Towns & cities

San Mateo

city in San Mateo County, California, United States

United States · 37.5542, -122.3131

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San Mateo is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 5 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. 1 video game is also set here.

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San Mateo
Photo: The original uploader was MCB at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names San Mateo 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.

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.

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in San Mateo?

5 productions are recorded as filmed in San Mateo, including Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), The Killing (1956) and Harold and Maude (1971). 5 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 Mateo?

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), covered by 49 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is San Mateo?

San Mateo is in the United States. Its coordinates are 37.5542, -122.3131.

What other filming locations are near San Mateo?

Junípero Serra High School (under 1 km), San Mateo High School (3 km north-west), Hillsborough (4 km west), Burlingame High School (4 km north-west) 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 The original uploader was MCB at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.