🏞 Landscapes & nature
Mount Rushmore
mountain in South Dakota featuring a sculpture of four US presidents
🇺🇸 United States · 43.8789, -103.4592
Mount Rushmore is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 3 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.
“Its most famous appearance is as the location of the final chase scene in the 1959 film North by Northwest. It is used as a secret base of operations by the protagonists in the 2004 film Team America: World Police, and the secret underground city of Cíbola is located there in the 2007 film National Treasure: Book of Secrets.”
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Mount Rushmore 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.
- North by Northwest 1959
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National Treasure: Book of Secrets
2007
“Many scenes of historic locations were filmed on location, including the scenes at Mount Vernon and Mount Rushmore.” Wikipedia
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General Hospital
1963–
“Location shooting at sites including Mount Rushmore in South Dakota; Niagara Falls; Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee; Atlantic City, New Jersey; Big Bear and Avalon (Catalina Island), California; and San Antonio, Texas are some that propelled the story.” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
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🏙 Towns & cities
Rapid City
🇺🇸 United States
seat of Pennington County, South Dakota, United States
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Custer State Park
🇺🇸 United States
state park in South Dakota, United States
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed at Mount Rushmore?
3 productions are recorded as filmed at Mount Rushmore, including North by Northwest (1959), National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007) and General Hospital (1963–). 3 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed at Mount Rushmore?
North by Northwest (1959), covered by 60 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Mount Rushmore?
Mount Rushmore is in the United States, at 43.8789, -103.4592.
What other filming locations are near Mount Rushmore?
Rapid City and Custer State Park, 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 Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de, CC BY-SA 3.0.