Towns & cities

Whittier

city in Los Angeles County, California, United States

United States · 33.9656, -118.0244

Whittier is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 15 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.

2 places inside Whittier have a page of their own: listed below. Everything shot at them is already named above, recorded against Whittier as well.

“Whittier High School in the city of Whittier is the Hill Valley high school.”

Back to the Future (1985) · Wikipedia

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Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Whittier 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 1985
Back to the Future Part II 1989
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines 2003
Star Trek 2009
The Birth of a Nation 1915
“Much of the filming was done on the Griffith Ranch in San Fernando Valley, with the Petersburg scenes being shot at what is today Forest Lawn Memorial Park and other scenes being shot in Whittier and Ojai Valley.” Wikipedia
True Blood 2008–2014
Ali 2001
The Fabelmans 2022
Disturbia 2007
“Disturbia was filmed on location in the cities of Whittier, California and Pasadena, California.” Wikipedia
Matilda 1996
“The exterior of Matilda's house is located on Youngwood Drive in Whittier, while the library she visits is the Pasadena Public Library on East Walnut Street in Pasadena.” Wikipedia
Blow 2001
Big Fat Liar 2002
Bringing Down the House 2003
Camp X-Ray 2014
“The location used for filming the prison scenes was the abandoned Fred C. Nelles Youth Correctional Facility in Whittier, California.” Wikipedia
The Oh in Ohio 2006

Filming locations inside Whittier

2 places inside Whittier, each with a page of their own. Every production shot at them is already listed above, because Wikidata records them against Whittier too.

Named here by Whittier’s own Wikipedia article

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

True Blood 2008–2014

“True Blood (2008–2014) – Several scenes involving The Fellowship of the Sun church were filmed at the chapel at Rose Hills Memorial Park.” Wikipedia

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Whittier?

15 productions are recorded as filmed in Whittier, including Back to the Future (1985), Back to the Future Part II (1989) and Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003). 15 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Whittier?

Back to the Future (1985), covered by 103 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Whittier?

Whittier is in the United States. Its coordinates are 33.9656, -118.0244.

What other filming locations are near Whittier?

Whittier High School (2 km north-west), Greater Los Angeles (4 km north-east), Santa Fe Springs (5 km south-west), Skyrose Chapel (5 km north) 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 Northwalker, CC0.