Where was Westworld filmed? Guide to ALL the Filming Locations
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Now back for season 4, the Westworld series is packed with spectacular filming locations, a great cast, and a good, sometimes confusing story, in which Westerns meets sci-fi.
The show stars Evan Rachel Wood, Ed Harris, James Marsden, Thandie Newton, Jeffrey Wright, Tessa Thompson, Anthony Hopkins, and in the third season introduced Breaking Bad’s Aaron Paul.
The show stars Evan Rachel Wood, Ed Harris, James Marsden, Thandie Newton, Jeffrey Wright, Tessa Thompson, Anthony Hopkins, and in the third season introduced Breaking Bad’s Aaron Paul.
The plot is inspired by the 1973 film by Michael -Jurassic- Crichton of the same name, taking place in a near-future where robotics have developed to the point of reaching the borders where life begins.
In this context, a mysterious corporation offers holidays in an adult theme park where guests can be whomever they want, and take their darkest fantasies beyond limits.
Westworld's first and second seasons were primarily filmed on a movie ranch in Santa Clarita, California. The Warner Bros Studios in Burbank were used for shooting interior scenes.
The vast beautiful landscapes that give the feeling of the classic Westerns are located in Utah and Arizona.
Season 3 expanded the universe of the series into the real world, incorporating new locations in Catalonia, Valencia, and Singapore. The fourth season was also filmed in Mexico.
You’ll find the locations in order of appearance. Click here to go directly to Season 2, Season 3, or to the Season 4 locations. If you are looking for the Season 1 locations and the ones that are featured in the series from the beginning, just keep reading:
Season 1 Filming Locations
The town of Sweetwater was filmed in the Melody Ranch Motion Picture Studio in Newhall, Santa Clarita.
The show was also filmed on location on the Paramount Ranch in Agoura, where the famous church of Escalante is located.
(You can open all the locations on Google Maps by clicking on the links below in the captions ↴)
Image by courtesy of HBO - Maps: Melody Ranch / Paramount Ranch
Image by courtesy of HBO - Maps: Melody Ranch / Paramount Ranch
The Westworld town of Las Mudas was filmed in the Mexican Village set of Veluzat Motion Picture Ranch in Santa Clarita. The Mexican and European Street of the Backlot of Universal Studios in California were also used for a few scenes.
The episodes featuring a train were filmed at Fillmore and Western Railway near Santa Clarita, a railroad owned by three major Hollywood studios.
Image HBO - Maps: Veluzat Ranch / Railway
Some riding scenes have background views from the world-famous Monument Valley on the Arizona-Utah border.
Shots of the great American outdoors, including the Colorado River, were filmed in Castle Valley and Fisher Valley near Moab (Utah).
Also, it is very peculiar the way that the team created some of the scenes of the train interior: The entire coach was mounted on the back of the trailer. Instead of using the old classic technique of filming moving vehicles by projecting the exterior in screens, the truck was driven back and forth on State Route 128 in Utah.
Image Fred Moore and HBO - Monument Valley / State Route 128
The Delos Arrival Terminal was filmed on the interior escalators of the Los Angeles Convention Center.
Also, some of the Delos Labs interior halls were shot in the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood.
Images by courtesy of HBO - Maps: Convention Center / Pacific Design Center
The scene pictured from the first episode, "The Original", was filmed on location at the stunning Dead Horse Point, the famous overlook of the Colorado River in Utah.
Image by courtesy of HBO and Jim Dollar - Map
Sections of the Dead Horse Point State Park landscape were merged in post-production with scenes shot at the Skirball Cultural Center of Los Angeles to create the Mesa Gold Bar balcony, overlooking the park at the top of the Delos Complex.
Image by courtesy of HBO - Map
Among the multiple natural landmarks that can be seen on the show are also the Vasquez Rocks, located in the Sierra Pelona Mountains, California.
The beach scenes were shot at Playa San Juan Leighton in Malibu.
Image courtesy of HBO - Maps: Vasquez Rocks / Beach Location
The Westworld Park Mesa Hub interiors were also partially filmed at Cal Poly Pomona University, at the College of Environmental Design building.
