Coneross Park
- Right now
- Closedrecreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend, read 14:46 UTC
- A night
- $26–$76When it reopens, per site
- Sites
- 106In the agency’s record
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 15 notices
In the agency’s own words
Coneross Campground is a moderately sloping, heavily wooded 136 acre site of mixed hardwoods and pines. The site presently offers camping and boat launching facilities to include: 1 gatehouse/entrance, 2 park attendant campsites, 106 public use campsites (94 with full water and electric hookups and 12 primitive sites with impact pad only), 4 comfort stations with showers, 2 dump stations, 1 boat ramp, 1 courtesy dock, 4 playgrounds, 2 designated swim areas/beaches, and associated paved roads and parking areas throughout. Keep reading
Recreation
Fishing is one of the most popular activities at the lake. Sought-after species include largemouth bass, bream, crappie, catfish, striped bass and hybrid bass. The lake appeals to boaters of all kinds, whether their specialty is canoeing, sailing or motor boating. Coves and areas of quiet water provide water skiers with excellent surfaces. Swimmers will find sand beaches and designated swim areas along the shoreline.
Facilities
The site presently offers camping and boat launching facilities to include: 1 gatehouse/entrance, 2 park attendant campsites, 106 public use campsites (94 with full water and electric hookups and 12 primitive sites with impact pad only), 4 comfort stations with showers, 2 dump stations, 1 boat ramp, 1 courtesy dock, 4 playgrounds, 2 designated swim areas/beaches, and associated paved roads and parking areas throughout.
Natural Features
Hartwell Lake is a man-made lake bordering Georgia and South Carolina on the Savannah, Tugaloo and Seneca Rivers. The dam and lake area boasts 8 campgrounds and 11 day-use facilities that are operated by the US Army Corps of Engineers. The Hartwell Project was originally authorized for hydropower, flood control, and navigation. Later, recreation, water quality, water supply, and fish and wildlife management were added. Surrounding vegetation allows for plenty of shade, and the 962 miles of shoreline provide numerous swimming beaches, picnic areas and boat ramps.
Nearby Attractions
The campground is a short drive away from Clemson, South Carolina and Clemson University, offering additional tourism opportunities, along with grocery stores, gas stations and restaurants. Charges & Cancellations - Once your reservation has been created, there will be a $10.00 fee to cancel and a $10.00 fee to change your site or dates. - Cancellations made the day before, or up to the day after your arrival date will also be charged the first night use fee. - Reserved campsites will be held until check out time ( 2 p.m.) on the day following your scheduled arrival date. If you do not arrive at campground by 2 p.m. to fulfill your reservation, your reservation will be cancelled and you will be assessed a $20 service fee and forfeit the first night use fee. - If your reservation is for one night and you have been charged the first nights use fee, there is no $10 service fee. Refunds: - To insure fairness for all Recreation.gov customers, any reservation with departure dates outside the 6 or 12 month maximum window cannot be changed or cancelled until 18 days after the reservation is made. - Refunds must be requested no later than 14 days after scheduled departure date. Refunds may be requested through NNRS Customer Service at 888-448-1474. Refunds for bank card payments will be issued as a credit to the original bank card. Cash and check purchases will be refunded by check and may take up to 8 weekds for approval and processing.
What the agency tells you
One wheeled camping unit (RV, Camper, Camper van/truck, etc) per single site and must be parked on impact pad. Tents are restricted to impact pad.
Off-road vehicles including golf carts, 4-wheelers, motorized or electric scooters/ride on devices are not permitted.
Entrance gate OPENS at 7 a.m. and LOCKS at 10 p.m. No vehicle entry or exit between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. You must check-in before 10 p.m.
Everything else this campground posts · 12
Only registered vehicles are allowed in the campground. Up to 3 vehicles may be registered per site. All vehicles and boats trailers must be parked on gravel area of campsite or in designated parking spaces.
Check in time is 3 p.m.; check out time is 2 p.m.
Alcoholic beverages are prohibited.
