Oconee Point
- Right now
- Taking bookingsSites offered on 15 of the next 30 nights read 15:58 UTC
- A night
- $38–$76Across the site types the agency prices
- Sites
- 70All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 14 notices
In the agency’s own words
Oconee Point Campground consists of 70 acres of gently sloping area with a relatively dense cover of pines and mixed hardwoods. . The site presently offers camping and boat-launching facilities including 1 gatehouse/entrance, 2 park attendant campsites, 70 public use camp sites with full water and electric hookups, 5 comfort stations (3 with showers), 1 dump station, 1 boat ramp, 1 courtesy dock, 2 playgrounds, 1 designated swim area/beach, 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 including 1 gatehouse/entrance, 2 park attendant campsites, 70 public use camp sites with full water and electric hookups (30 and 50 amp), 5 comfort stations (3 with showers), 1 dump station, 1 boat ramp, 1 courtesy dock, 2 playgrounds, 1 designated swim area/beach, 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 hydro-power, 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
Oconee Point 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.
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.
Off-road vehicles including golf carts, 4-wheelers, motorized or electric scooters/ride on devices are not permitted.
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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 for the purpose of staying 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!
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
- 70
- Hookups
- 70 electric, 70 water, 3 sewer
- Longest rig
- 50 ft
- Accessible sites
- 1
- 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 including 1 gatehouse/entrance, 2 park attendant campsites, 70 public use camp sites with full water and electric hookups, 5 comfort stations (3 with showers), 1 dump station, 1 boat ramp, 1 courtesy dock, 2 playgrounds, 1 designated swim area/beach, 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 · 32nd darkest of 37 in SC
- Bortle 4
2 of 132 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 15:58 UTC
Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.
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One email when a night opens, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
We read recreation.gov once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time a site in your window is free for the nights you asked for.
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.
Tell me when the season opens
Watch for the season to open
One email when the season goes on sale, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
We check once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time the agency has that season on sale.
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.
We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.
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What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $38–$76 a night, plus one $8 recreation.gov reservation fee for the booking. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night, booked once. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.
“- 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 · 6
recreation.gov availability, read 15:58 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
70 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 69 mapped sitesAll 70 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. 70 of the 70 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| OCONEE POINT | 01 | standard electric | 35 ft | 50 amp | 145 ft | 122 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 02 | standard electric | 35 ft | 50 amp | 145 ft | 10 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 03 | standard electric | 35 ft | 50 amp | 165 ft | under 10 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 04 | standard electric | 20 ft | 50 amp | 93 ft | 21 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 05 | standard electric | 20 ft | 50 amp | 60 ft | 27 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 06 | standard electric | 20 ft | 50 amp | 60 ft | 77 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 07 | standard electric | 20 ft | 50 amp | 107 ft | 136 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 08 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 121 ft | 144 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 09 | standard electric | 35 ft | 50 amp | 176 ft | 152 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 10 | standard electric | 30 ft | 50 amp | 108 ft | 147 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 11 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 108 ft | 139 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 12 | standard electric | 35 ft | 50 amp | 124 ft | 66 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 13 | standard electric | 35 ft | 50 amp | 124 ft | 141 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 14 | standard electric | 30 ft | 50 amp | 116 ft | 147 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 15 | standard electric | 30 ft | 50 amp | 83 ft | 144 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 16 | standard electric | 30 ft | 50 amp | 83 ft | 120 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 17 | standard electric | 30 ft | 50 amp | 103 ft | 151 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 18 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 162 ft | 222 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 19 | standard electric | 45 ft | 50 amp | 120 ft | 76 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 20 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 120 ft | 111 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 21 | standard electric | 35 ft | 50 amp | 207 ft | 218 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 22 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | $38–$76 | |||
| OCONEE POINT | 23 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 69 ft | 159 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 24 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 69 ft | 166 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 25 | standard electric | 25 ft | 50 amp | 83 ft | 168 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 26 | standard electric | 25 ft | 50 amp | 76 ft | 166 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 27 | standard electric | 25 ft | 50 amp | 76 ft | 186 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 28 | standard electric | 30 ft | 50 amp | 68 ft | 202 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 29 | standard electric | 30 ft | 50 amp | 68 ft | 155 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 30 | standard electric | 30 ft | 50 amp | 66 ft | 110 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 31 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 66 ft | 66 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 32 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 109 ft | 32 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 33 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 109 ft | 91 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 34 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 96 ft | 52 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 35 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 96 ft | 61 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 36 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 87 ft | 110 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 37 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 87 ft | 157 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 38 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 66 ft | 124 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 39 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 66 ft | 75 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 40 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 70 ft | 65 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 41 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 103 ft | 133 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 42 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 103 ft | 181 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 43 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 136 ft | 143 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 44 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | yes | 122 ft | 141 ft | $38–$76 |
| OCONEE POINT | 45 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 100 ft | 123 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 46 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 93 ft | 104 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 47 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 93 ft | 122 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 48 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 107 ft | 159 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 49 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 95 ft | 99 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 50 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 95 ft | 107 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 51 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 87 ft | 69 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 52 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 73 ft | 63 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 53 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 73 ft | 66 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 54 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 51 ft | 81 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 55 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 51 ft | 90 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 56 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 100 ft | 158 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 57 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 89 ft | 116 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 58 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 89 ft | 52 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 59 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 119 ft | 73 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 60 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 119 ft | 90 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 61 | standard electric | 48 ft | 50 amp | 92 ft | 224 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 62 | standard electric | 35 ft | 50 amp | 59 ft | 193 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 63 | standard electric | 37 ft | 50 amp | 59 ft | 170 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 64 | standard electric | 37 ft | 50 amp | 74 ft | 162 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 65 | standard electric | 36 ft | 50 amp | 84 ft | 150 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 66 | standard electric | 37 ft | 50 amp | 104 ft | 69 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 67 | standard electric | 36 ft | 50 amp | 74 ft | 41 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 68 | standard electric | 33 ft | 50 amp | 74 ft | 41 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 69 | standard electric | 36 ft | 50 amp | 93 ft | 72 ft | $38–$76 | |
| OCONEE POINT | 70 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 93 ft | 61 ft | $38–$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 70 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Coneross Park1.7 mi
Twin Lakes (SC)1.8 mi
Broyles6.5 miMilltown Campground8.2 miTwin Lakes Campground8.2 mi
Springfield11 miFrom Interstate 85 in South Carolina, take exit 11 onto State Highway 24 towards Townville. About 1.5 miles past Townville, turn right onto Coneross Creek Road. Proceed 2.5 miles and turn RIGHT onto South Friendship Road. Drive 3 miles to park entrance on LEFT. 200 OCONEE POINT RD, Seneca, SC 29678
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Pendleton, SC
Typical weather
Typical October night 50°F, day 74°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 33°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
Oconee Point 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 →