Image HBO - Map
The cold storage facilities at Sub-Level 83 were filmed in an old, abandoned shopping center, the Plaza Mall in Hawthorne, California.
Image HBO - Map
This image is a cross-section map first published by HBO and improved by Business Insider, showing the structure of a reverse skyscraper of the Delos corporate office within the Westworld Mesa Hub.
Season 2 Locations
Lake Powell and the massive Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (below), at the border between Utah and Arizona, were two spectacular new additions for Westworld season two.
Image HBO and National Park Service Digital Image Archives - Maps: Lake Powell / Glen Canyon
Atlas of Wonders tracked down the exact location of Fort Forlorn Hope, where Delores and the rebels were held up by the Confederados.
The place is nestled in a valley close to Veluzat Movie Ranch in Santa Clarita.
Image by courtesy of HBO - Map
The Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park in Utah was also featured in episode 8, "Kiksuya", when Akecheta rides a horse and finds Logan under a tree.
Image by courtesy of HBO - Map
The Delos mansion, which looks like a Greek temple, is a property called La Villa Contenta at 26880 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu.
Image by courtesy of HBO - Map
Arnold's house is the iconic Frank Lloyd Wright's 1923 Millard House, also known as La Miniatura, in Pasadena.
Image by courtesy of HBO - Map
The India park Raj World from episode three, "Virtù e Fortuna", was filmed at the luxury 5-star Langham Hotel in Pasadena.
Image HBO - Map
Season two also introduced the Japanese Shogun World Park, built at Melody Ranch.
Some scenes from episode six, "Phase Space", were filmed at Huntington Library Garden in Pasadena, with the iconic Mount Fuji CGI'd into the scene.
Photo HBO - Map
In episode ten, "The Passenger", the Westworld hosts walk towards the Valley Beyond going through Trona Pinnacles in California.
Image by courtesy of HBO and Tony Hoffarth - Map
Season 3 Locations
The season begins with Dolores on a surprise visit to rich businessman Gerald. The exterior of the high-tech house, hanging on a cliff overlooking the beach, is a CGI creation.
However, the interior was filmed in the awesome Wallace Cunningham’s Crescent House located at 532 Neptune Ave in Encinitas (California).
Made of steel, glass, and concrete, the house includes four bedrooms, a gym, and an elevator. The circular terrace is actually facing the Pacific ocean, featuring an infinity pool.
Image by courtesy of HBO - House Map
A lot of filming for Season 3 took place in Singapore. The hospital where Caleb Nichols visits his mother is the School of the Arts Singapore (SOTA).
Caleb takes the Stadium MRT subway station in several scenes during the series.
Image by courtesy of HBO - Maps: SOTA / Metro Station
The Delos headquarters were filmed in the futuristic City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia (Spain).
This controversial cultural and architectural complex, designed by Santiago Calatrava, served as a filming location for the 2015 film Tomorrowland and appeared in an episode of Doctor Who series.
The Westworld city is a modern version of San Francisco. The iconic Golden Gate Bridge, the Salesforce Tower, and the Transamerica Pyramid were added digitally to the skyline of the Mediterranean capital of the Valencian Country.
Image by courtesy of HBO and Juanedc.com - Map
Dolores attends the Incite Gala, shot in the Ramón C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts on Grand Avenue in Los Angeles (aka Grand Arts High School).
Image by courtesy of HBO - Map
Caleb's job interview takes place in the glass twisted metal cage building of the Lasalle College of the Arts, located in the Rochor neighborhood of Singapore.
Later on in the first episode, "Parce Domine", there is a short scene with Caleb walking near the Tory Burch store on the famous Orchard Road.
After delivering a parcel using Rico's app, Caleb walks through the Helix Bridge in the Marina Bay area.
Image by courtesy of HBO - Maps: Lasalle College / Orchard Road / Helix Bridge
The exterior of the Incite company building, where the Rehoboam system is located, is the new Marina One Residence.
