🏞 Landscapes & nature
Red Rock Canyon State Park
California state park in Kern County featuring scenic desert cliffs, buttes, and spectacular rock formations
🇺🇸 United States · 35.3730, -117.9910
Red Rock Canyon State Park is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 4 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.
“Filming moved to Stage 23 for scenes involving the maintenance shed interior, before moving to Red Rock Canyon, which stood in as Grant's paleontological dig site.”
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Red Rock Canyon State Park 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.
- Jurassic Park 1993
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Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
1984
“Feeling that recreating everything on set resulted in a fake look, the cinematographer suggested that Genesis be filmed on Kauai in Hawaii, and that Red Rock Canyon stand in for Vulcan.” Wikipedia
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The Big Country
1958
“The Blanco Canyon scenes were filmed in California's Red Rock Canyon State Park in the Mojave Desert.” Wikipedia
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Capricorn One
1977
“Shooting locations included Cinema Center Films in Studio City, and Red Rock Canyon State Park.” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Mojave Air and Space Port at Rutan Field
🇺🇸 United States
facility located in Mojave, California
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🏙 Towns & cities
Ridgecrest
🇺🇸 United States
city in Kern County, California, United States
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake
🇺🇸 United States
US Navy installation near Ridgecrest, California, United States
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🏙 Towns & cities
California City
🇺🇸 United States
city in Kern County, California, United States
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🛣 Streets & squares
Sierra Highway
🇺🇸 United States
road in Southern California, United States
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🏙 Towns & cities
Randsburg
🇺🇸 United States
census-designated place in Kern County, California
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed at Red Rock Canyon State Park?
4 productions are recorded as filmed at Red Rock Canyon State Park, including Jurassic Park (1993), Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) and The Big Country (1958). 4 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed at Red Rock Canyon State Park?
Jurassic Park (1993), covered by 99 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Red Rock Canyon State Park?
Red Rock Canyon State Park is in the United States, at 35.3730, -117.9910.
What other filming locations are near Red Rock Canyon State Park?
Mojave Air and Space Port at Rutan Field, Ridgecrest, Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, California City 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 Jean trans h+, CC BY-SA 4.0.