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Sonora

city and county seat of Tuolumne County, California, United States

🇺🇸 United States · 37.9844, -120.3817

Sonora 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.

“Some of the location shooting for the 1885 Hill Valley was done in Jamestown, California and on a purpose-built set at the Red Hills Ranch near Sonora, California.”

Back to the Future Part III (1990) · Wikipedia

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Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Sonora 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.

Back to the Future Part III 1990
High Noon 1952
“A few town scenes were shot in Columbia State Historic Park, a preserved Gold Rush mining town near Sonora, but most of the street scenes were filmed on the Columbia Movie Ranch in Burbank.” Wikipedia
Little House on the Prairie 1974–1983
“Location filming for the pilot was done in Sonora, California.” Wikipedia

Named here by Sonora’s own Wikipedia article

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

Little House on the Prairie 1974–1983

“The pilot, and various scenes, of the television show Little House on the Prairie was filmed in Sonora.” Wikipedia

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Sonora?

3 productions are recorded as filmed in Sonora, including Back to the Future Part III (1990), High Noon (1952) and Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983). 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 Sonora?

Back to the Future Part III (1990), covered by 66 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Sonora?

Sonora is in the United States, at 37.9844, -120.3817.

What other filming locations are near Sonora?

Jamestown, Railtown 1897 State Historic Park, Tuolumne County, Columbia State Historic Park 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 G.Rogers (Rodge500), CC BY-SA 2.5.