This complex boasts some of the most luxurious apartments in the world.
Image by courtesy of HBO - Map
The interior of the building hosting the powerful AI Rehoboam sphere is the Bank of America Plaza at 333 South Hope Street.
After a ride on her futuristic autonomous motorcycle, Dolores spies on Liam Dempsey Jr. (the son of Incite’s creator) in the Metropolis Condos complex in downtown LA.
Image by courtesy of HBO - Maps: Bank of America Plaza/ Metropolis
The awesome scene under a bridge with Dolores and Martin Connells (Tommy Flanagan) was filmed in the Arts District in downtown Los Angeles.
Filming took place on the 4th Street Bridge near the Metro Division 20 facility. Check out how many skyscrapers have been digitally added to the shot!
Image by courtesy of HBO and Google Maps
The sequence ends up in MacArthur Park, located across the street from the Park Plaza Hotel (The MacArthur).
The scenes with Caleb in a park with a lake were also filmed here at MacArthur Park in LA.
Image by courtesy of HBO - Map
The last scenes of the episode, with Bernard leaving Palawan Island (Philippines) on a boat, were shot at Pulau Ubin, an island just off Singapore.
Image HBO - Map
The World War II scenes from "The Winter Line" with Nazi Swastikas were shot in Besalú, a historic medieval town near Girona in northern Catalonia.
Filming took place around the Llibertat and Prat de Sant Pere squares and the 12th-century Romanesque bridge.
Image by courtesy of HBO - Map
Engerraund Serac's (Vincent Cassel) secret compound, the house with silos where Maeve wakes up in episode two, is called The Factory.
Located on the outskirts of Barcelona (Sant Just Desvern), La FÃ brica was an abandoned cement factory until renowned architect Ricardo Bofill transformed it into his family home and architecture workshop headquarters in the 1970s.
Image by courtesy of HBO - Map
In episode three, "The Absence of Field", Dolores and Charlotte meet in a lounge in the Parkroyal Collection Pickering, the hanging gardens hotel in Singapore.
Image by courtesy of HBO - Map
The jetty is the Hermosa Beach Pier, the same spot featured in La La Land. The skyline of the Westworld city was totally CGI'd into the scene.
Image by courtesy of HBO - Map
The durian-looking building is the performing arts center of the Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay.
Image by courtesy of HBO - Map
Singapore finally appears as Singapore in episode four "The Mother of Exiles". Serac takes Maeve to the impressive Atlas Bar.
There is an establishing shot featuring the iconic three hotel towers connected by a roof terrace, the Marina Bay Sands.
Maps: Atlas Bar / Marina Bay Sands
The bank scene is the National Gallery building, the magnificent Singaporean and Southeast Asian art museum located in the Downtown Core District.
Also in episode four, Maeve goes for a stroll on Orchard Road and Chinatown’s Smith Street.
Image HBO - Map
Episode 5, "Genre", features a car chase scene shot in downtown LA, ending up in OUE Skyspace located at 633 W 5th Street. The production also closed off Hope Street and sections of Grand Avenue to film the stunts.
Dolores' troupe takes the subway to Santa Monica at Wilshire station, but it looks like all the scenes were filmed at Vermont/Santa Monica station, decorated with neon light sculptures.
Maps: OUE Skyspace / Subway Station
The conference room with floor-to-ceiling windows where Martin talks to Serac is the SKYstudio in Los Angeles.
Image HBO - SKYstudio
In episode 7, Clementine (Angela Sarafyan) and Hanaryo (Tao Okamoto) meet Musashi (Hiroyuki Sanada) in the Tao Los Angeles, the nightclub in Hollywood with the giant Buddha statue.
Images HBO - Map
The flashback scene with Caleb and Francis also in episode seven, "Passed Pawn", was shot in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, with lots of skyscrapers added digitally.
Images by courtesy of HBO and Google Maps
The flashbacks of Caleb in the military training park were filmed in the Golden Oak Ranch set near Santa Clarita, which is the same city square featured in the Wandavision series.
