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624 State Park RD
Mountain Rest, SC 29664

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Our park lake is at full pool, and summer operations will gear up on Memorial Day weekend!  We will be offering lake swimming, boat rentals and fishing.  The dive dock will be open and available when a lifeguard is on duty, from Memorial Day to Labor Day.  Click here for our 2018 swim schedule.

While bream and bass remain catch and release only, catfish and trout may be kept within legal limit numbers.  For more information, please contact the park directly.

We have recently restocked our cabin/swim lake with bass and bream. This will affect our catch and release policy. Find more detailed information here.

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HOURS

Su-Th 7am-7pm; Fri-Sa 7am-9pm (extended to 7am-9pm daily during Daylight Savings Time)

OFFICE

M-Fri 9am-5pm; Sa-Su 11am-noon & 4pm-5pm

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ADMISSION

$5 adults; $3.25 SC seniors (age 65 & older); $3 children ages 6-15; ages 5 and under, free.

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PETS

Pets are not allowed in the cabins or the cabin areas. Pets are allowed in most other outdoor areas provided they are kept under physical restraint or on a leash not longer than six feet.

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History & Interpretation

  • Programs and Guided Tours: Each year from Memorial Day until Labor Day, Oconee State Park holds Friday night square dances in the barn at the park. This tradition has taken place at the park for over 65 years.

    The park does not offer any other regularly scheduled programs, but does have events and activities during Easter, the Fourth of July and Halloween.

  • Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC): Yes
  • National Register of Historic Places: Yes
  • Designation: Oconee State Park was developed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), a New Deal Program created by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The program was designed to provide employment during the Great Depression while addressing national needs in conservation and recreation. The CCC was instrumental in the development of many of South Carolina’s state parks. A number of buildings built by the CCC in the 1930's are still in use at this park.

  • When & How PRT Acquired: Donated in 1935 by Oconee County.

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