Roughly 30 miles northwest of Columbia, Dreher Island State Park provides a variety of enjoyable ways to spend time at 50,000-acre Lake Murray: Boating, fishing, swimming, and even scuba diving ...

Back in the 1950s, Sesqui routinely topped all state parks in use. Most of the more than 500,000 visitors during peak years were drawn during the warm months to the swimming area at the park’s lake.