For more information, call 882-4811. The Oconee Nuclear Station is located on the shores of Lake Keowee. Nuclear power is used to produce the steam at this steam electric generating station. The Keowee-Toxaway Visitors Center, known as The World of Energy, is the nation's most visited facility of its kind. The World of Energy is open to the public seven days a week, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday.
Admission is free.
For more information, call 885-4600. The oldest building in Oconee County, it was established in 1760 as an outpost to protect settlers against Indian attacks. It was also used as an Indian trading post. Now owned by the S.C. Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism, it will be developed as a facility of the park system. Located on County Road 95, off S.C. 11, two miles north of Pickett Post Community.