Maximum stay is 14-days within 30 day period. Changing names on a reservation, changing campsites, or making multiple reservations in order to stay over 14-days is PROHIBITED! VIOLATORS MAY HAVE RESERVATIONS CANCELLED WITHOUT NOTICE. Please do the right thing.
All pets must be penned, caged or on a leash no longer than 6 feet; pets are prohibited on swim beaches, playgrounds, and in restrooms. You MUST clean up after your pet!
Fireworks and firearms are prohibited.
Maximum of 10 campers per single site. Registered campers are required to occupy campsite and must be 18 years of age or older.
Gray water (any wastewater from sinks, dishwashing, bathing, etc) or other waste water must be disposed of properly at campground dump station.
For campfires, use only dead wood gathered from the ground and contain fire in designated fire rings or grills only. Don't Move Firewood: Protect your forests from tree-killing pests by buying your firewood locally and burning it on-site. Visit Don't movefirewood.org for further information.
Keep your campsite and campground clean. Keep your trash contained and frequently remove trash from campsite (dumpsters located within campground). Do not leave litter in fire ring or on campsite upon check out.
Inflatables including water slides, jumping houses, etc. and/or carnival type rides/events are not permitted.
For a complete set of rules and regulations concerning, please refer to Title 36, Chapter III, Part 327 - Rules and Regulations Governing Public Use of Corps of Engineers Water Resources Development Projects.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 106
- Hookups
- 94 electric, 94 water, 2 sewer
- Longest rig
- 60 ft
- Paved pads
- 1 of 106
- Accessible sites
- 2
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Showers
- Yes, the record doesn’t say what kind
- “The site presently offers camping and boat launching facilities to include: 1 gatehouse/entrance, 2 park attendant campsites, 106 public use campsites (94 with full water and electric hookups and 12 primitive sites with impact pad only), 4 comfort stations with showers, 2 dump stations, 1 boat ramp, 1 courtesy dock, 4 playgrounds, 2 designated swim areas/beaches, and associated paved roads and parking areas throughout.”
- Dump station
- Yes
- recreation.gov lists “Dump Station”
- Boat ramp
- Yes
- Playground
- Yes
- Stay limit
- 14 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, River, Beach
- Boating
- Fishing
- Swimming
- Water access
- Night sky · 30th darkest of 37 in SC
- Bortle 4
Nothing to book until it reopensread 14:46 UTC
recreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend
Every one of the next thirty nights is in recreation.gov’s record and not one site is being offered on any of them. That’s a campground closed or not yet released for booking, not a sold-out one.
Tell me when it reopens
Watch for it to come back
One email when the agency reopens it, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
We check the agency’s own record once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time it stops saying closed.
Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.
Every line of the receipt · 16
What you actually pay
“- Once your reservation has been created, there will be a $10.00 fee to cancel and a $10.00 fee to change your site or dates. - Cancellations made the day before, or up to the day after your arrival date will also be charged the first night use fee. - Reserved campsites will be held until check out time ( 2 p.m.) on…” · this campground’s own terms
Who keeps the booking fee
The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →
How we know this receipt · 5
Why this page can’t say why
recreation.gov lists every site at Coneross Park closed this Friday and Saturday night. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has published no closure notice we hold, so this page can’t say why, and it won’t fill the gap with a guess. A closed night isn’t a sold-out one: the reservations its record still carries were taken before the sites were closed.
There’s no notice to quote and no reason to argue with, so this page offers you the watch and the list below, and no letter.
Open within 60 miles · 4
The agency’s own word that these are open, not our reading of a season.
