Towns & cities

Big Bear Lake

city in San Bernardino County, California, United States

United States · 34.2414, -116.9033

Big Bear Lake is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 33 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.

“Other locations included Big Bear Lake, California, and the San Bernardino National Forest; the interiors were filmed at Paramount Studios, with Joshua Logan directing.”

Paint Your Wagon (1969) · Wikipedia

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Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Big Bear Lake 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.

Blade Runner 1982
The Birth of a Nation 1915
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans 1927
Shane 1953
City of Angels 1998
Bonanza 1959–
Hot Tub Time Machine 2010
Magnificent Obsession 1954
Paint Your Wagon 1969
Heidi 1937
The Shepherd of the Hills 1941
Act of Violence 1948
“Location shooting included scenes at Big Bear Lake and the San Bernardino National Forest, California, accompanied by filming at the MGM Studios in Culver City.” Wikipedia
Old Yeller 1957
Brigham Young 1940
I'll Be Seeing You 1944
Kissin' Cousins 1964
Swiss Miss 1938
Mademoiselle Fifi 1944
“The outdoor snow scenes were shot at Big Bear Lake, California.” Wikipedia
The Open House 2018
Heart o' the Hills 1919
The Hand 1981
“The film was shot partly in Big Bear Lake, California.” Wikipedia
Infested 1993
“The film was shot in Big Bear Lake, California.” Wikipedia
Deep Valley 1947
The Wild and the Innocent 1959
Woman Obsessed 1959
Gunsmoke 1953
Grotesque 1988
Big Red 1962
“Filming partly occurred in Big Bear Lake, California.” Wikipedia
Peopletoys 1974
“People Toys was filmed in Lake Arrowhead and Big Bear Lake, California between February and April 1973.” Wikipedia
Nevada 1935
The Whip Hand 1951
Edge of the Axe 1988
“A Spanish production, filming of Edge of the Axe took place in Big Bear Lake, California and Madrid in 1987, and features a cast of American and Spanish actors.” Wikipedia
House by the Lake 2017

Named here by Big Bear Lake’s own Wikipedia article

Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Big Bear Lake, 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.

Gone with the Wind 1939

“The 1920 version of Last of the Mohicans was filmed there as well, as were some scenes for the 1936 film Daniel Boone, Gone with the Wind, 20th Century Fox's 1960 film North to Alaska, Disney's Old Yeller, the 1969 musical film Paint Your Wagon, the 1983 movie War Games, and the 1985 "dark comedy" Better Off Dead.” Wikipedia

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Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Big Bear Lake?

33 productions are recorded as filmed in Big Bear Lake, including Blade Runner (1982), The Birth of a Nation (1915) and Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927). 33 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Big Bear Lake?

Blade Runner (1982), covered by 84 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Big Bear Lake?

Big Bear Lake is in the United States. Its coordinates are 34.2414, -116.9033.

What other filming locations are near Big Bear Lake?

Cedar Lake (4 km west), Fawnskin (5 km north-west), Big Bear City (6 km north-east), Big Bear Lake (7 km west) and 2 more, all within 40 km and listed on this page with photographs.

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 jcookfisher, CC BY 2.0.