Red Dawn Filming Locations

★The 33rd anniversary trip, August 2017

For the 33rd anniversary of the movie’s release, the crew drove the van to Las Vegas, New Mexico: 1,576 miles round trip at 14.4 miles per gallon, 122 gallons of gas for $280.72.

1. 1
   The Calumet billboard
   The “Calumet says howdy” billboard where the Great Plains meet the Rockies, painted in 1983 for the movie and redone for the town in 2005.
2. 2
   The drugstore
   The scene where the boys go into town and are told to get out before the patrol comes by. The building is a bank now.
3. 3
   The park
   Where one of the last scenes of the movie was filmed.
4. 4
   The friendship center intersection
   The buildings from the explosion scene are gone, but the town welcome center helped pin down where it happened.
5. 5
   The railroad hotel
   Scenes with the occupying troops and one of the final shootouts were filmed here.
6. 6
   The road out of town
   Found on Google Maps with a friend late at night: the road where the boys load up at Robert’s dad’s station and head for the hills.

➤More visits

The 2018 GRPC run passed through Las Vegas, New Mexico again for the gas station with the tank and the drive-in theater used as the camp. Red Dawn fans can find more at The Chair Is Against The Wall.com and on the Gun Websites Red Dawn page.