AROUND
THE UNITED STATES
WITH NANCY
DREW
Besides being a world traveler, Nancy has also visited many of
the American States. Has she been to yours yet? You can click on
the state abbreviation below to check on a particular state, on
browse by region. There are many instances where Nancy visits a
specific state, but the name of the town where the action occurs
is fictional (changed to protect the innocent?), perhaps
reflecting a typical or composite community of real towns in the
area.
When I list the titles by state, I use the numbering system from
the "classic" series; also included in the lists are sites found
in the Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys SuperMysteries series
("SMys") and the Nancy Drew Files series ("NDF"). Also, anyone
familiar with the local geography of any of these sites, please
let me know if I have inadvertantly called your area "fictional!"
Also, I admit that I have not read all the Files or
SuperMysteries, and may have missed some of traveling from those
stories.
WEST
ALASKA
- Anchorage - Be-a-Detective #5 Alaskan Mystery
- Anchorage - NDF#53 Trail of Lies
- Alaskan cruise - Diaries #1 Curse of the Arctic Star & #2
Strangers on a Train
ARIZONA
- #5 The Secret at Shadow Ranch (basis for Her Interactive game
#10)
- near Apache Junction - #62 The Kachina Doll Mystery
- Phoenix (secondary location) - #75 Mystery of the Emerald-Eyed
Cat
- Sonoran Desert - #111 The Secret at Solaire
- Tucson - SMys Copper Canyon Conspiracy
- Canyon de Chelly and Arizona Painted Desert - NDGD#7 The
Stolen Relic
CALIFORNIA
- San Francisco - #82 The Clue in the Camera
- San Francisco - #95 The Silent Suspect
- Cherry Creek (fictional town in Marin County) - #104 The
Mystery of the Jade Tiger
- Lake Tahoe area (also Nevada) - #118 The Trouble at Lake Tahoe
- San Francisco - #122 The Message in the Haunted Mansion
- Big Sur - #138 The Legend of the Lost Gold
- Seabreak (fictional town in Northern CA) - #153 Whispers in
the Fog
- Santa Clara, Los Angeles - Be-a-Detective #6 The Missing Money
Mystery
- Santa Teresa (fictional town 100 miles north of Los Angeles) -
SMys Dangerous Games
- Hollywood - SMys Hollywod Horror
- Los Angeles/San Diego - SMys Process of Elimination
- San Diego - NDF#19 Sisters in Crime
- Los Angeles - NDF#26 Playing with Fire
- Los Angeles; Los Gatos (fictional town 1 hour outside of LA -
not the same Los Gatos that is in the Bay Area) - NDF#34
Vanishing Act
- Beverly Hills - NDF#47 Flirting with Danger
- San Francisco - NDF#75 A Talent for Murder
- Carmel - NDF#83 Diamond Deceit
- Hollywood - NDF#120 Dangerous Loves
- San Francisco - NDF#122 Strange Memories
COLORADO
- Seven Rocks (fictional town in the Rocky Mountains) - #99 The
Mystery at Seven Rocks
- Mount Mirage (fictional resort similar to Aspen or Steamboat
Springs) - SMys The Last Resort
- Central City - SMys Mystery Train (basis for Her Interative
game #13 Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon, partially set in Copper
Gorge CO)
- Mesa Verde National Park - Campfire Stories #4 The Secret of
Hawk Canyon
- Colorado Springs - Her Interactive game #27 The Deadly Device
HAWAII
- Honolulu, Maui, Hana, Mauna Loa - #36 The Secret of the Golden
Pavilion
- Maui - #143 Mystery on Maui
- Honolulu, Maui, Niihau - SMys Tropic of Fear
- Honolulu - NDF#23 Sinister Paradise
- Oahu and Maui - NDGD#13 Trade Wind Danger
- Her Interactive game #15 The Creature of Kapu Cave
MONTANA
- Misty Canyon (fictional area) - #86 The Mystery of Misty
Canyon
