🏙 Towns & cities
Colorado Springs
city in and county seat of El Paso County, Colorado, United States
🇺🇸 United States · 38.8633, -104.7919
Colorado Springs is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Colorado Springs, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 3 more.
4 productions were filmed at 3 places inside Colorado Springs rather than at Colorado Springs itself — listed below, each with the place it was shot.
“The main setting of Stargate SG-1, the fictional Stargate Command (SGC) at the (real) Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station near Colorado Springs, Colorado, was filmed at stage 5 of The Bridge Studios.”
Movies filmed in Colorado Springs
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Colorado Springs 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.
- Stargate SG-1 1997–2007
- Detective Pikachu 2019
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Fast Food Nation
2006
“The film was shot on location in Austin and Houston, Texas, and Colorado Springs, Colorado, as well as in Mexico.” Wikipedia
Movies and TV series filmed elsewhere in Colorado Springs
4 productions shot at 3 places inside Colorado Springs, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Colorado Springs itself.
- Harlem Shake Colorado College per Wikipedia 2013
- Race to Witch Mountain North American Aerospace Defense Command per Wikipedia 2009
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Old Colorado City per Wikipedia 1993–1998
- The Colony North American Aerospace Defense Command per Wikipedia 2013
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🏰 Castles & palaces
North American Aerospace Defense Command
🇺🇸 United States
combined organization of the US and Canada providing air defence for North America
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Colorado College
🇺🇸 United States
private liberal arts college in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
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🏙 Towns & cities
Old Colorado City
🇺🇸 United States
historic district in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Filming locations nearby
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Cheyenne Mountain
🇺🇸 United States
mountain in Colorado, United States
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station
🇺🇸 United States
US Space Force installation in Colorado
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🛣 Streets & squares
Pikes Peak Highway
🇺🇸 United States
alpine road in Colorado, United States
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Cave of the Winds
🇺🇸 United States
cave in United States of America
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🏰 Castles & palaces
North American Aerospace Defense Command
🇺🇸 United States
combined organization of the US and Canada providing air defence for North America
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Cheyenne Mountain Complex
Military base within Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado, United States
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Colorado Springs?
8 productions are recorded as filmed in Colorado Springs, 4 of them at places inside it, including Independence Day (1996), Stargate SG-1 (1997–2007) and Detective Pikachu (2019). 3 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Colorado Springs?
Independence Day (1996), covered by 71 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Colorado Springs?
Colorado Springs is in the United States, at 38.8633, -104.7919.
What other filming locations are near Colorado Springs?
Cheyenne Mountain, Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station, Pikes Peak Highway, Cave of the Winds 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 The original uploader was Postoak at English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.0.