🏙 Towns & cities
Asheville
county seat of Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States
🇺🇸 United States · 35.5956, -82.5519
Asheville is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 7 productions — in the section each entry below links back to. No Wikidata filming statement points here yet, so this page says plainly which kind of evidence it rests on.
1 place inside Asheville has a page of its own — listed below. Everything shot at it is already named above, recorded against Asheville as well.
“Many of the urban and interior locations, in the Capitol and elsewhere, were filmed in Shelby and Charlotte; other scenes were filmed in the Asheville area.”
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Asheville as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, and labelled as what it is — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
- Forrest Gump 1994
- The Hunger Games 2012
- Hannibal 2001
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The Last of the Mohicans
1992
“Scenes of Albany were shot in Asheville, North Carolina at the Manor on Charlotte Street.” Wikipedia
- Being There 1979
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Richie Rich
1994
“Though set in Chicago, the house and grounds at which most of Richie Rich is filmed are those of the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina.” Wikipedia
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The Clearing
2004
“The film was shot in and around Asheville, North Carolina and in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.” Wikipedia
Filming locations inside Asheville
1 place inside Asheville, with a page of its own. Every production shot at it is already listed above, because Wikidata records it against Asheville too.
Named here by Asheville’s own Wikipedia article
Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Asheville, where neither Wikidata nor the production’s own article records it. That is the weakest evidence on this atlas, so these get no pin on the map and stay out of the downloads — the sentence is quoted in full below each one so you can judge it.
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The Hunger Games 2012
“The 2012 film The Hunger Games was filmed near Asheville, as was the 2017 film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Biltmore Estate
🇺🇸 United States
historic house museum and tourist attraction in Asheville, North Carolina, United States
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🏙 Towns & cities
Brevard
🇺🇸 United States
city in North Carolina, United States of America
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🏙 Towns & cities
Arden
🇺🇸 United States
unincorporated community in Buncombe County, North Carolina
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🏙 Towns & cities
Black Mountain
🇺🇸 United States
town in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Blue Ridge Mountains
🇺🇸 United States
mountain range in the Eastern U.S.
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Chimney Rock State Park
🇺🇸 United States
state park in North Carolina, USA
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Asheville?
7 productions are recorded as filmed in Asheville, including Forrest Gump (1994), The Hunger Games (2012) and Hannibal (2001). 7 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Asheville?
Forrest Gump (1994), covered by 136 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Asheville?
Asheville is in the United States, at 35.5956, -82.5519.
What other filming locations are near Asheville?
Biltmore Estate, Brevard, Arden, Black Mountain and 2 more, all within about 40 km and listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by AbeEzekowitz, CC BY-SA 3.0.