Towns & cities
San Marcos
city in and county seat of Hays County, Texas, United States, that extends into Caldwell and Guadalupe counties
United States · 29.8794, -97.9389
San Marcos is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikidata records these shoots at town level: somewhere in San Marcos, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 7 more.
1 production was filmed at 1 place inside San Marcos rather than at San Marcos itself: listed below, each with the place it was shot.
Movies filmed in San Marcos
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names San Marcos 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 San Marcos
1 production shot at 1 place inside San Marcos, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against San Marcos itself.
- Friday Night Lights Texas State University per Wikipedia 2006–
Named here by San Marcos’s own Wikipedia article
Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at San Marcos, 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 Big Lebowski 1998
“The downtown area has become home to several graffiti-style murals, including designs depicting Jeff Bridges' character the Dude from The Big Lebowski.” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
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Landmarks & buildings
Texas State University
United States·1 km north
public research university in San Marcos, Texas, United States
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Towns & cities
Martindale
United States·10 km east
city in Caldwell County, Texas, United States
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Towns & cities
Kyle
United States·14 km north-east
city in Hays County, Texas, United States
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Towns & cities
Uhland
United States·17 km north-east
city in Caldwell and Hays counties, Texas, United States
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Towns & cities
Wimberley
United States·20 km north-west
city in Hays County, Texas, United States
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Landmarks & buildings
Gruene Hall
United States·22 km south-west
historic place in Gruene, Comal County, Texas
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in San Marcos?
9 productions are recorded as filmed in San Marcos, 1 of them at places inside it, including Courage Under Fire (1996), Idiocracy (2006) and The Getaway (1972). 7 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in San Marcos?
Courage Under Fire (1996), covered by 30 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is San Marcos?
San Marcos is in the United States. Its coordinates are 29.8794, -97.9389.
What other filming locations are near San Marcos?
Texas State University (1 km north), Martindale (10 km east), Kyle (14 km north-east), Uhland (17 km north-east) and 2 more, all within 40 km and listed on this page with photographs.
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 Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0.