- Lost River (mountains of Northwest MT) - NDF#6 White Water
Terror
NEVADA
- in the Desert (fly into Las Vegas) - #52 The Secret of the
Forgotten City
NEW MEXICO
- in the Desert - NDGD#29 The Stolen Bones
OREGON
- coastal area near Portland - NDF#36 Over the Edge
UTAH
- Salt Lake City - SMys At All Costs
- Moab (Arches and Canyonlands NP) - NDGD#7 The Stolen Relic
WASHINGTON
- Seattle - #76 The Eskimo's Secret
- Seattle - #102 A Secret in the Dark
- Eagle County (fictional city) - #107 The Legend of Miner's
Creek
- Seattle - SMys Murder on the 4th of July
- Seattle - NDF#13 Wings of Fear
- Enumclaw, near Tacoma - NDF#103 Heart of Ice
- Seattle? - Campfire Stories #5 False Accusation
- San Juan Islands - Her Interactive game #9 Danger in Deception
Island
WYOMING
- Cheyenne - #68 The Elusive Heiress
- Greville (fictional? town in the "Wind River Range" of the
Rockies) - SMys High Survival
- Yellowstone Park - NDF#95 An Instinct for Trouble
MIDWEST
ILLINOIS (Simon & Schuster now
officially considers IL Nancy's home state, i.e., the locus of
River Heights)
- Southern IL, near Cairo (?) - #12 The Message in the Hollow
Oak (revised)
- Chicago - #84 The Joker's Revenge
- Chicago - #87 The Case of the Rising Stars
- Bentley (fictional town) - #93 The Case of the Safecracker's
Secret
- Chicago - #125 The Teen Model Mystery
- Chicago - #162 The Case of the Lost Song
- Chicago - NDGD#22 Dressed to Steal
INDIANA
- Bear Hollow (fictional town in Southern IN) and Lincoln City -
#131 The Hidden Inheritance
- Indianapolis - SMys Out of Control
KENTUCKY
- Louisville - NDF#46 Win, Place or Die
MICHIGAN
- Echo Lake - ND Notebooks #49 The Sand Castle Mystery
MINNESOTA
- Minneapolis/St. Paul - #133 The Mystery at the Crystal Palace
MISSOURI
- St. Louis - #12 The Message in the Hollow Oak (revised)
NEBRASKA
- Emerald (fictional) - SMys Mystery Train
SOUTH DAKOTA
- near Rapid City in the Black Hills, also Badlands - #148 On
the Trail of Trouble
TENNESSEE
- Memphis - SMys Best of Enemies
WISCONSIN
- Minosha - #91 The Girl Who Couldn't Remember
- Butter Ridge (fictional? ski resort area) - #128 The Treasure
in the Royal Tower
EAST
CONNECTICUT
- Bridgehaven - #113 The Secret Lost at Sea
- Bridgeville (fictional town?) - NDF#90 Stage Fright
MAINE
- "Candleton" (probably Ogonquit or York, though not explicitly
said to be in Maine in the text) - #23 The Mystery of the
Tolling Bell
- Dover (fictional town on the coast) - #92 The Ghost of Craven
Cove
- Rockport - NDF#121 Natural Enemies
- Lake Sebago - Campfire Stories #1 North Woods Celebration
MARYLAND
- Misty Lake (near Frederick) - #11 The Clue of the Broken
Locket - revised text
- Baltimore - #132 The Fox Hunt Mystery
- Baltimore - #149 The Clue of the Gold Doubloons
- western MD - NDF#32 High Marks for Malice
- Baltimore - NDF#68 Crosscurrents
- Annapolis - NDF#81 Making Waves
MASSACHUSETTS
- Cape Cod and Boston - #27 The Secret of the Wooden Lady
- Boston and Salem - #83 The Case of the Vanishing Veil
(possibly the basis for Her Interactive game #33 Midnight in
Salem)
- White Falls (fictional town in the Berkshires) - #105 The Clue
in the Antique Trunk
- Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard - #123 The Clue on the Silver
Screen
- Westbridge (in the Berkshires) - NDF#109 Love Notes
- Nantucket Island - NDD#6 The Phantom of Nantucket
NEW JERSEY
- Jersey Shore -Her Interactive game#8 The Haunted Carousel
(book of the same name was set in River Heights)
NEW YORK (This does not include every
visit Nancy makes to Aunt Eloise!)
