Dear John
A route you drive or walk yourself, in your own car, on your own day.
From the pier on the Isle of Palms to the Citadel, taking in the fort and the college where the phones ring.
All of them, free to read.
6 stops
Dima Sergiyenko, CC BY-SA 4.001Stop 01 · Dear JohnPrivate
The scene
The pier where John goes in after Savannah's bag.
Savannah's bag goes off the fishing pier and John goes in after it. That is the whole beginning of it.
Front Beach, Isle of Palms, SC
Warren LeMay, CC002Stop 02 · Dear John
The scene
The island where the barbecue and much of the summer is set.
The beach house scenes are set along Middle Street. The houses themselves are private and are not stops on this route; the beach and the island are.
Sullivan's Island, SC
Also used in Outer Banks
Christiana Davies, CC BY-SA 4.003Stop 03 · Dear JohnAdmission
The scene
The historic fort stands in for a military installation overseas.
The installation on the African coast was built here. A street on Sullivan's Island was covered in sand and dirt to finish the effect.
1214 Middle St, Sullivan's Island, SC
Warren LeMay, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons04Stop 04 · Dear John
The scene
A coin shop on lower King Street. Nobody has ever identified which one.
John and his father have the collection valued on King Street, and it is where the older John eventually parts with it. The shop itself has never been pinned down: every guide says "the King Street coin shops" and none of them names a business, so it may have been a dressed storefront that no longer trades. Walk lower King for the look of it and do not expect to find a door.
King St, Charleston, SC
Warren LeMay, CC005Stop 05 · Dear John
The scene
Randolph Hall, where the phones begin ringing with the news of September 11th.
Savannah returns to school here, and it is outside Randolph Hall that the phones start. The same building turns up in The Notebook, Cold Mountain and The Patriot.
66 George St, Charleston, SC
Also used in The Patriot
Also used in The Notebook
CocoaBeachBoy, public domain06Stop 06 · Dear John
The scene
The Citadel infirmary stands in for the German hospital.
John recovers from his wounds here. The campus sits on the Ashley and is open to visitors.
171 Moultrie St, Charleston, SC
What this route is
6 stops, 19 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.
$9 for 7 days · One payment, nothing renews.
Your seven days start in town, when you press Start the day on a paid route or arrive at one of its stops.
The app is not in the App Store yet. The Week is bought inside it, so there is nothing to pay for until it is.