A 350-Acre Reservoir in Spartanburg County With Midnight Lore
200 Lyman Lodge Rd, Lyman, SC
Research updated June 2026
Age
All Ages
Cost
$
Boating requires a permit from SJWD Water District. Public fishing pier and boat ramp are free to access. The Lyman Lake Lodge is available to rent.
Access
Wheelchair OK
Paved access road to pier; dual-access boat ramp is handicap accessible
Equipment
Photos OK
Est. 1955 · Spartanburg County Recreation History
Lyman Lake is a 350-acre reservoir created on the Middle Tyger River in Spartanburg County, South Carolina. The dam was commissioned in 1955 and was built primarily for recreational use. The lake is managed by the SJWD Water District, which also operates the Lyman Lake Park at 200 Lyman Lodge Road.
The park includes a public fishing pier, a handicap-accessible dual-access boat ramp, and parking for approximately 50 vehicles and trailers. The Lyman Lake Lodge on the property is available for public rental through SJWD's customer service office.
Boating access to the lake requires a permit from the SJWD Water District. The lake and its surrounding Spartanburg County context place it within the greater Upstate South Carolina region, approximately equidistant from Greenville and Spartanburg.
Sources
The paranormal tradition associated with Lyman Lake involves sounds heard after midnight — a woman screaming, and occasionally a faint glowing light visible in the tree line near the water.
The Shadowlands account attributes these phenomena to an unspecified violent crime said to have occurred 'in the old days.' No newspaper records, court documents, or independent historical accounts corroborating any specific violent event at or near Lyman Lake were found during research. The SJWD Water District and Spartanburg County park records make no reference to any such incident.
The lake's setting — wooded shores, an isolated road approach, and the Tyger River valley's characteristic night sounds — provides context for reports of unusual sounds after dark. Whether those sounds have a natural explanation or connect to something else is a question sources do not resolve.
South Carolina Paranormal Research sources document the general area around Lyman as having several unresolved accounts, but Lyman Lake specifically was not featured in the investigations encountered during research.
Lyman Lake is a 350-acre reservoir managed by the SJWD Water District in Spartanburg County. The park at 200 Lyman Lodge Road offers a public fishing pier, a handicap-accessible boat ramp, and parking for up to 50 vehicles. Boating is by permit only. The Lyman Lake Lodge is available for group rentals.
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