4 September 1979
A production report gives 4 September 1979 as the first official day of shooting at the camp area; some sources say 10 September.
Warren County, New Jersey · 1980
Friday the 13th
A summer story shot between early September and November 1979, in a Scout camp that is still run for Scouts. This page is about the places and the calendar: the camp, a diner, a theatre, a gate.
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Hardwick
A camp that is still a camp
Wikipedia says most camp scenes were shot at Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco, a working Boy Scout camp in Hardwick, and that it plays Camp Crystal Lake.
The camp’s own website describes it as “Excellence in Scouting since 1927”. A fan location list puts the camp about six miles north of Blairstown, and says the camp entrance and a cabin appear in the film.
The tour organiser says the camp is private property of the Northern New Jersey Council, Scouting America, and is open to the public only on official tour dates.
A New Jersey travel page says the camp held its first official Friday the 13th tour on 13 May 2011, and that tours sell out well ahead. Wikipedia says that in April 2018 the camp held Crystal Lake Tours to nine filming locations on the property, and that Adrienne King attended.
The tour page describes small guided walking tours of up to about a mile, with time at each filming location for photographs. Past tours, that page says, have included full walking tours, shorter lakefront tours, flashlight sessions, canoeing, archery and meals in the historic dining hall.
A working Scout camp on private land, open to the public only on official tour dates. Do not go to the gate without a ticket.
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A fan location list says Sand Pond, inside the camp, is the lake of the film. The same fan list says the pond is not open to visitors, being part of the camp.
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The shoot calendar
Summer on screen, autumn on the call sheet
Slide from the first official day to the end of November 1979. The trees change with the calendar. The snow is a switch of its own, because no source gives its day.
4 September 1979. The first official day of shooting. Snow off. The prologue is on the lake.
In between
The story is set in summer. The shoot ran into autumn, and these pages give no day-by-day record of what was shot when.
November 1979
Reshoots and added photography ran as late as November 1979.
Lake or barn
Wikipedia says unexpected snow forced the opening prologue to move from the lake to a barn, although the film is set in summer.
LakeBarn
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Blairstown and Hope
Down the road to the villages
Blairstown is about six miles south of the camp by a fan list’s count, and Hope is a few more. These are the places that are still ordinary: a theatre, a diner, a gate, a shop.
26 Main Street, Blairstown, October 2020. Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0 Blairstown
Main Street, Blairstown
Wikipedia’s Blairstown page says scenes of the film were shot on Main Street and at the Blairstown Diner on Route 94.
A fan location list says Annie arrives in the town and that the stone arches on Main Street remain unchanged.
A public street of shops and cafes. The photograph shows 26 Main Street, which a fan guide gives for the general store’s outside.
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Roy's Hall on Main Street, Blairstown, on 13 July 2007. Rarmin · Public domain Blairstown
Roy’s Hall
Wikipedia says Roy’s Hall, also called the Historic Blairstown Theater, was built in 1913 as a silent movie house and was restored and painted blue in 2005.
Wikipedia says that on 13 July 2007 the film was shown on Main Street in the theatre seen shortly after the opening credits, and that crowds forced an extra screening.
A working theatre on Main Street. Seats are for ticketed shows and screenings.
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Main Street (County Route 660) looking east between Park Street and Old Academy Drive, Blairstown, January 2026. A nearby street view. Mr. Matté · CC BY-SA 4.0 Blairstown
Blairstown Diner
A fan location list says owner Steve Christy waits at the diner while the evening goes on at the camp.
A second fan list says the rain at the diner was made by the Blairstown fire department.
A working diner on Route 94. Eat in; the photograph is a nearby street view, not the diner.
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The entrance gate of the Moravian Cemetery, Hope, December 2022. Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0 Hope
Moravian Cemetery, Hope
Wikipedia says the entrance gate of the Moravian Cemetery in Hope appeared in the film.
A fan location list says Annie is dropped off in front of the cemetery, about six miles south of Blairstown, which it notes is not the direction the story implies.
A village burial ground, open to quiet visitors. Stay on the paths and keep to the gate and the road verge for photographs.
