Lake Greenwood State Recreation Area
Robin Carter
Directions
From the intersection of SC 34 and SC 702 (17 miles east of Greenwood or 22 miles west of Newberry) go north on SC 702 for 3 miles to the park entrance on your right (east).
Birds to look for
Canada Goose, Wood Duck, Mallard, Green-winged Teal (w), Ring-necked Duck (w), Lesser Scaup (w), Hooded Merganser (w), Red-breasted merganser (w), Common Loon (w), Pied-billed Grebe (w), Horned Grebe (w), Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret (s), Osprey (s), Bald Eagle, American Coot (w), Bonaparte's Gull (w), Ring-billed Gull (w), Herring Gull (w), Caspian Tern (spring, fall), Forster's Tern (spring, fall), Black Tern (fall), Belted Kingfisher, Hairy Woodpecker, Brown-headed Nuthatch, Eastern Bluebird, Pine Warbler, American Goldfinch
Description
Lake Greenwood State Recreation Area has a nice bit of mixed pine-hardwood forest on the shores of Lake Greenwood, as well as pine-covered peninsulas that jut out into the lake. It is a fine place to look for migrant warblers, especially in fall, and also for unusual wintering species on the lake. The park is a good companion site to nearby Ninety Six National Historic Site.