South Carolina has a great number of beautiful, affordable lake communities for any budget and lifestyle, be it retirement or relocation.

Lake Thurmond is seventy thousand acres, and is one of the largest water bodies in South Carolina. Sandwiched amidst two parts of the lake just beyond McCormick, surrounded by half a million plus acres of Sumter National Forest, encompassing forty hundred acres is Savannah Lakes Village community. The 4,300 real estate owners have access to a twenty three thousand square foot recreation center, bowling alley, eighty clubs of various types, shuffleboard, mini-golf course, bocce ball courts, 2 eighteen golf courses with practice facilities and matches; a grill-deli; a couple of clubhouses with cafeterias, 4 tennis courts, indoor and outdoor pools. So welcome are guests that they maintain an eighty room inn at the marina and 2 bedroom townhouses to hire.

One of the best places when searching for a Carolina retirement community! Northeast of Savannah Lakes Village is the city of Greenwood South Carolina. Around 12 miles east of Greenwood you have the 11,000 acre Lake Greenwood. The Plantation at Grand Harbor is sixty miles from Greenville-Spartanburg airport and roughly seventy miles to Columbia. The showpiece of the community is “The Patriot,” a full golf course themed on the American Revolution, planned by Davis Love III. You’ll have a golf and yacht clubhouse with catering, a marina, a 50 acre equestrian center; nature reserve, spas, the beach on Lake Greenwood and pools, plus a gym.

One more community on Lake Greenwood is the forty acre New Urbanism community of Palmetto Crossing. Living at this Carolina retirement community presents you with walkable access to the Towne Center, which boasts a book library, specialty retails shops, galleries and cafeterias. But the most significant facility is The Palmetto Club, with its tavern, rooftop club, fireside, billiards, concierge, and screening theater for movies. There is a gymnasium, swimming pool and a eighty four slip marina. Palmetto Crossing offers reasonably priced condo homes, single family homes and town homes. It is has similar conveniences to a gated community.

Situated on the 50 thousand acres of Lake Murray, Harbor Watch is a little west of Columbia South Carolina. This affordable Carolina retirement community is merely one hundred thirty acres. 270 residences are envisaged to be constructed; starting at approximately $50K for a one-fourth acre plot. Each and every homesite is given a deeded, deep water boat slip. Homeowner’s fees are kept minimal, as the promoters did not splurge on the facilities. They have a chipping and putting green, clubhouse with a kitchen that can be used, 2 tennis courts, a pool with lake views, and an exercise room. Residents of this community come here for one reason, the lake.

In the northwestern end of the state, amidst the mountains, you have the 18,000 acre Lake Keowee. On the lake shorefront about an hour from Greenville, 2 from Atlanta, Georgia and Charlotte, North Carolina is Keowee Key. This Carolina retirement community provides single family homes, town homes and condo living, together with plain land commencing at about $120,000. Residents enjoy an eighteen hole course, envisaged by George Cobb; six tennis courts, an indoor racquet ball court, fitness center, swimming pool, common garden, trails, harbor and numerous clubs. The community is located in one of the most unspoiled locations in the state.

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