Images HBO - Map
The finale was shot in Downtown LA. The pedway pictured is located on South Figueroa Street and West 3rd Street.
Some riot scenes were filmed in the City National Plaza on Flower Street. The Italian Renaissance Revival architecture of the California Club building is visible in the background of several shots.
Maps: Bridge / City National Plaza
There is a short scene in which Bill, The Man in Black, sits in a great hall drinking expensive whiskey at Millennium Biltmore Hotel, also in Los Angeles.
Image HBO - Map
The fight scene was recorded inside the World Trade Center, located at 444 Flower Street.
Image HBO - Map
The new season 4 locations
In the first episode, "The Auguries", William takes control of a dam containing a data storage facility, seven years after the events of the season 3 finale.
This sequence was filmed at the Hoover Dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, located between Nevada and Arizona.
Image courtesy of HBO - Map
Christina's home street in New York City is Hennesy Street, in the Warner Bros. Studios Backlot.
This set was built in the 1930s but redesigned in 1984 for the movie Annie.
Image courtesy of HBO - Map
The elevated, landscaped street near the Olympiad Entertainment building was filmed at various points along the High Line, offering views of the river and a CGI'd New York cityscape.
This linear park, erected 9 meters above street level on a former railroad line, is located on the west side of Manhattan.
Image courtesy of HBO - Map
The Olympiad Entertainment building is located at 55 Hudson Yards in Manhattan, near the famous Vessel staircase featured in the last scene of the fourth episode, "Generation Loss".
Image courtesy of HBO - Map
Caleb works as an electrical engineer at the top of the JW Marriott Los Angeles skyscraper in South Park.
Image courtesy of HBO - Map
The establishing shot of a Mexican city in the second episode, "Well Enough Alone", is from the historic town of Guanajuato, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Image courtesy of HBO - Map
The Angeles Arts Pavilion, the gate into Delos’ newest theme park, Golden Age, is the Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts on the California State University campus in Northridge.
Image courtesy of HBO - Map
The set of Temperance, a reproduction of urban Chicago in the 1920s, was filmed in the Melody Ranch, at the same place where the town of season one was.
Temperance, including the reincarnation of La Mariposa into the art-deco Butterfly Club, was actually built in front of the Western buildings that were the origin story.
If the third season featured Santiago Calatrava's City of Arts and Sciences, the tower in the fourth season is a CGI creation that seems to be inspired by another work of the Valencian architect, the Montjuïc Communications Tower in Barcelona, Catalonia.
Image courtesy of Ferran Legaz and HBO - Map
The tower entrance area with the cocoon and huge cubes floating is inspired by the Viceroy Los Cabos Hotel in San José del Cabo, in the state of Baja California Sur, Mexico.
The complex was designed by architect Miguel Angel Aragonés, who was looking for something surreal, out of a dream.
The Road's End Diner of the third episode, "Années Folles", is the famous Four Aces Movie Ranch in Lake Los Angeles near Palmdale.
This old-style gas station set has been used multiple times in all kinds of movies and TV shows.
Image courtesy of HBO - Map
The fourth episode's opening scene was filmed at Faro Viejo, an old lighthouse located near Cabo San Lucas in Baja California Sur, Mexico.
Image courtesy of HBO - Map
In the fifth episode, "Zhuangzi", the scene where Charlotte is playing God was filmed in Crosby Street in SoHo, New York, between Broome and Spring Streets.
Previously, the hotel where William visits a crime scene where there is a girl called Hope is The Langham building at 715 S Normandie Avenue in Los Angeles.
Image courtesy of HBO - Maps: SoHo / The Langham
Image courtesy of HBO - Map
The fight scene in the season finale, "Que Será, Será", was filmed near the First National Bank on W Second and S Main Street in Downtown Pomona.
