Location site of town in Eastwood's "Pale Rider"

360 degree view of where the town was built for Clint Eastwood's "Pale Rider," located roughly 16 miles northwest of Ketchum, Idaho and filmed in June 2009, nearly 25 years after the film was shot. Since the first time I saw it in a theater as a preteen, I was always struck with how beautiful yet how eerie the location was, and I always wanted to visit it if I was ever in the area. It took a little while to figure out the location, but I was able to track it down with the help of "zedd" from the city-data.com forums and Google Earth. I was able to find a few small boards and a nail left over from the set. If you're ever in the area and want to visit it yourself, send me a message and I'll tell you how to get there.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• eastwood
• pale
• rider
• idaho
• ketchum

[irishbrigade08]

is that not filmed in alberta, canada

[searinggaspainland]

@irishbrigade08 You're probably thinking of Unforgiven.

[Wyldesdmfer86]

How exactly would I find this spot using google earth? Im good with the program, what street or landmark should i follow up the highway? I was born in sun valley so im going to visit and want to see some cool stuff.

[searinggaspainland]

43°48'04.08" N

114°31'56.83" W

Check your inbox for a link to driving directions.

[SpartacusC1984]

I love the location for this movie, very pretty

[gundy]

Some earlier posters referred to the film being shot in a national park. It was not. There is no national park in Idaho except for a small slice of Yellowstone. It was probably on National Forest land. Much different than a national park.

[nerad1994]

Idahoes beautiful....only been there once but i love the midwest area

[DMIMAGE]

That is awesome, I've always loved that movie and setting.

[seeingthesigns]

Was the old frontier town still there? Your location shots were right on.

That's the Pale Rider scenes alright, from central Idaho. It was shot in a National Park.

[HUTINAK]

Just IMDB Pale Rider. It'll credit the location(s)

[43fatfax]

this movie was really good, Stockburn and his deputies would put brown stains in my shorts back then

[idiotglee]

it was very cold when we shot there (late October), snow falling at times.

Surtees had those beautiful mtns at every angle.

I think since it's part of a national park, it all had to be dismantled, as if we had never been there.