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The King Street Walk

A self-guided tour you do in your own car, on your own day.

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.

Mode
Walk
Runtime
1h 00m
Distance
0.7 mi
Stops
5

What this tour is

5 stops, 0.7 miles, ordered as one walk.

  • What was filmed at each stop, and which building it is
  • The walk between them, and how long it really takes
  • With the pass: all of it in the app when it lands, which sorts the stops by how far away you are, tells you when you have arrived, and works with no signal. Free to read here in the meantime
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Charleston, South Carolina Lowcountry

The King Street Walk

  • King and Mary
  • William Aiken House
  • The American Theater
  • Francis Marion Hotel

Sorted by distance on the day

The King Street Walk, as the app will carry it
The stops

5 stops, in order

All of them, free to read, before you pay for anything.

5 stops · basemap © OpenStreetMap, via Protomaps

  1. ProfReader, CC BY-SA 4.001

    Stop 01 · The NotebookFree

    King and Mary

    The scene

    The junction where Noah and Allie lie down in the road to watch the traffic lights change.

    Walking back from the cinema, the two of them lie down in the middle of King Street at Mary and wait for the lights. It is two blocks north of the American Theater, so the walk between the two stops is the walk they take in the film.

    King St at Mary St, Charleston, SC

    Parking
    City garages nearby are Marion Square at 399 King St and Camden/Exchange at 35 John St. City garages are $1 for 20 minutes with a $24 daily maximum. Street meters are $3 an hour, enforced 9am to 6pm, free on Sundays and city holidays.
  2. Warren LeMay, CC BY-SA 4.002

    Stop 02 · The NotebookFreeEvents venue

    William Aiken House

    The scene

    Directly across King Street from the theatre.

    The dress fitting, and the collapse that follows it when Allie learns about Noah. The house is the yellow one facing the American Theater.

    456 King St, Charleston, SC

    Admission
    A private events venue. Exterior only, from King Street.
    Hours
    Current hours at pphgcharleston.com
    Parking
    City garages nearby are Camden/Exchange at 35 John St and Midtown at 558 King St. City garages are $1 for 20 minutes with a $24 daily maximum. Street meters are $3 an hour, enforced 9am to 6pm, free on Sundays and city holidays.
  3. Warren LeMay, CC003

    Stop 03 · The NotebookFreeEvents venue

    The American Theater

    The scene

    The cinema on the date, and the street outside it.

    Noah and Allie watch Buster Keaton in Li'l Abner here, on the double date. The scene where they lie down in the road is not this corner: that is two blocks north, at King and Mary.

    446 King St, Charleston, SC

    Admission
    A private events venue now, not a working cinema. The facade is the point and it is on the street.
    Hours
    Current hours at pphgcharleston.com
    Parking
    City garages nearby are Camden/Exchange at 35 John St and Midtown at 558 King St. City garages are $1 for 20 minutes with a $24 daily maximum. Street meters are $3 an hour, enforced 9am to 6pm, free on Sundays and city holidays.
  4. Warren LeMay, CC BY-SA 3.004

    Stop 04 · The NotebookFree

    Francis Marion Hotel

    The scene

    The dance hall.

    The hotel ballroom is where Lon proposes.

    387 King St, Charleston, SC

    Parking
    City garages nearby are Camden/Exchange at 35 John St and Marion Square at 399 King St. City garages are $1 for 20 minutes with a $24 daily maximum. Street meters are $3 an hour, enforced 9am to 6pm, free on Sundays and city holidays.
  5. Warren LeMay, CC005

    Stop 05 · The NotebookFree

    Cistern Yard

    The scene

    The college, playing a college in New York.

    The campus stands in for Sarah Lawrence, where Lon first asks Allie out.

    66 George St, Charleston, SC

    Parking
    City garages nearby are Marion Square at 399 King St and Camden/Exchange at 35 John St. City garages are $1 for 20 minutes with a $24 daily maximum. Street meters are $3 an hour, enforced 9am to 6pm, free on Sundays and city holidays.
    Allow
    About 45 minutes here

    Also used in Dear John

Questions

Before you set off

Where does The King Street Walk start and end?
It starts at King and Mary, King St at Mary St, Charleston, SC and ends at Cistern Yard, 66 George St, Charleston, SC. The stops are ordered so the route does not double back.
How long does The King Street Walk take?
About 1h 00m for 5 stops, covering 0.7 miles. That is measured driving time plus the time each stop is worth, not the drive alone.
Do I need to pay to do The King Street Walk?
No. It is free, it needs no account, and every stop is listed on this page with its address.
What was filmed on The King Street Walk?
The Notebook, across 5 locations in and around Charleston.