Where was The Great Outdoors filmed?
1988 film directed by Howard Deutch
The Great Outdoors (1988) was filmed in Bass Lake, Universal Studios Lot and Ducey's Bass Lake Lodge, 3 places named in its Wikipedia article's Filming locations section, in the United States. Wikidata itself records the shoot only as California. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a statement, and every claim on this page says which it is.
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Places per Wikipedia's Filming locations section
Wikipedia’s Filming locations section names 3 places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.
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Studios & sets
Universal Studios Lot
United States
television and film studio complex in Universal City, California
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Towns & cities
Bass Lake
United States
community and census-designated place in Madera County, California, USA
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Landmarks & buildings
Ducey's Bass Lake Lodge
United States
historic mountain lodge in Bass Lake, California, USA
Recorded only at country level
Wikidata also records this film as shot in California, without saying where. Those statements are true but unmappable — a pin in the middle of a country would claim something nobody wrote — so they are listed here instead of guessed at.
Filming locations that are mapped there: United States
Also shot in these places
Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does The Great Outdoors have?
No place recorded on Wikidata, but 3 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia.
Which other productions were filmed at the same places?
Bruce Almighty (2003) and American Song Contest (2022), each listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, plus places named in the production's own Wikipedia article, which are labelled per Wikipedia. Nothing is scraped from listicles and nothing is generated.