🏙 Towns & cities
Metaline Falls
town in Pend Oreille County, Washington, United States
🇺🇸 United States · 48.8614, -117.3708
Metaline Falls is recorded as a filming location for 2 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Metaline Falls, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 1 more.
“Filming was primarily on location in Spokane, Washington, while the opening train scenes were shot near Metaline Falls, Washington.”
Movies filmed in Metaline Falls
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Metaline Falls 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.
Named here by Metaline Falls’s own Wikipedia article
Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Metaline Falls, 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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The Postman 1997
“The 1997 film The Postman was filmed in part in the area.” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Salmo-Priest Wilderness
🇺🇸 United States
wilderness area in the northeast corner of Washington state
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🏙 Towns & cities
Colville
🇺🇸 United States
city in and the county seat of Stevens County, Washington, United States
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Metaline Falls?
3 productions are recorded as filmed in Metaline Falls, including Train Dreams (2025), Benny & Joon (1993) and Twin Peaks (1990–1991). 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 Metaline Falls?
Train Dreams (2025), covered by 40 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Metaline Falls?
Metaline Falls is in the United States, at 48.8614, -117.3708.
What other filming locations are near Metaline Falls?
Salmo-Priest Wilderness and Colville, 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 Ruthven78, CC BY-SA 3.0.