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recreation.gov availability, read 14:46 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
106 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 106 mapped sitesAll 106 sites
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 106 of the 106 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| CONEROSS | 001 | standard electric | 39 ft | 50 amp | 162 ft | 303 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 002 | standard electric | 46 ft | 50 amp | 1193 ft | 457 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 003 | standard electric | 55 ft | 50 amp | 93 ft | 165 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 004 | standard electric | 45 ft | 50 amp | 59 ft | 207 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 005 | standard electric | 56 ft | 50 amp | 59 ft | 265 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 006 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 80 ft | 316 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 007 | standard electric | 51 ft | 50 amp | 80 ft | 265 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 008 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 42 ft | 255 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 009 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 42 ft | 273 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 010 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 71 ft | 236 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 011 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 71 ft | 207 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 012 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 95 ft | 168 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 013 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 95 ft | 170 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 014 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 93 ft | 345 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 015 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 64 ft | 420 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 016 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 74 ft | 377 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 017 | standard electric | 46 ft | 50 amp | 74 ft | 427 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 018 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 63 ft | 479 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 019 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 96 ft | 500 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 020 | standard electric | 34 ft | 50 amp | 96 ft | 596 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 021 | standard electric | 44 ft | 50 amp | 56 ft | 542 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 022 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 92 ft | 679 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 023 | standard electric | 45 ft | 50 amp | 92 ft | 660 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 024 | standard electric | 45 ft | 50 amp | 56 ft | 578 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 025 | standard electric | 26 ft | 50 amp | 83 ft | 593 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 026 | standard electric | 45 ft | 50 amp | 112 ft | 500 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 027 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 75 ft | 400 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 028 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 75 ft | 418 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 029 | rv electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | yes | 87 ft | 516 ft | $36–$38 |
| CONEROSS | 030 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 83 ft | 533 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 031 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 98 ft | 582 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 032 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 83 ft | 588 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 033 | standard electric | 52 ft | 50 amp | 98 ft | 495 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 034 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 100 ft | 473 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 035 | standard electric | 49 ft | 50 amp | 80 ft | 468 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 036 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 80 ft | 534 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 037 | standard electric | 44 ft | 50 amp | 76 ft | 419 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 038 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 76 ft | 451 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 039 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 116 ft | 176 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 039A | rv electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | yes | 122 ft | 286 ft | $36–$38 |
| CONEROSS | 040 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 80 ft | 94 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 041 | standard electric | 45 ft | 50 amp | 80 ft | 106 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 042 | standard electric | 47 ft | 50 amp | 99 ft | 143 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 043 | standard electric | 44 ft | 50 amp | 99 ft | 115 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 044 | standard electric | 46 ft | 50 amp | 135 ft | 52 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 045 | standard electric | 43 ft | 50 amp | 135 ft | 37 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 046 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 96 ft | 49 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 047 | standard electric | 45 ft | 50 amp | 78 ft | 32 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 048 | standard electric | 55 ft | 50 amp | 66 ft | 45 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 050 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 66 ft | 59 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 051 | standard electric | 48 ft | 50 amp | 65 ft | 89 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 052 | standard electric | 30 ft | 50 amp | 65 ft | 64 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 053 | standard electric | 46 ft | 50 amp | 76 ft | 74 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 054 | standard electric | 34 ft | 50 