35 miles from Historic Charleston and 2 hours from Myrtle Beach. Moncks Corner is a thriving, growing town with Supercenter Wal Mart (5 miles), lots of churches, grocery stores, restaurants, banks, drug stores, urgent ER care/hospital, police and fire stations.
Bring your rod 'n reel and cast out off about 100 ft from the dock for dusk to dawn
catfishing.
Want to golf? About 10 miles away from the lake house is Berkeley Country Club, Exteter Plantation Road, Moncks Corner, for public golf, open 7 days a week. 843. 761. 4653
Lake Moultrie is a man-made lake!! Built in 1940 by Santee Cooper.
This "lower lake " is 60,000 acres.
It has a natural sandy bottom and a LOT of freshwater mussels!
(We like to wear water shoes)
Lake Moultrie is best known for being a recreational lake... lots of boating, fishing and swimming !
Pinopolis Lock is a fun boating "day trip" , 843.899.5625. It connects to the Tailrace canal, that leads into the Intercoastal Waterway.
Another boating "day trip" is the Diversion Canal, connecting Lake Moutrie (lower lake) to Lake Marion (upper lake).
*Winter: water level is often lowered by Santee Cooper.