#FILMING OF DIRTY DANCING LOCATION MOVIE#

A gentleman attempted to buy it several years ago because he was going to do a whole 'Dirty Dancing' theme resort but the town said no more commerical property could be built on the lakefront and as such, whoever would purchase the property could only build a private residence. nothing but land) is owned by Universal Studios and has a price tag of 6 million. Our tour guide advised us that the property on the lakefront where the cabins were (they are all gone now. I just came back from a visit to North Carolina and was able to take a tour of Lake Lure. Let's set the record straight!! The majority of the film was shot in Giles County Virginia at Mountain Lake. They were angry to hear that the land and resort owner had them removed. After the release and popularity of the film, people wanted to rent these 'cabins' (especially Patrick's). The scenes with the 'employee's/dancer's' small cabins were shot in the mountains of North Carolina next to a resort area. I go there every chance I get and just stand back in awe of the whole place. I walked up them!! HOW COOL!! The light posts along the steps are gone, not surprising. The steps above the bridge are STILL THERE AFTER ALL THESE YEARS. I guess everyone wanted a 'piece of the pie!' But, it is still interesting. The bridge was there until several years ago when it was demolished by fans. The bridge that Patrick Swayze taught Baby to dance on was located in Lake Lure, North Carolina. Several other movies were filmed at Lake Lure,Chimney Rock. Yes, the club house had burnt down but the ballroom which was the camp cafeteria and gym was still there although all was condemned. An elderly woman had baught the camp and had already had the cabins torn down. 7 yrs ago, we went to the old boys camp to look around. Lake Lure is one of the most breathtaking places on earth and the friendliest. I had seen this also in 1988 and was NOTHING like it looked in the movie. Unfortunately, the ballroom used for both Kellermans and the alternate Sheldrake, (same location was used with different set dressings), burned several years ago. The Lake by the boat house was where the overhead lift shot was filmed between Johnny and Baby. The Boys CIT cabin was Patrick Swazye's cabin. The Boys Camp site is now being turned into a Development called Fire Fly Cove. They used the dining hall kitchen for dance instruction studio and where the old couple dropped the stolen wallets. They used the Gym for both the ballroom scenes and the staff 'dirty dancing'. It was a coed summer camp in which I was a counselor.

The Lake Lure site was the former Camp Chimney Rock for Boys and Girls.

#FILMING OF DIRTY DANCING LOCATION MOVIE#

Those were demolished not very long after the movie was released, but 'Johnny's' cabin remained at least until the summer of 1988. The cabins that the staff lived in at Kellermans were at the Lake Lure site in NC. Rumor has it that the balance log in 'dirty dancing' was at the Highland Lake Inn resort in Flat Rock, NC, and the log is still there. The farm was also the grassy scene location where Baby and Johnny practiced the lift, right before the lake lift in the water. An old man owned a farm with this stream on his land. The stream where the log was is definitely in NC near Tryon and it is definitely not near a resort. The trees were spray-painted green as the outside shots were done in autumn and they even had to stick some leaves back on!! It is not really known where exactly, but it was located there.

The log scene was filmed in nearby Tryon, NC. Our lake is spring fed reaches a maximum of 72 degrees! When Johnny and Baby practiced lifts in our lake, it was autumn in Virginia and was very cold. The scene when Baby finds Penny crying in the kitchen was also the kitchen here at Mountain Lake. Many scenes were filmed in our Mountain Lake Hotel dining room and the gazebo by the lake where many weddings are held now in the summer. The trees an mountains are exactly the same but the lake has unfortunately drained. I've been to that exact spot and it's identical. The lake 'lifts' scene was filmed in the lake at Mountain Lake, VA. ĭuring the making of the movie, Patrick Swayze stayed in room 232 at Mountain Lake Jennifer Grey and her family stayed in the Virginia cottage.

The movie used the Fairfield Inn and the scenic areas of Lake Lure, North Carolina as well as the Mountain Lake Resort near Roanoke, Virginia, USA. The Dec 1988 edition of Playboy reported that the Mountain Lake Hotel, where exteriors were shot, had experienced a 25-30 percent increase in bookings since the film's release These scenes were actually shot at Mountain Lake Hotel, located in Mountain Lake, Virginia. Wanna see the real life filming location used for 'Kellerman's' Resort in the movie?

Filming of dirty dancing location