🏙 Towns & cities
Waukegan
city in and county seat of Lake County, Illinois, United States
🇺🇸 United States · 42.3636, -87.8448
Waukegan is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Waukegan, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 1 more.
“Arguably the largest sets were at the General Jones Armory, which was converted into an infirmary, and a major location shoot occurred in Waukegan, about 40 miles north of Chicago, where a portion of the Amstutz Expressway was used to simulate the Dan Ryan Expressway.”
Movies filmed in Waukegan
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Waukegan as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than the statements above, so it gets its own list — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
Filming locations nearby
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🏙 Towns & cities
Winnetka
🇺🇸 United States
village in Cook County, Illinois, United States
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🏙 Towns & cities
Wilmette
🇺🇸 United States
village in Cook County, Illinois, United States
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
"Home Alone" house
🇺🇸 United States
house in which was filmed "Home Alone"
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Trinity Church of Wilmette
🇺🇸 United States
religious building in Wilmette, Illinois, USA
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🏙 Towns & cities
Evanston
🇺🇸 United States
suburban city in Cook County, Illinois, United States
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Cary
🇺🇸 United States
village in Illinois, United States
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Waukegan?
2 productions are recorded as filmed in Waukegan, including Batman Begins (2005) and Contagion (2011). 1 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Waukegan?
Batman Begins (2005), covered by 85 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Waukegan?
Waukegan is in the United States, at 42.3636, -87.8448.
What other filming locations are near Waukegan?
Winnetka, Wilmette, "Home Alone" house, Trinity Church of Wilmette 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 Richie Diesterheft from Chicago, IL, USA, CC BY 2.0.