Maps of Movies

The Notebook (2004)

Where The Notebook says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

Seabrook never appears on screen: Mount Pleasant, Wadmalaw and a Montreal field stand in for the story's South Carolina and Europe

Scenes and places

The nursing home where the story is read

Duke reads from a worn notebook to a woman who does not seem to know him. The story he reads is the one we are about to watch.

Set in Nursing home — An elderly man named Duke reads a romantic story from a notebook to a female patient.

A plantation house in Georgetown County stands in for the care home.

Filmed at Rice Hope Plantation (Black River Plantation House), Georgetown County, South Carolina — The nursing home scenes were filmed here. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The carnival where Noah meets Allie

Noah sees Allie and falls for her at once, and keeps pushing until she agrees to date him. Their different backgrounds do not stop them.

Set in Carnival, Seabrook Island, South Carolina — June 1940: lumber mill worker Noah sees 17-year-old heiress Allie at a carnival. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Seabrook Island is a real sea island about 20 miles southwest of Charleston, but the film was not shot there.

Filmed at Mount Pleasant, South Carolina (carnival scene location not specified in the source) — The film's Seabrook scenes were mostly filmed in Mount Pleasant; the carnival scene itself is not named. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Allie's family summer house

Allie brings Noah into her parents' world, and her mother tells her to stop seeing him. The class gap becomes a wall between them.

Set in Allie's family summer mansion, near Seabrook — Allie's family stays here for the summer; her mother thinks Noah is not good enough for her.

A working plantation outside Charleston, open to visitors.

Filmed at Boone Hall Plantation, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina — The Boone Hall Plantation served as Allie's summer house. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The abandoned house Noah dreams of repairing

Noah shows Allie the ruined house he wants to rebuild. The evening is interrupted when her parents send the police to find her.

Set in Windsor Plantation — Noah takes Allie to Windsor Plantation and tells her of his dream to repair its abandoned house.

The real house was not in ruins; the film made it look that way.

Filmed at Private residence on Wadmalaw Island, South Carolina (island centre point) — Filmed at a private home on Wadmalaw Island that special effects made look run down. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The college Allie is leaving for

Allie's college plans put a deadline on the summer. Noah learns she will be far away in New York.

Set in Sarah Lawrence College, New York — Allie is going to Sarah Lawrence College in New York in the fall.

Shown only briefly; the film's New York college is a Charleston campus.

Filmed at College of Charleston campus, Charleston, South Carolina — The campus shown as Sarah Lawrence is the College of Charleston. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The winter battlefield

Noah goes to war and loses his closest friend there. Meanwhile Allie nurses wounded soldiers back home.

Set in Battle of the Bulge battlefield — Noah and Fin enlist and fight in the Battle of the Bulge.

The only part of the film shot in Canada.

Filmed at Winter battlefield just outside Montreal (city centre point; exact site not found) — The wintery battlefield scenes were filmed outside Montreal. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Seabrook, seven years later

Allie, engaged to another man, follows an old newspaper photo to Noah's door. After an afternoon of catching up, she asks him why he never wrote.

Set in Seabrook, South Carolina — Allie travels to Seabrook and faces Noah for the first time in seven years; a boat ride follows. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Seabrook is real, but this part of the film was shot at other South Carolina sites.

Filmed at Cypress Gardens, Moncks Corner, South Carolina (boat-ride scene assumed, not confirmed) — Cypress Gardens is listed as a filming location; which scene was shot there is not stated in the source. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Filmed at Edisto Island, South Carolina — Scene not specified in the source Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Johns Island, South Carolina — Scene not specified in the source Google Maps · Apple Maps

Characters

• Noah — A lumber mill worker in 1940 South Carolina who falls for a wealthy summer visitor.
• Allie — A 17-year-old heiress spending the summer in Seabrook.