Lake Murray Dam Park
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[edit] Directions
From I-26: From Exit 102 of I-26 go west 4 miles on SC 60, Lake Murray Boulevard, to the intersection with SC 6. Turn left onto SC and immediately enter the park, before you cross the dam.
From I-20: Leave I-20 at Exit 55 and go north on SC 6, towards Lexington. In about 8 miles you will cross the dam of Lake Murray. The park is on your left (west), just before the intersection with SC 60.
[edit] Birds to look for
Canada Goose, Mallard, Lesser Scaup (w), Bufflehead (w), Common Goldeneye (w), Red-breasted Merganser (w), Common Loon (w), Pied-billed Grebe (w), Horned Grebe (w), Double-crested Cormorant, Osprey (s), Bald Eagle, American Coot (w), Spotted Sandpiper (spring, fall), Laughing Gull (s), Bonaparte’s Gull (w), Ring-billed Gull (w), Herring Gull (w), Caspian Tern (spring, fall), Forster’s Tern, Purple Martin, Northern Rough-winged Swallow (s), Chipping Sparrow
[edit] Description
There are parks at either end of the Lake Murray dam, one open year round, the other open mostly in the summer. >From either park you can scan the deepest part of the lake for loons, grebes, waterfowl, gulls, and terns. Rarities seen here include American White Pelican and a variety of hurricane-blown strays. Lake Murray dam is only a few miles from Saluda Shoals Park and is a good companion site for that park.
