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Kern County

county in California, United States

🇺🇸 United States · 35.3400, -118.7200

Kern County is recorded as a filming location for 2 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Kern County, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 1 more.

26 productions were filmed at 17 places inside Kern County rather than at Kern County itself — listed below, each with the place it was shot.

“Some of the film was shot at Lake Tahoe's surrounding areas and Kern County.”
City of Angels (1998) · Wikipedia

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Kern County
Photo: John Wiley User:Jw4nvc - Santa Barbara, California · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Movies filmed in Kern County

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Kern County 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.

Movies and TV series filmed elsewhere in Kern County

26 productions shot at 17 places inside Kern County, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Kern County itself.

5 more places are inside Kern County — see them on the map.

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Kern County?

29 productions are recorded as filmed in Kern County, 26 of them at places inside it, including North by Northwest (1959), Thelma & Louise (1991) and City of Angels (1998). 1 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Kern County?

North by Northwest (1959), covered by 60 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Kern County?

Kern County is in the United States, at 35.3400, -118.7200.

What other filming locations are near Kern County?

Bakersfield and Lamont, 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 John Wiley User:Jw4nvc - Santa Barbara, California, CC BY 3.0.