Most of The Last of the Mohicans (1992) was filmed in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, USA, rather than in New York where the story is set.

Main Filming Locations

  • Blue Ridge Mountains, North Carolina.
  • Lake James, used heavily for exterior wilderness and fort-area shots.
  • Chimney Rock Park / Chimney Rock State Park, including Hickory Nut Falls for the dramatic final cliff and waterfall sequences.
  • Biltmore Estate near Asheville, which doubled for Albany, New York in scenes with British troops and arrivals.
  • DuPont State Recreational Forest, where several waterfall scenes were filmed, including Hooker Falls, Triple Falls, Bridal Veil Falls, High Falls, and nearby Dry Falls.

A large Fort William Henry set was also specially built on forestry land by Lake James in North Carolina and used for the siege and fort scenes.

Information gathered from public forums or data available on the internet and portrayed here.