🏞 Landscapes & nature
Bonneville Salt Flats
densely packed salt pan in northwestern Tooele County, Utah, United States
🇺🇸 United States · 40.7997, -113.8000
Bonneville Salt Flats is recorded as a filming location for 3 productions. Wikipedia names it for 1 more.
“The production team moved to the Bonneville Salt Flats to film three scenes, then returned to California to film in various places around Los Angeles, including Hughes Aircraft where sets for the cable company and Area 51 interiors were constructed at a former aircraft plant.”
Movies filmed at Bonneville Salt Flats
- Independence Day 1996
- Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi 2017
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Independence Day: Resurgence
2016
“Emmerich decided to return to the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, which he said he fell in love with while looking for a unique location for shooting the first film.” Wikipedia
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Bonneville Salt Flats as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than the statements above, so it gets its own list — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
Filming locations nearby
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🏙 Towns & cities
Wendover
🇺🇸 United States
city in Tooele County, Utah, United States
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Wendover Airport
🇺🇸 United States
airport in Wendover, Utah, United States
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🏙 Towns & cities
West Wendover
🇺🇸 United States
city in Elko County, Nevada, United States
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Historic Wendover Airfield
🇺🇸 United States
aviation museum in Wendover, Utah
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed at Bonneville Salt Flats?
4 productions are recorded as filmed at Bonneville Salt Flats, including Independence Day (1996), Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi (2017) and Independence Day: Resurgence (2016). 1 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed at Bonneville Salt Flats?
Independence Day (1996), covered by 71 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Bonneville Salt Flats?
Bonneville Salt Flats is in the United States, at 40.7997, -113.8000.
What other filming locations are near Bonneville Salt Flats?
Wendover, Wendover Airport, West Wendover and Historic Wendover Airfield, 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 Don Ramey Logan, CC BY 4.0.