point 243 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 8.2 km of Lake Jocassee.
Summit list 9
- 1Double Spring Mountain627 m 1.9 km W
- 2Bootleg Mountain550 m 2.1 km E
- 3Fisher Knob462 m 3.6 km WSW
- 4Bully Mountain614 m 3.8 km ENE
- 5Bryant Mountain625 m 4.2 km E
- 6McKinneys Mountain591 m 4.8 km SW
- 7Piney Mountain492 m 5.6 km E
- 8Smeltzer Mountain522 m 6.8 km SSW
- 9Dug Mountain374 m 7.7 km ESE
Where Lake Jocassee sits
- Region
- South Carolina9United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Sassafras MountainPeak · 1,085 m↑17 km ENE
Lake Keowee↑22 km SSE
Cold MountainPeak · 1,838 m↑47 km N
Tallulah Gorge↑49 km SW
Lake Burton↑59 km WSW
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Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-27)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)