Landscapes & nature

Sierra Nevada

mountain range in California and Nevada in the United States

United States · 37.7300, -119.5700

Sierra Nevada is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 24 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.

“For two weeks, the unit shot on location at Truckee in the snow country of the Sierra Nevada.”

The Gold Rush (1925) · Wikipedia

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Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Sierra Nevada 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.

The Gold Rush 1925
Star Trek: Insurrection 1998
“The scenes in which the Enterprise crew and the Ba'ku take refuge in the mountains were shot on location above Lake Sabrina in the Sierra Nevada, which could only be reached by helicopter.” Wikipedia
Addams Family Values 1993
Lost Horizon 1937
“Many exteriors were filmed on location in Palm Springs, Lucerne Valley, the Ojai Valley, the Mojave Desert, the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and in what is now Westlake Village, adding the cost of transporting cast, crew, and equipment to the swelling budget.” Wikipedia
True Grit 1969
The Big Country 1958
“The ranch and field scenes with greenery were filmed at Snow Ranch in the Sierra Nevada foothills near the town of Farmington in Central California.” Wikipedia
Greed 1924
“To capture the authentic spirit of the story, von Stroheim insisted on filming on location in San Francisco, the Sierra Nevada mountains, the Big Dipper Mine in Iowa Hill, and Death Valley.” Wikipedia
High Plains Drifter 1973
Leave Her to Heaven 1945
“Instead, these scenes were filmed in Northern California at Bass Lake in the Sierra Nevada.” Wikipedia
Tremors 1990
High Sierra 1941
“Many key shots of the movie were filmed on location in the Sierra Nevada, including Big Bear Lake and Lake Arrowhead in California.” Wikipedia
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer 1935
Gunga Din 1939
“California's Sierra Nevada range, Alabama Hills and surrounding areas doubled as the Khyber Pass for the film.” Wikipedia
The Charge of the Light Brigade 1936
Nevada Smith 1966
“Nevada Smith was shot in approximately 46 different locations in the Inyo National Forest, in parts of Southern California and Southwestern Nevada, and in the Owens Valley of Southern California in the Eastern Sierra Mountains.” Wikipedia
Joshua Tree 1993
“The climax was shot in the Cottonwood Canyon region of the Sierra Nevada mountain range.” Wikipedia
Kim 1950
Island in the Sky 1953
King of the Khyber Rifles 1953
The Law and Jake Wade 1958
The Sky Pilot 1921
“Shot largely in the High Sierra near Truckee, California, this big budget western was plagued by bad weather.” Wikipedia
The Red House 1947
“The Red House was shot on location in the Sierra Nevada in and around Sonora, California.” Wikipedia
White Water Summer 1987
“Scenes were shot in California's Sierra Nevada mountains, as well as in western Quebec, Canada, at the small French Quebec town of Fort-Coulonge, and New Zealand locales.” Wikipedia
Cheerleader Camp 1988

Set here, per Wikipedia

Games whose English Wikipedia article says they are set in Sierra Nevada, where Wikidata’s narrative-location statement stops at the country. Still a setting and not a shoot, and still a sentence rather than a statement: two steps from the strongest evidence on this atlas, and labelled at both.

Road Rash 1991
“The game's races take place in a number of Californian settings, including Grass Valley, the Sierra Nevada, Napa Valley, and the Pacific Coast Highway.” Wikipedia

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed at Sierra Nevada?

24 productions are recorded as filmed at Sierra Nevada, including The Gold Rush (1925), Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) and Addams Family Values (1993). 24 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed at Sierra Nevada?

The Gold Rush (1925), covered by 57 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Sierra Nevada?

Sierra Nevada is in the United States. Its coordinates are 37.7300, -119.5700.

What other filming locations are near Sierra Nevada?

Yosemite National Park (3 km north-east), El Capitan (6 km west), Yosemite Valley (7 km west) and Wawona Hotel (23 km south), 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 Jeffrey Pang from Berkeley, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0.