Maps of Movies
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Where Brokeback Mountain says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
Wyoming's mountains were never in the film: it was shot in Alberta, Canada, on a mountain stitched together from several peaks.
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Scenes and places
Two drifters wait outside the sheep boss's trailer
Ennis and Jack wait outside Joe Aguirre's office for a summer job. Aguirre hires them to herd his sheep on Brokeback Mountain, with strict rules about where each of them must sleep.
Set in Signal, Wyoming — The small town where Ennis and Jack first meet outside Joe Aguirre's office.
A fictional Wyoming town, so there is no place to point to on a map.
Filmed at Cowley, Alberta (butcher shop parking lot) (Southern Alberta, Cowley, Canada) — Filmed as the town of Signal; the parking lot of a butcher shop in Cowley, a small town in southern Alberta. The coordinates are the town's. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: Cowley lies on Highway 3 in southern Alberta, about two hours south of Calgary by car.
The mountain that is three mountains
Ennis and Jack ride up into the high country with the sheep and the mules. The mountain around them becomes the whole world of the film.
Set in Brokeback Mountain, Wyoming — The high summer range where Ennis and Jack herd the sheep.
A composite mountain: the film stitched several Alberta peaks together.
Filmed at Mount Lougheed, near Canmore (Mount Lougheed, Canmore, Canada) — One of the peaks stitched together to make Brokeback Mountain. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: The peak stands south of the town of Canmore, in the Canadian Rockies.
The sheep on the ridge
Jack and Ennis herd the sheep across open ridges, with one man sleeping out with the flock and the other in camp. The work is lonely and the days are long.
Set in Sheep grazing ridge, Brokeback Mountain — The ridge where the flock is herded.
A high ridge about 45 minutes by car from Calgary.
Filmed at Moose Mountain, Kananaskis (Moose Mountain, Kananaskis Country, Canada) — Where the sheep scenes were shot. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: West of Calgary, about a 45-minute drive.
The bear that scatters the supplies
On a supply trip down the mountain Ennis meets a bear, his horse spooks, and the mules scatter the food. Back at camp the two argue about the beans that are all they have left.
Set in Bear encounter, Brokeback Mountain — The spot where Ennis meets a black bear.
A creek crossing in Kananaskis Country, according to one travel-promotion article.
Nights at the camp
Jack and Ennis switch places so that Jack can sleep in camp. Over the fire they trade stories about their families and the rodeo, and they begin to open up to each other.
Set in Brokeback Mountain camp — The main camp on the mountain, where the two men eat and talk.
Several lakeside and creek sites in Kananaskis Country.
Filmed at Upper Kananaskis Lake (Upper Kananaskis Lake, Kananaskis Country, Canada) — One of the sites used for the camp scenes. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: Reached from Highway 40 in Kananaskis Country.
Filmed at Elbow Falls (Elbow Falls, Kananaskis Country, Canada) — Also named as a camp site; the film does not say which scene. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The wedding
Ennis marries his fiancee Alma. The film cuts away from the mountain to the life he is expected to live.
Set in Church, Wyoming — The church where Ennis and Alma marry.
A small Anglican church southeast of Calgary.
A Texas rodeo
Jack, turned away by Aguirre, goes to Texas and rides in rodeos. The rodeo is where his life with Lureen starts.
Set in Rodeo, Texas — A rodeo arena in Texas where Jack rides.
A tiny hamlet northeast of Calgary.
Filmed at Rockyford, Alberta (Northeast of Calgary, Rockyford, Canada) — Named as the Texas rodeo location by one blog; the coordinates are the hamlet's, from Wikipedia. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The cowboy bar
Jack meets Lureen, a rodeo rider and the daughter of a rich businessman. They marry and have a son.
Set in Cowboy bar, Texas — The bar where Jack meets Lureen.
A well-known country bar in Calgary.
The reunion
Four years later Jack visits Ennis and the two kiss, unaware that Alma is watching. Jack says he wants a life with Ennis; Ennis refuses to leave his family.
Set in Ennis and Alma's rented flat, Riverton — The flat above a laundry where Ennis and Alma live.
A small Alberta town, home of a flat above a laundry on 3rd Avenue.
Filmed at Third Avenue flat, Fort Macleod (3rd Avenue, Fort Macleod, Canada) — The exterior of the flat above a laundry. The coordinates are the town's, not the building's; interiors were shot in a room at the Red Coat Inn. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Jack goes to Mexico
After Ennis refuses to move away from his children, Jack goes to Mexico.
Set in Mexico — Where Jack goes after Ennis refuses to move away.
No filming location for the Mexico scenes could be confirmed.
Thanksgiving at Alma's
Ennis is invited to Thanksgiving dinner with Alma and her new husband. Alma confronts him about Jack, and the evening ends in a row.
Set in Alma's new home — Alma's new home, where Ennis is invited to dinner.
An ordinary house in Calgary's Scarboro neighbourhood.
Filmed at Scarboro, Calgary (Scarboro, Calgary, Canada) — A house in Scarboro; the coordinates are the neighbourhood's, not the house's. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Pie at the diner
Ennis, now on his own, stops for pie at a small-town diner.
Set in Diner — A diner where Ennis stops.
A coffee shop in Fort Macleod.
The waitress
Ennis has a brief romantic relationship with a waitress.
Set in Waitress's town — Where Ennis meets a waitress.
A historic hotel in Fort Macleod.
Characters
- Ennis Del Mar — A quiet Wyoming ranch hand hired to herd sheep for a summer.
- Jack Twist — A rodeo rider hired for the same summer job.
- Alma Beers — Ennis's fiancee, later his wife.