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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 10 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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Sierra Nevada
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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 in locations which could only be reached by helicopter.” Wikipedia
  • 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
  • The Big Country 1958
    “The ranch and field scenes with greenery were filmed 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
  • Leave Her to Heaven 1945
    “Instead, these scenes were filmed in Northern California at Bass Lake in the Sierra Nevada.” Wikipedia
  • 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
  • Gunga Din 1939
    “California's Sierra Nevada range, Alabama Hills and surrounding areas doubled as the Khyber Pass for the film.” Wikipedia
  • Hell on Wheels 2011–2016
    “The Kananaskis Country park system, 40 miles west of the ranch, served as the Sierra Nevada mountains the Central Pacific must cross.” 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

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
    “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

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Frequently asked questions

What was filmed at Sierra Nevada?

10 productions are recorded as filmed at Sierra Nevada, including The Gold Rush (1925), Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) and Lost Horizon (1937). 10 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, at 37.7300, -119.5700.

What other filming locations are near Sierra Nevada?

Yosemite National Park, Ahwahnee Hotel, Tuolumne County, El Capitan and 1 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, Public domain.