Image courtesy of HBO - Map
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The 'WestWorld' location photo with the caption: "Las Mudas (pictured) and other scenes were filmed in the Mexican and in the European Street of the Backlot of Universal Studios in California. Image by courtesy of HBO"
ReplyDeleteis not Universal Studios. It is the 'Mexican Village' set of 'Valuzet Motion Picture Ranch':
http://www.melodyranchstudio.com/Big_Ranch/virtualtours.html
The repair facilities was shot in Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood
ReplyDeleteDelos mansion in s02 ep02 is 27002 West Coast Hwy, Malibu
ReplyDeleteWow, I'm wondering how did you get to know about this one, Pete!
DeleteI think someone in the cast mentioned a mansion in Malibu and then I just looked at the way the gardens and paths were laid out around the house during the episode then looked for them using Google Earth.
DeleteGreat, thanks a lot for your help. Update coming soon...
DeleteThe correct address is 26880 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, CA. The property is called La Villa Contenta.
DeleteThe India plantation, in the season two episode with the tiger (I forgot the episode details) was shot at the Langham Hitel in Pasadena
ReplyDeleteMesa Hub interiors were also filmed at Cal Poly Pomona, in the College of Environmental Design building.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your help finding this location, Arnold :]
DeleteArnold's house was filmed at Millard House in Pasadena.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot, updated!
DeleteI found the fort where Delores and the rebels were hold up at 34°29'17.06"N by 118°30'5.85"W It's near the Mexican town location outside Sant Clarita. I have far too much time on my hands! Thanks for the site btw happy to contribute,
ReplyDeleteThe bay with all the floating hosts is at 37° 0'37.28"N 111°31'47.29"W You can see that there was good access to the beach for all the film trucks.
ReplyDeleteTwo of the locations in Westworld series 2, episode 1 were previously seen in Planet Of The Apes 1968 - the beach, and the lake. A location in a later episode, a lake in Utah, was seen in Doctor Who: The Impossible Astronaut.
ReplyDeleteAlso the closing scene where Bernard leaves in a boat was shot at Pulau Ubin, which is an island just off Singapore.
ReplyDeleteI think the Hermosa Beach pier is remarkably similar to the Point del Petroli poder in Badalona (near Barcelona)
ReplyDeleteSÃ, s'hi assembla molt però no te les mateixes llums d'il·luminació que el de Califòrnia.
DeleteThe cliff house in the opening episode is CGI it think, but the interiors and pool sequences were shot at 534 Neptune Ave Encinitas CA. Thanks to... http://www.ifitshipitshere.com/wallace-cunningham-crescent-house/
ReplyDeleteGreat, updated!
DeleteIn the episode Genre, as Caleb, Delores and Skittles & co exit the subway station, then a car pulls up and two shooters jump out was shot at 334 s main st
ReplyDeleteThe photo where the Man in Black is sitting in the lobby is shot at Millennium Biltmore Los Angeles hotel.
ReplyDeleteValencia is not Catalonia, Valencia is the capital of another autonomous region. The exteriors of the third season were filmed in the city of science, to be exact, the office is inside the palace of music, and the outside is between the palace, L'emisferic (imax cinema) and the "humbracle".
ReplyDeleteThey didn't say Valencia was Catalonia...?
DeleteThe fight seen at the beginning of S4 E8 appears to have been filmed in downtown Pomona, California, on 2nd Street.
ReplyDeleteIn the seventh episode, "Metanoia", when Maeve and Bernard are on their way to Hale and the destruction of the Tower, the scene was filmed at the Nidito Bar and Walkway in Viceroy Los Cabos, a 5-star hotel in the Zona Hotelera in San José del Cabo, Mexico.
ReplyDeleteThanks you for the list, amazing work. I'm trying to figure out where two places are filmed that I can't figure out. One is the fighting scene in the water between Charlotte and Maeve which looks like the Viceroy hotel but is not. The other is the white building interior room with water where hosts attain transcendance. In fact, I think I saw the same place in a Deadpool movie.
ReplyDeleteHi! Can you please tell me where's filmed in season 4, episode 4, in the beginning, there's like a sea, where's it? Thank you! >>> The answer is in the post.
ReplyDeleteWhere is The Agave Plantation (Ford and Theresa S01 EP4, min 40)?
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