Lake Lure, North Carolina Virtual Boat Tour - Dirty Dancing Filming Location - Screensaver

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Dirty Dancing is a 1987 American romantic drama dance film written by, Eleanor Bergstein produced by Linda Gottlieb, and directed by Emile Ardolino. It stars Jennifer Grey as Frances "Baby" Houseman, a young woman who falls in love with dance instructor Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze) at a holiday resort.

Principal photography for Dirty Dancing took place in Lake Lure, North Carolina, and Mountain Lake, Virginia.[25] Scenes in Lake Lure were filmed at a former Girl Scout Camp called Camp Occoneechee, which is now a private, residential community known as Firefly Cove.[26] These scenes included the interior dancing scenes, Baby carrying the watermelon and practicing on the signature stairs, Johnny's cabin,[27] the staff cabins, the golf scene where Baby asks her father for $250 and the famous "log" scenes.[citation needed] The climactic lift scene takes place in the ballroom of the Lake Lure Inn. Scenes filmed at Mountain Lake included dining scenes, Kellerman's Hotel, the beach games, the Houseman family's cabins, the water lift scene[28] and Penny crying in the kitchen.

Lake Lure is a town in Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States. In 2010 the town population was 1,192. Lake Lure was incorporated in 1927, and acquired the lake after which it is named in 1965. Wikipedia
Elevation: 1,125’
Area: 14.8 mi² (13.6 mi² Land / 1.2 mi² Water)
Zip code: 28746
Population: 1,152 (2018)