Lake Wylie
Lake Wylie is a census-designated place in York County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 8,841 at the 2010 census. Lake Wylie is located on a peninsula along the shore of Lake Wylie, a reservoir that was named for Dr.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Fife Club, Public domain.
- Type: Hamlet with 8,840 residents
- Description: census-designated place in York County, South Carolina, United States
- Also known as: “Lake Wylie, SC” and “Lake Wylie, South Carolina”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Buster Boyd Bridge and McDowell Nature Preserve.
Buster Boyd Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Fife Club, Public domain.
The Buster Boyd Bridge is a four-lane automobile bridge spanning the Catawba River/Lake Wylie between Lake Wylie, York County, South Carolina and Steele Creek, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
McDowell Nature Preserve
Nature reserve
McDowell Nature Preserve, formerly known as McDowell Park, is a city park and nature preserve in southwestern Charlotte, North Carolina on the shores of Lake Wylie.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Steele Creek and Tega Cay.
Steele Creek
Steele Creek is a neighborhood and major district in Charlotte. Steele Creek is located along Lake Wylie in the far southwest quadrant of Charlotte primarily bordered by Interstate 485 to the east and located south of the Charlotte Airport.
Tega Cay
Photo: Mx. Granger, CC0.
Tega Cay is a small city along the eastern shore of Lake Wylie west of the town of Fort Mill in the Olde English District of South Carolina. Tega Cay is a suburb of the major city of Charlotte and has experienced rapid growth over the past decade.
Lake Wylie
- Categories: census-designated place in the United States and locality
- Location: York County, South Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.10859° or 35° 6′ 31″ northLongitude
-81.0425° or 81° 2′ 33″ westPopulation
8,840Elevation
584 feet (178 metres)United Nations Location Code
US 7LWOpen location code
867W4X55+C2OpenStreetMap ID
node 5321373825OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Volapük—“Lake Wylie” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Lake Wylie”
- Catalan: “Lake Wylie”
- Cebuano: “Lake Wylie”
- Chechen: “Лейк-Вайли”
- Chinese: “Lake Wylie”
- Dutch: “Lake Wylie”
- French: “Lake Wylie”
- German: “Lake Wylie”
- Gilaki: “لیک وایلی (نسايي کارؤلينا)”
- Gilaki: “لیک وایلی”
- Irish: “Lake Wylie”
- Italian: “Lake Wylie”
- Ladin: “Lake Wylie”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Lake Wylie”
- Persian: “لیک وایلی”
- Polish: “Lake Wylie”
- Portuguese: “Lago Wylie”
- Serbian: “Лејк Вајли”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Lake Wylie, South Carolina”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Lake Wylie”
- Spanish: “Lake Wylie (Carolina del Sur)”
- Spanish: “Lake Wylie”
- Tatar: “Лейк-Вайли”
- Turkish: “Lake Wylie”
- Ukrainian: “Лейк-Вайлі”
- Urdu: “لیک ویلی، جنوبی کیرولائنا”
- Urdu: “لیک ویلی، ساؤتھ کیرولینا”
- Volapük: “Lake Wylie”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lake Wylie Bowl N‘ Bounce and Lake Wylie Public Library.
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