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345 High Street, Hope, December 2022. A nearby street view; the shop in the story is at number 331. Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0 Hope
Hartung’s, Hope
Wikipedia says Hope was a filming location for two scenes, using the Moravian Cemetery and Hartung’s General Store.
A local newspaper says the building at 331 High Street was Hartung’s Luncheonette, owned by Skip and Lee Ann Hartung for 29 years, and is now Hope Junction Antiques.
Now Hope Junction Antiques, an ordinary shop. The photograph is a nearby street view at number 345.
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Millbrook Road, Hardwick Township, August 2014. A nearby road view. Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0 Hardwick
Millbrook Road
A fan location list names Millbrook Road in Hardwick as the road walked towards the camp, past a red barn.
That list says its details come from fans’ contributions rather than verified sources.
An ordinary country road. It is not pinned because no source gives a spot; the photograph is a nearby view of the road.
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Sign-out
Go and find the places
Roy’s Hall, the diner, Main Street, the cemetery gate and the Hope shop can be visited. The camp and its pond are seen only on a tour, and Millbrook Road is not pinned because no source gives a spot.
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Where it is now
7 places you can see or visit in Hardwick, Blairstown and Hope.
Pins mark public places; private homes are named but not pinned.
Site reference · Restricted access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working Scout camp on private land, open to the public only on official tour dates. Do not go to the gate without a ticket.
Site reference · Restricted access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. Inside the camp, so seen only on a tour. The photograph shows a lake waterfront at the camp.
A campsite at Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco, Hardwick, July 2018. Enzo Arcamone · CC BY-SA 4.0 Hardwick · Sand Pond Road, Hardwick Township, Warren County
Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco
Wikipedia says most camp scenes were shot at Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco, a working Boy Scout camp in Hardwick, and that it plays Camp Crystal Lake.
A working Scout camp on private land, open to the public only on official tour dates. Do not go to the gate without a ticket.
Sources
A boat at the waterfront of Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco, July 2018. Enzo Arcamone · CC BY-SA 4.0 Hardwick · Inside Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco, Hardwick Township
Sand Pond
A fan location list says Sand Pond, inside the camp, is the lake of the film.
Inside the camp, so seen only on a tour. The photograph shows a lake waterfront at the camp.
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Stay
A room nearby.
Overnight lodging in the Blairstown area.
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The Inn at Millrace Pond
Warren County, New Jersey
A historic New Jersey venue with overnight lodging. Its own page gives no street address or prices, so confirm the location before you book. Pictured: Main Street, Blairstown, 2026.
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Join a camp tour.
The camp is open only on official tour dates.
Crystal Lake Tours
Crystal Lake Tours at the camp
Hardwick, New Jersey
Small guided walking tours of up to about a mile through the filming locations on the camp, on official dates only. 2026 dates listed: extended tours on 13 November from $169 and 14 November at $159, some sessions sold out. Pictured: the camp in 2018.
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Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco
Sand Pond Road, Hardwick Township, Warren County
First official day
A production report gives 4 September 1979 as the first official day of shooting at the camp area; some sources say 10 September.
Reshoots
Reshoots and added photography ran as late as November 1979.
First Friday the 13th tour
The camp holds its first official Friday the 13th tour.
Crystal Lake Tours
A tour takes visitors to nine filming locations on the camp property.
Sand Pond
Inside Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco, Hardwick Township
Snow
Unexpected snow forced the opening prologue off the lake and into a barn, though the story is set in summer.
Millbrook Road
Hardwick Township, Warren County
Roy’s Hall
30 Main Street, Blairstown
Shown on Main Street
The film is shown in the theatre seen soon after the opening credits, with an extra screening for the crowds.
Main Street, Blairstown
Main Street (County Route 660), Blairstown
Blairstown Diner
Route 94, west of Blairstown
Fire-brigade rain
Rain at the diner is made by the Blairstown fire department, according to a fan list.
Moravian Cemetery, Hope
Hope, Warren County (Delaware Road, per a fan list)
The cemetery gate
The entrance gate of the Moravian Cemetery appears in the film.
Hartung’s, Hope
331 High Street, Hope
The general store
The film’s general-store scenes use Hartung’s in Hope.