There’s even a Dirty Dancing Festival During the busy summer season, Lake Lure is bustling with tourists and seasonal residents. Voted one of the Top 10 'Most Beautiful Man Made Lakes in the World' by National Geographic, it is easy to see why Hollywood had chosen Lake Lure and this picturesque part of the country to film these two successes. If you’ve seen films such as Dirty Dancing and Last of the Mohicans, this lake was featured in both. Throughout the day on Saturday, have the time of your life with music, dancing, watermelon carrying, art, food, beer, wine, and the lake lift competition finale.
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'The Last of the Mohicans' was also filmed at Lake Lure. Join other fans of the cult-classic movie Dirty Dancing and relive memories of Baby's first dance at the film’s original, breathtaking backdrop of Lake Lure. 'Dirty Dancing' was not the only film that put Lake Lure on the map. Swayze and Grey stripped down to light summer clothing, to repeatedly dive into the cold water.ĭespite her character's enjoyment, Grey later described the water as 'horrifically' cold, and she might not have gone into the lake, except that she was 'young and hungry'. The crew wore warm coats, gloves, and boots. Get into the spirit of the era and step back in time to that unforgettable summer in the Catskills and join us where it all began in the breathtaking mountains of Western North Carolina. Scenes in Lake Lure were filmed at a former. Today we are checking out Dirty Dancing filming locations at the Mountain Lake Lodge in Pembroke Virginia and in Lake Lure North Carolina. The uncooperative weather then took a different turn, plunging from oppressive heat to down near 40 ☏ (4 ☌), causing frigid conditions for the famous swimming scene in October. DIRTY DANCING FESTIVAL in LAKE LURE, N.C. Principal photography for Dirty Dancing took place in Lake Lure, North Carolina, and Mountain Lake, Virginia. Located in the heart of the Western North Carolina mountains, near Chimney Rock State Park.Īfter the Boys Camp reluctantly closed its doors in 1982, Hollywood discovered the property’s captivating setting and subsequently used the landscape – as well as the camp’s original cabins, gym and dining hall – to film the blockbuster hit, Dirty Dancing.ĭelays in the shooting schedule pushed filming into the autumn, which required the set decorators to spray-paint the autumn leaves green.
Firefly Cove offers mountain and lakefront properties on Lake Lure.
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