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Lake Keowee

243 m797 ft
Area
69 km²
Tonight
46°FClear · Wind 5 mph NE

Lake Keowee is a lake at 243 m above sea level in South Carolina, United States, 69 km² in area and 29.8 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
243 m
Length
29.8 km
Shoreline
559.6 km
Open the 3D view
Lake

Lake Keowee in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline
559.6 km
3D map

Lake Keowee 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 20 × 20 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Lake Keowee terrain and contours

10 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.

Index contours every 50 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lake Keowee elevation profile

West → east through the centre

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.
Weather

Lake Keowee weather

Tonight · Clear · 46°F (8°C) · Wind 5 mph NE

Lake Keowee forecast for about 234 m.

  • Tonight46°–5 mph NE
  • Sat44°67°–5–9 mph NE
  • Sun43°69°–6–9 mph NE
  • Mon43°72°–3 mph ENE
  • Tue46°75°–2 mph NE
  • Wed46°72°1%5 mph NE
  • Thu47°75°2%2 mph ENE

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:25 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Lake Keowee

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lake Keowee, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

All mapped places 3
PlaceDistance
Parking1.3 km NNE
Parking2.4 km WNW
Parking2.4 km WNW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 87% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
87.2%
Moderate, 15–30°
12.5%
Steep, 30–45°
0.3%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.3% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view
281 m low point 201 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 69.2%Water 15.7%Grassland 13.2%Built-up 1.7%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 10 km; 1,502 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Joro Spider142
  • Christmas fern140
  • Striped wintergreen124
  • Green Anole114
  • Little Brown Jugs103
  • Southern Blackbelly Salamander99
Where it sits

Where Lake Keowee sits

Region
South Carolina9United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

Lake Keowee downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Sources

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)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast
Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia