Towns & cities
Flagstaff
city in and county seat of Coconino County, Arizona, United States
United States · 35.1992, -111.6311
Flagstaff is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 18 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.
“A second unit gathered plate shots and establishing shots of Manhattan, Washington, D.C., an RV community in Flagstaff, Arizona, and the Very Large Array on the Plains of San Agustin, New Mexico.”
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Flagstaff 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.
- Casablanca 1942
- Independence Day 1996
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Easy Rider
1969
“A short clip near the beginning of the film shows Wyatt and Billy on Route 66 in Flagstaff, Arizona, passing a large figure of a lumberjack.” Wikipedia
- Dead Man 1995
- Midnight Run 1988
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National Lampoon's Vacation
1983
“Parts of the film were shot in Monument Valley, Utah; Flagstaff, Sedona, and the Grand Canyon in Arizona; Santa Anita Racetrack in Arcadia and Magic Mountain in California; Southern Colorado, and St. Louis, Missouri.” Wikipedia
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Leave Her to Heaven
1945
“The desert sequences that take place in New Mexico were filmed in several locations in Arizona, including Sedona, Flagstaff, and the Granite Dells north of Prescott.” Wikipedia
- Over the Top 1987
- Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure 1989
- Virginia City 1940
- Damnation Alley 1977
- Angel and the Badman 1947
- A Distant Trumpet 1964
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Terminal Velocity
1994
“Other filming locations were Alabama Hills (Lone Pine, California); a windfarm near Tehachapi, California; Douglas, Arizona; Flagstaff, Arizona; Little Colorado River Canyon, Arizona; Moscow, Russia; Phoenix, Arizona; San Bernardino, California and Tucson, Arizona, where a cameo appearance by Martha Vasquez of its station KVOA was filmed.” Wikipedia
- Billy the Kid 1941
- California 1947
- They Call Me Renegade 1987
- Flying Tigers 1942
Named here by Flagstaff’s own Wikipedia article
Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Flagstaff, 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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Casablanca 1942
“A scene from the movie Casablanca was filmed in one of the rooms of the hotel.” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
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Landscapes & nature
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
United States·22 km north-east
national park near Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
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Landscapes & nature
Oak Creek Canyon
United States·33 km south
river gorge located in northern Arizona between the cities of Flagstaff and Sedona
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Flagstaff?
18 productions are recorded as filmed in Flagstaff, including Casablanca (1942), Independence Day (1996) and Easy Rider (1969). 18 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Flagstaff?
Casablanca (1942), covered by 107 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Flagstaff?
Flagstaff is in the United States. Its coordinates are 35.1992, -111.6311.
What other filming locations are near Flagstaff?
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument (22 km north-east) and Oak Creek Canyon (33 km south), 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 Derek Cashman at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.