- Adirondacks (near fictional village of York) - #29 The Mystery
at the Ski Jump
- New York City - #26 The Clue of the Leaning Chimney
- New York City - #31 The Ringmaster's Secret
- New York City - #38 The Mystery of the Fire Dragon
- Cooperstown - #49 The Secret of Mirror Bay
- New York City - #63 The Twin Dilemma
- Upstate New York - #98 The Haunting of Horse Island
- Putney Grove (fictional town) - #117 Mystery on the Menu
- New York City, Southampton - #130 The Sign of the Falcon
- Brooklyn - #135 The Riddle of the Ruby Gazelle
- New York City, Adirondacks - #160 The Clue on the Crystal Dove
- New York City - SMys A Crime for Christmas
- New York City - SMys Hits and Misses
- Sarasota - SMys High Stakes
- New York City - NDF#2 Deadly Intent
- The Hamptons - NDF#48, 49, 50 Summer of Love Trilogy
- New York City - NDF#77 Danger on Parade
- New York City - NDF#89 Designs in Crime
- New York City - NDF#107 Anything for Love
- Long Island, North Shore - NDF#118 Betrayed by Love
- New York City - NDGD#31 Perfect Cover and #32 Perfect Escape
- "upstate" - Her Interactive #21 Warnings at Waverly Academy
(original book The Curse of the Black Cat was set in River
Heights)
PENNSYLVANIA
- Amish country, near Lancaster - #33 Witch Tree Symbol
- Allegheny Mountains (could be another state?) - Ghost Stories
#2 - story #1 Vampire Cave
- Philadelphia - SMys A Question of Guilt
- "Moon Lake" - Her Interactive game #7 Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake
RHODE ISLAND
- Block Island (fictional? island in Great Salt Pond?) - NDF#98
Island of Secrets
VERMONT
- Big Birch Ski Area - NDF#3 Murder on Ice
VIRGINIA
- Charlottesville - #34 The Hidden Window Mystery
- Quantico - SMys Spies & Lies
- Williamsburg - SMys Exhibition of Evil
- Alexandria - NDF#7 Deadly Doubles
- suburbs of DC - Campfire Stories #2 The Perfect Prince
WASHINGTON DC
- #13 - The Mystery of the Ivory Charm - visits the White House
- #124 - The Secret of the Scarlet Hand (basis for Her
Interactive game #6)
- #142 - The Case of Capital Intrigue
- SMys Desperate Measures
- NDF#29 Pure Poison
WEST VIRGINIA
- Deerville (fictional town? in the Pistol Ridge Mountains) -
could be VA or TN - SMys Desperate Measures
SOUTHEAST
FLORIDA
- Cape Kennedy (Canaveral) - #18 (revised) The Mystery at the
Moss-Covered Mansion
- Florida Keys - #28 The Clue of the Black Keys
- near Key Biscayne and Miami - #55 Mystery of Crocodile Island
- Fort Lauderdale - #67 The Sinister Omen
- Miami (secondary location) - #70 The Broken Anchor
- Everglades National Park, Flamingo and Miami - #161 Lost in
the Everglades
- Fort Lauderdale - NDF#5 Hit and Run Holiday
- Sarasota - NDF#82 Dangerous Relations
- Key West - NDF#85 Sea of Suspicion
- Naval Air Station in Panhandle - NDF#106 Flying Too High
- Key Largo (Pennekamp State Park) - NDGD#19 The Orchid Thief
GEORGIA
- "Blackrock Island" of the coast of Georgia - Her
Interactive game #28 - The Ghost of Thornton Hall
LOUISIANA
- New Orleans - #25 The Ghost of Blackwood Hall
- New Orleans - #35 The Haunted Showboat
- New Orleans - #91 The Mardi Gras Mystery (basis for Her
Interactive game # 17 Legend of the Crystal Skull)
- New Orleans - SMys Nightmare in New Orleans
NORTH CAROLINA
- Pelican Island (fictional? island off the shores of N.C.) -
Ghost Stories - story #3 Blackbeard's Skull
OKLAHOMA
- Medicine Bluff - #155 - The Mystery in Tornado Alley (basis
for Her Interactive game #22 Trail of the Twister)
- Quartz Mountain (fictional? area near Oklahoma City) - SMys
Buried in Time
SOUTH CAROLINA
- Charleston - #97 The Mystery at Magnolia Mansion
- Charleston - SMys Courting Disaster
- Charleston - NDD#13 The Ghost of Grey Fox Inn
TEXAS
- Padre Island (on the Gulf Coast) - SMys Shock Waves
- outside San Antonio - NDF#11 Heart of Danger
Honorable
Mention
Vermont, New Hampshire - Mystery at Ski Jump
© 1998, Lea Shangraw Fox