Where the Crawdads Sing was filmed in Louisiana, United States of America.
Fontainebleau State Park
In movie
Scene where Kya meets Chase who is on the beach with his friends.
Real
Scene was shot I am not 100% sure, but all the info seems to point to this part of Fontainebleau State Park as the location of the scene. Put your comment is the section at the bottom is you have proof that it was filmed somewhere else.
Mandeville
Northshore are - Lake Pontchartrain
In movie
Scene where Tate learns Kya how to read.
Real
Scene was shot The exact location is not known yet.
Lake Pontchartrain is actually not a lake but an estuary. It is roughly 40 miles wide from west to east, 24 miles north to south. It was named Lake Pontchartrain by French explorer Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville in 1699. The Native Americans used to call it Okwata which means “wide water”.
W. Main Street
In movie
Scene where Kya sees how people in town do not consider her to be one of their own.
Real
St. Bernard’s Old Courthouse
In movie
Scene where Kya is defended in court by Tom Milton.
Real
Scene was shot The historic building, originally erected as a courthouse in 1916, was most recently used as part of the P.G.T Beauregard Middle School. It served as St. Bernard's first courthouse until 1939, when the parish government seat moved to Chalmette.
St Bernard