Towns & cities

Kanab

city and county seat of Kane County, Utah, United States

United States · 37.0356, -112.5311

Kanab is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 29 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.

“Parts of the film were also shot at Kanab Canyon, Paria, Sink Valley, and the Panguitch Fish Hatchery in Utah as well as Medford, Oregon.”

Mackenna's Gold (1969) · Wikipedia

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Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Kanab 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.

Octopussy 1983
John Carter 2012
The Outlaw Josey Wales 1976
Mackenna's Gold 1969
El Dorado 1966
“El Dorado was shot in Technicolor at Old Tucson Studios just west of Tucson, Arizona, and in and around Kanab, Utah, from October 1965 to January 1966.” Wikipedia
Union Pacific 1939
Western Union 1941
The Rainmaker 1956
Bandolero! 1968
“Parts of the film were also shot at Kanab Canyon and Glen Canyon in Utah.” Wikipedia
The Car 1977
“Parts of the film were shot in St. George, Hurricane-LaVerkin Bridge, Zion, Kanab, Crazy Horse Canyon and Glen Canyon in Utah.” Wikipedia
Ride in the Whirlwind 1966
“Parts of the film were shot in Kanab Canyon, Calvin Johnson Ranch, Paria, and Glen Canyon in Utah.” Wikipedia
The Plainsman 1936
“Parts of the film were shot in Kanab Canyon, Kanab movie fort, and Paria, Utah.” Wikipedia
Brigham Young 1940
Rough Night in Jericho 1967
“Parts of the film were shot in Glen Canyon, Kanab Canyon, Paria and the Gap in Utah.” Wikipedia
In Old Oklahoma 1943
The Lone Ranger 1949–
Ride, Vaquero! 1953
“Parts of the film were shot in Kanab Canyon and Johnson Canyon in Utah.” Wikipedia
A Time for Killing 1967
One Little Indian 1973
“Parts of the film were shot in Kanab Canyon, the Gap, Kanab movie fort, and the Coral Pink Sand Dunes in Utah.” Wikipedia
Duel at Diablo 1966
“Parts of the film were shot in Paria, Kanab Canyon, Tom's Canyon, Glen Canyon, Vermilion Cliffs, White Cliffs, and Kaibab National Forest in Utah.The film's premiere highlighted its filming locations by taking the media on a bus tour from Page, Arizona to Zion National Park and then to Salt Lake City.” Wikipedia
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing 1973
Buffalo Bill 1944
The Big Cat 1950
Death Valley Days 1952–
Pony Express 1953
“Parts of the film were shot in Kanab Creek, Kanab movie fort, the Gap, and Johnson Canyon in Utah.” Wikipedia
The Lone Ranger 1956
“Parts of the film were shot in Kanab Canyon, Barracks Canyon and Johnson Canyon in Utah.” Wikipedia
Sergeants 3 1962
“The film, known by its working title of Badlands, was filmed in the summer of 1961 in Johnson Canyon, Paria, Kanab and Bryce Canyon in Utah and in House Rock Valley, Arizona.” Wikipedia
Daniel Boone 1964–
Cimarron Strip 1967–
“Other shooting locations included the Alabama Hills near Lone Pine, California; Bishop, California; Kanab, Utah; and Tucson, Arizona.” Wikipedia

Named here by Kanab’s own Wikipedia article

Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Kanab, 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.

Stagecoach 1939

“Locals refer to Kanab as "Little Hollywood" due to its history as a filming location for many movies and television series, prominently Westerns such as Stagecoach (1939), The Lone Ranger, Death Valley Days.” Wikipedia

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Kanab?

29 productions are recorded as filmed in Kanab, including Octopussy (1983), John Carter (2012) and The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976). 29 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Kanab?

Octopussy (1983), covered by 57 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Kanab?

Kanab is in the United States. Its coordinates are 37.0356, -112.5311.

What other filming locations are near Kanab?

Fredonia (10 km south), Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park (17 km west), Pipe Spring National Monument (27 km south-west), Vermilion Cliffs (30 km south-west) and 1 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 P199, CC BY-SA 3.0.