Towns & cities
Wendover
city in Tooele County, Utah, United States
United States · 40.7356, -114.0331
Wendover is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 11 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.
1 place inside Wendover has a page of its own: listed below. Everything shot at it is already named above, recorded against Wendover as well.
“The production then moved to Wendover, Utah, and West Wendover, Nevada, where the deserts doubled for Imperial Valley, and the Wendover Airport doubled for the El Toro and Area 51 exteriors.”
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Wendover 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.
- Independence Day 1996
- Jurassic Park III 2001
- Con Air 1997
- Wonka 2023
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Fallout
2024–
“Historic Wendover Airfield in Wendover, Utah served as the filming location of the initial Brotherhood of Steel base.” Wikipedia
- The Core 2003
- Always 1989
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The Philadelphia Experiment
1984
“Parts of the film were shot in Salt Lake City and Wendover, Utah, Denver, Colorado, Santa Paula, California, and Charleston, South Carolina.” Wikipedia
- Vanishing Point 1971
- Mulholland Falls 1996
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Wind
1992
“Parts of the film were also shot in Green River, Wendover, and the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.” Wikipedia
Filming locations inside Wendover
1 place inside Wendover, with a page of its own. Every production shot at it is already listed above, because Wikidata records it against Wendover too.
Filming locations nearby
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Landmarks & buildings
Historic Wendover Airfield
United States·under 1 km
aviation museum in Wendover, Utah
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Landmarks & buildings
Wendover Air Force Base
United States·2 km south
former United States Air Force base in Utah now known as Wendover Airport
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Landmarks & buildings
Wendover Airport
United States·2 km south
airport in Wendover, Utah, United States
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Towns & cities
West Wendover
United States·3 km west
city in Elko County, Nevada, United States
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Landscapes & nature
Bonneville Salt Flats
United States·21 km east
densely packed salt pan in northwestern Tooele County, Utah, United States
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Landscapes & nature
Blue Lake
United States·26 km south
large geothermal pond in Utah, U.S.
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Wendover?
11 productions are recorded as filmed in Wendover, including Independence Day (1996), Jurassic Park III (2001) and Con Air (1997). 11 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Wendover?
Independence Day (1996), covered by 71 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Wendover?
Wendover is in the United States. Its coordinates are 40.7356, -114.0331.
What other filming locations are near Wendover?
Historic Wendover Airfield (under 1 km), Wendover Air Force Base (2 km south), Wendover Airport (2 km south), West Wendover (3 km west) and 2 more, 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 Sascha Brück, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.