Admission is $2 per adult; fifteen and under FREE. You'll need to pick up a parking placard at the entrance to the park when you pay, and punch out the appropriate day.
Lake Jocassee is a favorite of ours, mostly because you don't have to get on 85 to get there. (Okay, so that's MY favorite reason). It's also fairly uncrowded, making a day cooking out and looking out at the lake, and then jumping in to avoid the horseflies all the merrier. And, personally, the more the merrier is a misnomer. There is too much of a "merry" thing sometimes.
At this point in June the water is a sublime temperature to slip into and fall backwards and languidly glide one's fingertips through the velvety lake. There is also a concession stand open during the weekends in the summer months, and a covered shelter with accommodating restrooms.
A playground sits at the far end of the parking area, and there are trails to trek as well.
The water level is fairly high this year, which means the towels will be spread out on the grass, not the sandy spots between the rocks, but it provides a good means of "wading" the younger, and more aquaphobic, swimmers.
