Santee is a town in Orangeburg County along the Santee River Valley in central South Carolina, United States. It has become a resort town of note located centrally north-south along the Atlantic Seaboard of South Carolina. The region has been rural, with a primarily agricultural economy typical of Orangeburg County, but is now known primarily for its several golf courses in proximity to Lake Marion, Santee State Park and other Lake Marion attractions. Interstate 95 connects its attractions easily with tourists traveling by automobile. I-95 crosses a narrow arm of the lake into the town lands, along a causeway. Lake Marion is a man-made hydroelectric reservoir, which at 110,000 acres is one of the fifty largest lakes in the country.
The 18th hole at the Santee-Cooper Country Club, showing the I-95 causeway crossing Lake Marion at Santee
The Santee Welcome Center off I-95
Interstate 95 bridge over Lake Marion, Santee, SC; The old (bypassed road) bridge/causeway is used as fishing pier. Man-made in the 1930s on the farmlands and marshes of the Santee River valley, Lake Marion is famous for trophy-quality game fish, especially largemouth bass.
New condominium by Lake Marion, Santee, SC
Orangeburg County, South Carolina
Orangeburg County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 84,223. Its county seat is Orangeburg. The county was created in 1769.
Old Orangeburg County Jail
First Baptist Church, downtown Orangeburg
Grain elevator in the county
Soybeans ready for harvest, with center pivot irrigation setup
