Where was The Pale Blue Eye filmed? West Point & ALL the Filming Locations

The movie opens on the snowy Hudson River, filmed at Slippery Rock Creek in McConnells Mill State Park.

It looks gorgeous, but, as the name indicates, the rocks of this tributary of Connoquenessing Creek are deceptively slippery and dangerous.

In addition, views of nearby Lake Arthur in Moraine State Park were used in some establishing shots.

Landor's home in Buttermilk Falls was filmed in Moraine State Park's Davis Hollow Cabin.

Built in 1780, the cabin is one of the oldest facilities along the park's North County Trail.

The house fell into disrepair until, in 2005, a group of volunteers came together to preserve the cabin. Today, it is possible to visit it or rent it for an event or overnight stay.

The U.S. Military Academy West Point in New York was partially filmed at Westminster College in New Wilmington.

Founded in 1852, the historic buildings of this private liberal arts college served as the central courtyards of the prestigious American army school.

Production VFX supervisor Jake Braver revealed to Art of VFX that the academy was set up with five exterior locations, blended in with some CGI help.

Some exterior shots of the academy were filmed at Hartwood Acres Stables, a county park located about ten miles away from downtown Pittsburgh.

This popular wedding venue was designed in the late 1920s to resemble an English Cotswold Village, the picturesque region in central-southwest England.

The interior of Dr. Daniel Marquis's morgue was filmed at the vaulted Great Feast Hall at the Old Economy Village in Ambridge.

Established in 1824, the village was the home of the Harmony Society, a 19th-century Christian communal group.

This six-acres National Historic Landmark site contains seventeen restored buildings and a beautiful garden.

The hanged tree scene was filmed on Lake Arthur's shores, at a point between Lakeview Beach and Barber Point Beach.

There's a short shot where you can see the modern bridge on Route 422 in the background.

Benny’s Haven, the tavern where Patsy works (played by Charlotte Gainsbourg), is the Compass Inn Museum, a restored late-18th-century stagecoach stop.

The Ligonier Valley Historical Society maintains this structure founded in 1799 in Laughlintown, Westmoreland County.

As you can see in this image, the exterior was modified using some CGI.

The scenes where Landor meets Poe secretly and the house of the professor expert in symbols and rituals, Jean-Pepe, were filmed on the grounds of Penguin Court.

Named for the ten penguins that once roamed the property, this large private estate located near Laughlintown contains more than 1,000 acres of forest, a conservatory, and a superb greenhouse.

McConnells Mill on the banks of the Slippery Rock Creek doubled as the eerie ice house.

The red, covered bridge that appears in an establishing shot is located nearby, also within the McConnells Mill State Park in Lawrence County.

Originally built in 1852, this gristmill operated until 1928. The interior was probably filmed at the studios.

As Pittsburgh Magazine reported, the funeral scene at the graveyard was filmed at the monumental Allegheny Cemetery in the Lawrenceville neighborhood of Pittsburgh.

Opened in 1844, this is the sixth-oldest rural cemetery in the United States.

Dr. Marquis’s house exterior is the Hartwood Acres Mansion located in a scenic Allegheny County park of the same name.

The filmmakers made the stately home a bit smaller, removing a wing of the house with some CGI help.

Completed in 1929, this magnificent 16th-Century-style Tudor mansion hosts a collection of original English and American antiques.

The cliff at the end of the movie looks like one of the striking precipices at Breakneck Ridge, a mountain on the Hudson River situated between Cold Spring and Beacon, NY.

However, the actors are standing on a point on Storm King Mount, located just across the river. So the mountain in the background of this scene, pictured, is also Breakneck Ridge.

This sequence was shot on a stage in Pittsburgh, where a small section of the cliff was constructed. The footage recorded on location in this area was added in post-production.