Towns & cities
Daytona Beach
city in Volusia County, Florida, United States
United States · 29.2108, -81.0228
Daytona Beach is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 2 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.
2 productions were filmed at 1 place inside Daytona Beach rather than at Daytona Beach itself: listed below, each with the place it was shot.
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Daytona Beach 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.
Movies filmed elsewhere in Daytona Beach
2 productions shot at 1 place inside Daytona Beach, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Daytona Beach itself.
- F1 Daytona International Speedway per Wikipedia 2025
- Red Line 7000 Daytona International Speedway per Wikipedia 1965
Set here, per Wikipedia
Games whose English Wikipedia article says they are set in Daytona Beach, where Wikidata’s narrative-location statement stops at the country. Still a setting and not a shoot, and still a sentence rather than a statement: two steps from the strongest evidence on this atlas, and labelled at both.
Drawn from this place
Video games whose Japanese Wikipedia article names Daytona Beach as a real place their setting was modelled on. Nothing was filmed here and no story happens here: somebody drew it from here. That is the weakest claim this atlas makes about a place, which is why it sits under its own heading, and each production’s page links the article the claim came from.
Filming locations nearby
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Landmarks & buildings
Daytona International Speedway
United States·5 km south-west
motorsport track in the United States
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Towns & cities
New Smyrna Beach
United States·22 km south-east
city in Volusia County, Florida, United States
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Towns & cities
Flagler Beach
United States·31 km north
city in Flagler County, Florida, United States
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Landmarks & buildings
Stetson University
United States·33 km south-west
private university in Deland, Florida
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Towns & cities
DeLand
United States·34 km south-west
county seat of Volusia County, Florida, United States
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Landmarks & buildings
Spec Martin Stadium
United States·34 km south-west
Stadium in DeLand, Florida
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Daytona Beach?
4 productions are recorded as filmed in Daytona Beach, 2 of them at places inside it, including Days of Thunder (1990) and The Waterboy (1998). 2 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Daytona Beach?
Days of Thunder (1990), covered by 38 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Daytona Beach?
Daytona Beach is in the United States. Its coordinates are 29.2108, -81.0228.
What other filming locations are near Daytona Beach?
Daytona International Speedway (5 km south-west), New Smyrna Beach (22 km south-east), Flagler Beach (31 km north), Stetson University (33 km south-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 Yinan Chen, Public Domain.