A casual observer might think nothing ever changes around sleepy little Santee, South Carolina. While it is a fact this tiny lakeside town with a population of fewer than 1,000 people has remained true to its roots dating back more than a half century; upon closer review you will discover that the town has been busy lately making subtle but tasteful changes.

There is a new exit off Interstate 95 to Santee. There are high-powered Tesla charging hook ups at historic Clark’s Inn & Restaurant, with an impressive 17,750 square foot state-of-the-art Conference Center housing three breakout rooms that can accommodate 1,200 people.

The recently opened YMCA-run Santee Recreation Center and Waterpark includes an aquatics center with an 80,000 gallon pool separated into three sections for different age groups, basketball courts, baseball and soccer fields, bocce courts, recreational pavillions plus a thrilling 300 foot slide that starts at 100 feet in the air and takes you on a swirling tube ride through three loops down.

Known as AMERICA’S VALUE GOLF DESTINATION, Santee has established itself as the perfect stop- over point whether going north for the summer or escaping the dreary winter weather over the years. For golfers or traveling families, there are lakeside condominiums at Ballard Pointe, fully equipped villas and townhouses overlooking the beautiful Lake Marion Golf Course, and Chapel Creek Plantation villas along the first fairway of Santee National Golf Club. Santee is set up like a sprawling resort, offering an array of more than a dozen accommodation options designed to suit any taste or budget all just a short walk from Santee’s famous southern hospitality and cuisine. When the snowbirds migrate the town’s population swells to close to 20,000.

Located on the south shore of Lake Marion, South Carolina’s largest freshwater lake where a number of world record catches have been set through the years for largemouth, pickerel and white perch, Santee has two I-95 exits almost exactly halfway between New York and Miami, and just north of I-26, midway between the Palmetto State’s popular cities of Charleston and Columbia.

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