amp | 76 ft | 69 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 055 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 93 ft | 93 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 056 | standard electric | 53 ft | 50 amp | 93 ft | 102 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 057 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 94 ft | 75 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 058 | standard electric | 54 ft | 50 amp | 60 ft | 84 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 059 | standard electric | 54 ft | 50 amp | 60 ft | 91 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 060 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 73 ft | 112 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 061 | standard electric | 49 ft | 50 amp | 82 ft | 68 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 062 | standard electric | 55 ft | 50 amp | 124 ft | 62 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 063 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 81 ft | 68 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 064 | standard electric | 45 ft | 50 amp | 70 ft | 55 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 065 | standard electric | 46 ft | 50 amp | 59 ft | 75 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 066 | standard electric | 30 ft | 50 amp | 56 ft | 110 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 067 | standard electric | 45 ft | 50 amp | 56 ft | 118 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 068 | standard electric | 41 ft | 50 amp | 52 ft | 150 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 069 | standard electric | 49 ft | 50 amp | 52 ft | 124 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 070 | standard electric | 46 ft | 50 amp | 83 ft | 67 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 071 | standard electric | 49 ft | 50 amp | 81 ft | 63 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 072 | standard electric | 44 ft | 50 amp | 81 ft | 69 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 073 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 85 ft | 67 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 074 | standard electric | 47 ft | 50 amp | 85 ft | 69 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 075 | standard electric | 46 ft | 50 amp | 124 ft | 59 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 076 | standard electric | 48 ft | 50 amp | 153 ft | 52 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 077 | standard electric | 33 ft | 50 amp | 94 ft | 257 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 078 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 103 ft | 225 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 079 | standard electric | 46 ft | 50 amp | 123 ft | 90 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 080 | standard electric | 25 ft | 50 amp | 116 ft | 184 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 081 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 132 ft | 124 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 082 | standard electric | 25 ft | 50 amp | 132 ft | 228 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 083 | standard nonelectric | 17 ft | 147 ft | 65 ft | $26 | ||
| CONEROSS | 084 | standard nonelectric | 17 ft | 147 ft | 41 ft | $26 | ||
| CONEROSS | 085 | standard nonelectric | 23 ft | 79 ft | 83 ft | $26 | ||
| CONEROSS | 086 | standard nonelectric | 23 ft | 79 ft | 95 ft | $26 | ||
| CONEROSS | 087 | standard nonelectric | 23 ft | 106 ft | 103 ft | $26 | ||
| CONEROSS | 088 | standard nonelectric | 22 ft | 119 ft | 90 ft | $26 | ||
| CONEROSS | 089 | standard nonelectric | 19 ft | 119 ft | 140 ft | $26 | ||
| CONEROSS | 090 | standard nonelectric | 19 ft | 84 ft | 152 ft | $26 | ||
| CONEROSS | 091 | standard nonelectric | 19 ft | 84 ft | 158 ft | $26 | ||
| CONEROSS | 092 | standard nonelectric | 22 ft | 92 ft | 157 ft | $26 | ||
| CONEROSS | 093 | standard nonelectric | 22 ft | 50 ft | 122 ft | $26 | ||
| CONEROSS | 094 | standard nonelectric | 15 ft | 50 ft | 138 ft | $26 | ||
| CONEROSS | 095 | standard electric | 47 ft | 50 amp | 92 ft | 207 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 096 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 110 ft | 97 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 097 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 92 ft | 219 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 098 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 96 ft | 117 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 099 | standard electric | 35 ft | 50 amp | 96 ft | 121 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 100 | standard electric | 35 ft | 50 amp | 107 ft | 221 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 101 | standard electric | 55 ft | 50 amp | 94 ft | 143 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 102 | standard electric | 38 ft | 50 amp | 94 ft | 227 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 103 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | 73 ft | 119 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 104 | standard electric | 46 ft | 50 amp | 73 ft | 180 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 105 | standard electric | 48 ft | 50 amp | 93 ft | 230 ft | $36–$76 | |
| CONEROSS | 106 | standard electric | 47 ft | 50 amp | 93 ft | 250 ft | $36–$76 |
OpenStreetMap has no toilet mapped within 1 km of this campground, so no site here carries a toilet distance. That’s a gap in the map, not a finding about the campground.
25 of 106 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Oconee Point1.7 mi
Twin Lakes (SC)3.1 mi
Broyles6.6 miMilltown Campground7.2 miTwin Lakes Campground7.2 mi
Springfield11 miFrom Interstate 85 in South Carolina, take Exit 11 onto Highway 24 towards Townville. About 1.5 miles past Townville, turn right onto Coneross Creek Road. Follow signs to the park entrance. 699 CONEROSS PARK ROAD, Townville, SC 29689
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Utica, SC
Typical weather
Typical October night 52°F, day 72°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 34°F. Bring the bag rated for it.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more
A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.
The land, and who answers for it
who answers for it
Who answers for this land
Coneross Park is in South Carolina’s 3rd congressional district. Its representative, Sheri Biggs (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →