South Carolina Rivers with Boat Ramps

South Carolina has 65 rivers with at least one public boat ramp, totaling 272 launch sites we track. Savannah River - Lake J. Strom Thurmond has the most, with 19 ramps alone.

65 Rivers
272 Boat ramps
Savannah River - Lake J. Strom Thurmond Most ramps (19)
44 Counties covered

Average of 4.2 boat ramps per river.

Top Rivers

The 8 rivers with the most public boat ramps we track in South Carolina.

Savannah River - Lake J. Strom Thurmond 19
Little Pee Dee River 15
Saluda River - Lake Murray 14
Tugaloo River - Lake Hartwell 12
Waccamaw River 12
Great Pee Dee River 11
Savannah River 11
Edisto River 10

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All South Carolina Rivers with Boat Ramps

All 65 South Carolina rivers with public boat ramps are listed below. Rivers are sorted alphabetically by default, or you can reorder them by number of launch sites. Click any river to view detailed ramp locations, maps, launch information and available facilities.

Good · Fair · Poor - EPA water quality assessment, shown only where every ramp on that river falls within the same watershed.

River Boat ramps Counties
Ashepoo River 1 1
Ashley River 3 2
Back River 2 1
Beaufort River 2 1
Black River 9 2
Broad River 5 4
Catawba River 2 1
Catawba River - Lake Wylie 4 1
Chechessee River 1 1
Chehaw River 1 1
Colleton River 1 1
Combahee River 5 3
Congaree River 2 2
Cooper River 2 1
Coosawhatchie River 2 1
Dawhoo River 1 1
Edisto River 10 3
Folly River 1 1
Fripp Inlet 1 1
Great Pee Dee River 11 7
Keowee River - Lake Hartwell 1 1
Keowee River - Lake Keowee 3 2
Lick Fork Lake 1 1
Little Pee Dee River 15 3
Little River - Lake J. Strom Thurmond 5 1
Little River - Lake Keowee 1 1
Lumber River 2 1
Lynches River 5 2
May River 2 1
Middle Tyger River - Lake Lyman 1 1
New River 2 1
North Edisto River 1 1
North Fork Edisto River 6 1
North Santee River 1 1
Pacolet River 2 2
Pee Dee River 1 1
Rocky River - Lake Richard B. Russell 6 1
Rocky River - Lake Secession 1 1
Salkehatchie River 4 3
Saluda River 6 3
Saluda RIver - Lake Greenwood 7 2
Saluda River - Lake Murray 14 4
Sampit River 1 1
Sandy River 1 1
Santee River 6 3
Savannah River 11 5
Savannah River - Lake Hartwell 10 2
Savannah River - Lake J. Strom Thurmond 19 2
Savannah River - Lake Richard B. Russell 8 2
Seneca River - Lake Hartwell 6 2
South Edisto River 4 2
South Fork Edisto River 3 1
South Pacolet River - Lake William C. Bowen 2 1
South Tyger River - Lake Cunningham 1 1
South Tyger River - Lake Robinson 1 1
Stono River 2 1
Tugaloo River - Lake Hartwell 12 3
Tyger River 1 1
Waccamaw River 12 2
Wando River 2 1
Wateree River 4 2
Wateree River - Lake Wateree 7 2
Whale Branch 1 1
Whitewater River - Lake Jocassee 4 1
Wright River 1 1

Other waterway types in South Carolina

Rivers aren't the only way ramps are organized here - browse another type below.

Creeks 78 Lakes 19 Reservoirs 5 Canals 3 Sounds & Straits 1 Bays 1 Ponds 1 Oceans & Gulfs 1
Sourced from South Carolina Department of Natural Resources and U.S. Geological Survey. Data on this page was last updated September 4, 2026, based on the latest ramp data update. See all waterways and counties in South Carolina →