What Happened To The Lake From Dirty Dancing

The lake in pembroke va where patrick swayze lifted jennifer grey into the air dried up after the movie came.

The lake s water level first dropped in 1999 but came back in 2003. Of course if mountain lake runs dry before the movie goes before cameras they could venture back to north carolina s lake lure where portions of the original movie were shot. The lake s water levels have fluctuated dramatically in the 30 years since the film. But today mountain lake is nothing more than a reddish brown pit only partially filled with water.

After more than 10 bone dry years the lake from dirty dancing is filling back up. Virginia places cc by nc sa 3 0 if you ve never heard of mountain lake which given its location outside of blacksburg virginia and altitude of nearly 4 000 feet 1 219 meters above sea level would be perfectly understandable you ve still probably seen it. But the lake where patrick swayze and jennifer grey practiced their famous lift is not what it used to be. Of course if mountain lake runs dry before the movie goes before cameras they could venture back to north carolina s lake lure where portions of the original movie were shot.