Where was ‘Hot Frosty’ filmed?

On November 23, 2024By Littum

This Christmas, Netflix gave us an update on the fluffy holiday rom-com with Hot Frosty. Actor Wild girls alum Lacey Chabert, the film follows a brave diner owner who could use some Christmas cheer. Kathy’s (Chabert) holiday season is turned upside down when she’s gifted a magical scarf that transforms a chiseled snowman into a living, warm-blooded man. Kathy has recently lost her husband and newly human Jack (Schitt’s Creek‘s Dustin Milligan) gives her a second chance at love (and a refreshing dose of desire for such a wholesome movie).

Like many Christmas movies, Hot Frosty takes place in a cozy little town that gives Gilmore girls‘ Stars Hollow runs after the money. The film’s setting, Hope Springs, New York, makes viewers wonder if they could complete their holiday season with a trip to town (warm thawed snowman included or not). Read on for everything we know about the filming locations for Hot Frosty.

Is Hope Springs, NY a real place?

Lacey Chabert as Kathy Barrett holding a red scarf while standing in front of a lifelike snowman in 'Hot Frosty'. — Kathy (Lacey Chabert) meets Jack (still in snowman form) in *Hot Frosty*.

Sorry to break hearts, but Hot Frosty‘s small town of Hope Springs, New York, is completely fictional. However, there is a village with a similar name just an hour outside of NYC Cold Springs, NYlocated on the Hudson River just an hour’s MetroNorth ride away, is idyllic enough to fulfill your small-town fantasies year-round. (Whether you encounter a warm, friendly man who will cook for you is anyone’s guess.)

Kath (Lacey Chabert as Kathy Barrett, right) holds up a phone with a picture of a snowman in a scarf next to a man's (Dustin Milligan as Jack Snowman) face in 'Hot Frosty.'

Kathy (Chabert) compares a chiseled snowman’s face to Jack’s (Milligan).

(Image credit: Courtesy of Netflix)

Where was ‘Hot Frosty’ filmed?

Like many Netflix productions, Hot Frosty was filmed on location in and around the cities of Brockville and Ottawa in Ontario, Canada. According to TheWrapBrockville is just over the border almost due north of New York, a seven-hour drive or two-hour flight away.

As reported by ScreenrantCourt House Square in downtown Brockville (also known as the City of the 1000 Islands) was Hope Springs’ plaza where the snowman contest took place and Jack was born (or transformed). Scenes in Kathy’s diner and the thrift store Reclaimed Rags were filmed in nearby buildings, including Keystorm Pub.

Dustin Milligan as Jack Snowman, standing shirtless on a roof next to two ladders, in 'Hot Frosty'.

Despite the winter weather, a shirtless Jack (Milligan) helps Kathy with maintenance around her house.

(Image credit: Petr Maur / Netflix)

Meanwhile, according to CTV NewsKathy’s House was filmed in Almonte, a former mill town one hour northwest of Brockville and one hour southwest of Ottawa.

Finally, a closed elementary school in Ottawa served as the venue for the Christmas dance.