Lake Jocassee, SC Real Estate
Homes and land near protected mountain water in the Blue Ridge.
Surface area
About 7,500 acres
Shoreline
75 miles
Maximum depth
About 351 feet
Public land around it
About 43,000 acres
$419,500
137 Patterson Ridge Road
Salem, SC
Listing courtesy of Delane Graham of RE/MAX Executive/Lake Keowee
$699,000
170 Jocassee Lake Road
Salem, SC
Listing courtesy of Crystal Gibson of eXp Realty Lake Keowee
$699,000
170 Jocassee Lake Road
Salem, SC
View DetailsListing courtesy of Crystal Gibson of eXp Realty Lake Keowee
$69,672
231 Jocassee Ridge Way
Salem, SC
View DetailsListing courtesy of Jeff Merritt of Herlong Sotheby's International
$124,676
N30 & N31 Jocassee Ridge
Salem, SC
View DetailsListing courtesy of Jeff Merritt of Herlong Sotheby's International
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Lake Jocassee is a Duke Energy reservoir in the Blue Ridge Escarpment of Oconee and Pickens counties, impounded in 1973. The Whitewater, Thompson, Toxaway, and Horsepasture rivers feed it, and roughly 43,000 acres of public land surround it. That protection is why so little of its shoreline will ever be built on, and why most buyers who love Jocassee look at homes and land in the area around it.
Jocassee is a deep mountain lake: its average depth is over 150 feet, and its clear, cold water supports trout as well as bass. Devils Fork State Park, near Salem, is the lake’s public access point.
Because most of the land around the lake is public, the market here is small. The listings on this page are homes and land in the Jocassee area, and most are not on the water, so ask Alicia what lake access a property actually has. Many buyers who love Jocassee settle in Salem, a few minutes from Devils Fork, or on the north end of Lake Keowee next door.
For the rare property that does border the lake, docks and shoreline work go through Duke Energy’s Shoreline Management Plan, as on Lake Keowee. What a specific lot is allowed matters more than usual on a lake this protected, so it is worth checking before you make an offer.
Deep, clear mountain water
An average depth over 150 feet and a maximum near 351 feet, fed by four Blue Ridge rivers.
Surrounded by public land
About 43,000 acres of public land keep the views and most of the shoreline wild.
Record-setting fishing
South Carolina’s state records for smallmouth, spotted, and redeye bass and for brown and rainbow trout all came from Jocassee.
Next door to Lake Keowee
Salem sits between the two lakes, so Keowee’s communities and Seneca’s shops are close by.
Local knowledge you can\u2019t Google
Alicia was born and raised in the Upstate. She lives on Lake Keowee. She\u2019ll tour you through Lake Jocassee with the real story, not the marketing copy.