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South Carolina Lowcountry

Charleston

Where the Lowcountry productions actually shoot. King Street, the college campus, the harbour, and the islands past it.

Locations
55
Productions
11
Cypress Gardens · The Notebook · P. Hughes, CC BY-SA 4.0
4 tours

Touring Charleston

One is free and on foot. The other 3 are drives in your own car, and one pass opens all of them, in every town.

Walk

The Notebook

The King Street Walk

Free. Five Notebook locations within half a mile, then a sixth that both driving tours also visit, so you finish standing on a paid route.

Runtime
1h 00m
Distance
0.7 mi
Stops
5 stops
Free
Drive

Dear John

Pier to Folly

From the pier on the Isle of Palms down to Folly, taking in the fort, the college where the phones ring, and the oyster house on the marsh.

Runtime
3h 57m
Distance
32.2 mi
Stops
8 stops
In the pass
Drive

Outer Banks

The Pogue Route

Kildare is not a real island. It is Mount Pleasant, Isle of Palms and a stretch of Kiawah, and this is the drive that connects them.

Runtime
5h 53m
Distance
72.9 mi
Stops
11 stops
In the pass
Drive

The Notebook

Carnival to Cypress

The carnival on the old navy base, the plantation that plays her summer house, the mansion that plays its inside, and the cypress water with the boat.

Runtime
6h 21m
Distance
40.6 mi
Stops
7 stops
In the pass

The same stop, in a day

Free here

Isle of Palms Pier

Dear John

With the tour

9:41

Pier to Folly

  • Isle of Palms Pier
  • Sullivan's Island
  • Fort Moultrie
  • Upper King Street

Sorted by distance on the day

Isle of Palms Pier, in the order
Where it falls
Stop 01 of 8
Then
Sullivan's Island, about 4.2 miles on
The whole day
32.2 miles, 3h 57m, ordered so you never double back
The locations

55 places

Each has a page of its own with what was filmed there and which tours visit it.

Build your own day
Shot here

11 productions used Charleston

  • Outer BanksSeries · 2020 onwards1 tour
  • The NotebookFilm · 20042 tours
  • Dear JohnFilm · 20101 tour
  • The PatriotFilm · 2000No route yet
  • HalloweenFilm · 2018No route yet
  • The Righteous GemstonesSeries · 2019–2025No route yet
  • Mr. MercedesSeries · 2017–2019No route yet
  • Army WivesSeries · 2007–2013No route yet
  • The Legend of Bagger VanceFilm · 2000No route yet
  • Cold MountainFilm · 2003No route yet
  • The Dangerous Lives of Altar BoysFilm · 2002No route yet
Elsewhere

Where this goes next

More of Charleston is being researched, and other towns behind it. One email when either lands.

One email, when the town you name opens. Nothing else.