Outer Banks
A route you drive or walk yourself, in your own car, on your own day.
Kildare at close quarters. The shrimp boats at Shem Creek, the Old Village streets, the bridge at Pitt Street, and the marsh tower that plays Hawk's Nest.
All of them, free to read.
10 stops
Brian Stansberry, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons01Stop 01 · Outer Banks
The scene
The observation tower, which is Hawk's Nest: the one Topper pushes John B off.
The tower in Palmetto Islands County Park stands in for Hawk's Nest, looking out over the marsh and the treeline.
Palmetto Islands County Park, Mount Pleasant, SC
RJ Matthews, CC BY-SA 3.002Stop 02 · Outer Banks
The scene
Slips and gangways that stand in for the Kildare docks.
Charleston Harbor Marina, Mount Pleasant, SC
03Stop 03 · Outer Banks
The scene
The pharmacy on Pitt Street, and the old causeway out to the marsh.
Sarah takes the pregnancy test in the pharmacy and tells Kiara there. The pharmacy is a working lunch counter and has been since 1937. The causeway at the end of the street was the road to Sullivan's Island until 1945 and now stops in the water, which is what makes it read as somewhere abandoned.
Pitt St, Mount Pleasant, SC
Also used in The Notebook
Photo: Warren LeMay, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Flickr04Stop 04 · Outer Banks
The scene
The production dressed the Old Village as downtown Kildare.
Invented storefronts and signage went up over the real ones, and storm debris was dressed into the street. Everything the production added came down after the shoot, so what is standing is the village itself. The pharmacy is the stop before this one and the sheriff's station is the stop after.
Old Village, Mount Pleasant, SC
05Stop 05 · Outer BanksFrom the street
The scene
The building that played the Kildare County Sheriff's Station.
The white two-storey building with the black shutters is Sheriff Peterkin's station, seen from the car park side in the first two seasons. It was dressed with signage and cruisers for the shoot and nothing of that remains. It is a condominium and people live in it, so this is a stop on the pavement: the shot is from across the car park, and the steps and the door are somebody's front door.
281 Venning St, Mount Pleasant, SC
Lightbulb Noob, CC BY-SA 4.006Stop 06 · Outer Banks
The scene
Shrimp boats, docks and marsh. This creek is Kildare's working waterfront.
The boat scenes run along this creek across all five seasons. The fleet works: boats leave early and come back through the afternoon, and the boardwalk out over the marsh is public and open at both ends.
Shem Creek, Mount Pleasant, SC
07Stop 07 · Outer Banks
The scene
The Wreck of the Richard and Charlene, on Shem Creek. Kiara's parents' restaurant.
106 Haddrell St, Mount Pleasant, SC
08Stop 08 · Outer Banks
The scene
Where Pope works for his father, on the far side of Shem Creek.
A working seafood market on Shem Creek, and Heyward's in every season. It is a dock people make a living on rather than an attraction, so the public side of the boardwalk is the place to look at it from.
248 Magwood Ln, Mount Pleasant, SC
Stop 09 · Outer BanksFrom the street
The scene
The marina where Hollis makes Rafe the Goat Island offer.
Season four. Hollis brings Rafe out to the boat to talk him into syndicating the land, and it is a deal that turns out to be exactly as good as it sounds. A working marina in Mount Pleasant, so the road is the vantage point.
1610 Ben Sawyer Blvd, Mount Pleasant, SC
Stop 10 · Outer BanksFrom the street
The scene
The outdoor movie theatre, on a summer evening.
A golf and river club in Mount Pleasant, dressed for the evening screening. It is a private members' club, so the grounds are not somewhere to walk in and the drive past is the visit.
3535 Wando Plantation Way, Mount Pleasant, SC
What this route is
10 stops, 33 miles, ordered as one drive.
The places on this page are free to read, one by one. A route puts them in order, tells you what was filmed at each and how to get round them. The app that carries it on the day is coming, and the routes are readable here in the meantime. It covers the other 6 routes as well, so the next one costs you nothing extra.
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