The Summer I Turned Pretty — Fictional Universe Map
Where Everything Happened
the fictional geography of The Summer I Turned Pretty
Books & show combined — click any location for the full story
~45 min 5–6 hr drive 3,400 mi → ← 2,700 mi Atlantic Ocean New England Boston Fisher territory — 45 min from Cousins Fisher Family Home sold in S2 to save the beach house Breaker Capital Adam's firm · Steven, Jere, Denise intern (S3) Denise's apartment "spare room" → home → where the kiss happens Steven & Taylor's apt Friendsgiving · Jere's couch · Adam cuts him off Il Mare · Grass Fed S3E6 · oysters → steakhouse swap Brown Conrad (before Stanford) Finch College Belly · Jeremiah · Taylor BEN House Jere's frat · Redbird · where Cabo was planned Tri-Phi Taylor's sorority · Lacie Barone's house Cousins Beach fictional Massachusetts coast · where summers live pool Beck's Beach House ★ the center of everything infinity pool · porch nights · Belly Flop the dock almost-kisses & last conversations Susannah's memorial garden dedicated S3E3 · brothers reconcile here Jere punches Conrad on wedding morning beach & bonfire where Belly met Cam Cameron Conrad's confession · "I still love you" boardwalk & pier arcade · laser tag · DDR · go-karts Junior Mint the polar bear, won here Tower of Terror S2E4 · Belly rides it, Jere by her side country club deb ball · S2 break-in · Moon River S3 wedding venue · Jere's pop-up dinner the drive-in Belly & Cam's movie date (S1) the boys crash it · classic Cousins move Rosie's the pie place · blueberry is the move "you always could read my mind" — Jere ~ Pearl Street & Town ~ Whale of a Tale Cousins' bookshop · Laurel's book launch "It's Not Summer Without You" — the memoir Russell's gas & groceries · ice cream · muffins first stop every summer · where it begins The Oceanic · Crystal Pier S3 engagement dinner restaurant Adam hijacks the venue · rehearsal dinner ↑ the whole world, right here ↑ Mid-Atlantic The Motel somewhere between Philly and Brown "of course I still want you" — S2 finale Conklin Home Philadelphia suburbs · Laurel's house where Belly counted down to summer Princeton Steven · engineering → startup Jere's red Jeep New York City gaming conference · Laurel's book tour Steven & Denise's startup spark (S3) Washington, D.C. Latin Convention — where Belly met Cam Stanford Conrad — med school still here post-finale · Susannah's dream San Francisco Steven · Taylor · Denise move here startup seed funding · post-finale Paris Belly lives here · goes by "Isabelle" Conrad visits for her 22nd · train station declaration Spain books version of year abroad Cabo spring break · where it all broke
How far apart is everything?
Philly suburbs → Cousins Beach~5–6 hours
Boston → Cousins Beach~45 min
Finch College → Cousins~45 min
Boston → Finch College~45 min
Philly suburbs → Princeton~1 hour
Philly suburbs → NYC~2 hours
NYC → Cousins Beach~4 hours
Boston → Stanford~2,700 mi / flight
Cousins → Paris~3,400 mi / flight
Brown → Philly suburbs~4 hours (the motel road trip)
Boston → Cabo~2,500 mi / flight
Boston → San Francisco~2,700 mi / flight
"Cousins Beach doesn't exist on any real map — and that's precisely why it feels so familiar." Jenny Han deliberately never pinpointed the town, letting every reader project their own beach memories onto it.