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Sonoma County

county in California, United States

🇺🇸 United States · 38.5100, -122.9300

Sonoma County is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 3 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.

21 productions were filmed at 15 places inside Sonoma County rather than at Sonoma County itself — listed below, each with the place it was shot.

“For the beginning of the film, coastal areas of Sonoma County, California stood in for North Carolina, where the film is set.”

I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) · Wikipedia

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Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Sonoma County 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.

I Know What You Did Last Summer 1997
The Goonies 1985
“The final scene was shot at Goat Rock State Beach in Sonoma County, California.” Wikipedia
Holiday Inn 1942
“Filming outside the studio occurred at the Village Inn Resort in Monte Rio on the Russian River, in Sonoma County, California.” Wikipedia

Movies and TV series filmed elsewhere in Sonoma County

21 productions shot at 15 places inside Sonoma County, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Sonoma County itself.

Scream Santa Rosa 1996
The Birds Bodega Bay per Wikipedia 1963
Die Hard 2 Santa Rosa 1990
13 Reasons Why Sebastopol per Wikipedia 2017–2020
American Graffiti Petaluma per Wikipedia 1973
Shadow of a Doubt Santa Rosa 1943
Peggy Sue Got Married Santa Rosa 1986
Need for Speed California State Route 128 per Wikipedia 2014
The Man Who Wasn't There Santa Rosa 2001
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Santa Rosa 1963
Cheaper by the Dozen Santa Rosa 2003
Cujo Santa Rosa 1983
Howard the Duck Petaluma per Wikipedia 1986
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot Santa Rosa 1992
Bandits Santa Rosa 2001
Nowhere to Run Occidental per Wikipedia 1993
Paranormal Activity 3 Santa Rosa 2011
A Walk in the Clouds Sonoma per Wikipedia 1995
The Candidate Santa Rosa 1972
Phenomenon Santa Rosa 1996
$ California State Route 1 per Wikipedia 1971

3 more places are inside Sonoma County — see them on the map.

Named here by Sonoma County’s own Wikipedia article

Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Sonoma County, 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.

American Graffiti 1973

“American Graffiti was filmed largely in Petaluma.” Wikipedia
Shadow of a Doubt 1943

“Other films include the 1947 film The Farmer's Daughter (starring Joseph Cotten and Loretta Young) as well as two Alfred Hitchcock films, Shadow of a Doubt of 1943, filmed and set in Santa Rosa, and The Birds of 1963, filmed largely in Bodega Bay and Bodega.” Wikipedia
Peggy Sue Got Married 1986

“1986 Peggy Sue Got Married – Petaluma, including a 1950s makeover of Washington St., the diner "Millie's Chili Bar" (rechristened as "The Donut Hole"), and exterior and interior shots of Santa Rosa High School.” Wikipedia
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 1963

“1963 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World – Sequence involving the plane flying full bore, at about 150 knots, through an airplane hangar in less than a second, was shot at the Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport.” Wikipedia

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Sonoma County?

24 productions are recorded as filmed in Sonoma County, 21 of them at places inside it, including I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997), The Goonies (1985) and Holiday Inn (1942). 3 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Sonoma County?

I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997), covered by 48 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Sonoma County?

Sonoma County is in the United States, at 38.5100, -122.9300.

What other filming locations are near Sonoma County?

Santa Rosa, Tomales, Glen Ellen, Healdsburg 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 CrabTree13, CC BY-SA 3.0.