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ATTRACTIONS


              Recreation on land and water

















                                                                               The Tennis Center of Camden
                                                                                      & Pickleball Plaza
                                                                                Located in downtown Camden, the
                                                                               new $3.5 million racquet complex
                                                                               is booking USTA sanctioned
                                                                               tournaments year ‘round. It features
                                                                               16 lighted tennis courts, canopies for
                                                                               shading, front porch areas, a pro-
                                                                               shop, 3,500 feet of lighted walking trail,
                              Lake Wateree                                     and more than 150 parking spaces.

       Large Mouth and Stripped Bass, Bream, Catfish, and Crappie              Plus, Camden Pickleball Plaza
     fishing abound in the waters around Kershaw County. Anglers               features the most lighted pickleball
     searching for that special location to reel in the big fish will discover a   courts in South Carolina. For more
     wide range of fishing opportunities in the area. There are numerous       information regarding programs and
     landings and marinas offering access to the over 13,000 acres of Lake     events, call 803-432-0252, go to www.
     Wateree, with 242 miles of shoreline. Lake Wateree also provides a        cityofcamden.org/tennis-center, or on
     setting for sailing, canoeing, kayaking, diving, tubing, water skiing,    Facebook (@tenniscentercamden).
     wind surfing, site seeing, and just cruising.                             823 Campbell St., Camden.


                          Public access areas

       Beaver Creek
       Becca Ln., Camden
       Approx. 15 miles northwest of Camden, off County Road 543
       (Bowden Rd.), off S.C. 97.
       1 launch lane
       Buck Hill                                                               Carolina Motorsports Park
       Buck Hill Landing Rd., Ridgeway                                          This full 2.3-mile road course opened
       Approx. 10 miles north of Lugoff, at end of paved road,                                                                         in July 1999, and now the Park also
       off County Road 37 (Wateree Dam Rd.), just before                                              features a .70 mile Kart track. The site
       Lake Wateree Dam.                                                       is an old World War II fighter training
       2 launch lanes, courtesy dock and fishing pier                          base located about four miles south of
       Clearwater Cove                                                         Kershaw and seventeen miles north of
       Baron Dekalb Rd., Camden                                                Camden on U.S. 521 in South Carolina.
       Approx. 12 miles northwest of Camden, at end of                                                                                                 Take a spin around the track, or come
       County Road 40, near Shaw AFB Recreation Area, off S.C. 97.             out to one of their numerous events
       4 launch lanes and courtesy dock                                        and watch other enthusiasts race.
                                                                               www.carolinamotorsportspark.com

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