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Monument Valley

basin of the Colorado Plateau on the Arizona–Utah border in the western United States

🇺🇸 United States · 36.9833, -110.1000

Monument Valley is recorded as a filming location for 3 productions. Wikipedia names it for 13 more. 1 video game is also set here.

“The live-action landscape shots were filmed in the Hebridean islands, the mountains of northern Scotland, and Monument Valley.”

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) · Wikipedia

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Movies filmed at Monument Valley

2001: A Space Odyssey 1968
Back to the Future Part III 1990
“The western scenes were filmed on location in Oak Park, California and Monument Valley.” Wikipedia
The Eiger Sanction 1975
“The picture was filmed on location on the Eiger mountain and Zürich in Switzerland, in Monument Valley and Zion National Park in the American Southwest, and in Carmel-by-the-Sea and Monterey in California.” Wikipedia

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Monument Valley 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.

Forrest Gump 1994
“Additional scenes were filmed in Arizona, Utah's Monument Valley, and Montana's Glacier National Park.” Wikipedia
Transformers: Age of Extinction 2014
“Bay announced that filming had begun on May 28, 2013, in Monument Valley, Utah.” Wikipedia
Easy Rider 1969
Thelma & Louise 1991
“Parts of the film were also shot at Shafer Overlook, Monument Valley, La Sal Mountains, La Sal Junction, Cisco, Old Valley City Reservoir, Thompson Springs, Arches National Park, and Crescent Junction in Utah.” Wikipedia
The Searchers 1956
“While the film was primarily set in the staked plains (Llano Estacado) of northwestern Texas, it was actually filmed in Monument Valley, Arizona/Utah.” Wikipedia
Stagecoach 1939
“Additional scenes were filmed in Monument Valley locations, as well as the Iverson Movie Ranch and the RKO Encino Ranch.” Wikipedia
My Darling Clementine 1946
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon 1949
Mackenna's Gold 1969
Fort Apache 1948
“Some exteriors for the film's location shooting were shot in Monument Valley, Utah.” Wikipedia
Rio Grande 1950
“The film was shot in only 32 days in Monument Valley, Utah.” Wikipedia
The Naked Spur 1953
Cheyenne Autumn 1964

Named here by Monument Valley’s own Wikipedia article

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

Once Upon a Time in the West 1968

“Many more recent movies, with other directors, were also filmed in Monument Valley, including Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), the first Spaghetti Western to be filmed (in 1967) outside Europe, and Gore Verbinski's The Lone Ranger (2013).” Wikipedia

Set here

Video games that take place here. A game is filmed nowhere, so this is where the story is set rather than where a camera stood — a different claim from everything above, and kept under its own heading for that reason.

MotorStorm 2006
“The events of the game take place at the fictional MotorStorm Festival in Monument Valley.” Wikipedia

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed at Monument Valley?

16 productions are recorded as filmed at Monument Valley, including 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Back to the Future Part III (1990) and The Eiger Sanction (1975). 13 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed at Monument Valley?

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), covered by 90 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Monument Valley?

Monument Valley is in the United States, at 36.9833, -110.1000.

What other filming locations are near Monument Valley?

U.S. Route 163, Mexican Hat, Goulding's Lodge, Colorado Plateau and 2 more, 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 W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.