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Jurassic Park (1993)
Where Jurassic Park says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
The island that never existed: the film that put a dinosaur park off Costa Rica was shot on Kauaʻi, with its storm night built on a Los Angeles sound stage
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Scenes and places
The raptor pen where it begins
A Velociraptor is crated into a steel-gated pen while handlers shout over each other, and the animal turns on one of them. The accident brings in the park's investors and sets everything that follows in motion.
Set in Raptor holding pen, Isla Nublar — The park's steel-gated pen where a handler is lost to a Velociraptor, the accident that sends the investors looking for proof the island is safe.
A tropical garden on Kauaʻi's north shore run by the National Tropical Botanical Garden.
Filmed at Limahuli Garden and Preserve, Kauaʻi — The raptor enclosure set was built here. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The amber mine that supplies the DNA
At an amber mine, Hammond's lawyer Gennaro hears that a $20 million lawsuit is hanging over the park after a worker's death. He decides the island needs two experts to sign off, and one of them is a paleontologist who rarely leaves his dig.
Set in Amber mine, Dominican Republic — The early scene at the mine where the amber holding prehistoric mosquitoes is dug out.
A stand-in for the Dominican Republic mine, shot at a waterfall near Kapaʻa on Kauaʻi.
Filmed at Hoʻopiʻi Falls, near Kapaʻa, Kauaʻi — An early scene set at an amber mine in the Dominican Republic was filmed near here. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The Montana dig site
Grant and Sattler test a new radar that shows bones under the ground, with Grant grumbling about computers. Hammond turns up, talks about an island off Costa Rica, and invites them to see it.
Set in Dinosaur dig site, Montana — Grant and Sattler work a bone bed in Montana when Hammond arrives with an offer.
The scene is set in Montana, but it was shot in a California desert state park.
Filmed at Red Rock Canyon State Park, California — This park stood in as Grant's paleontological dig site; the Montana setting was dropped to save time and money. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Nedry meets Dodgson
In a hotel meeting, the park's programmer Nedry agrees to steal frozen embryos for a rival company. He says he has an 18-minute window to get past security, and asks for a way to carry them off the island.
Set in San José, Costa Rica — Dennis Nedry meets Lewis Dodgson to arrange the theft of frozen dinosaur embryos.
A seaside town on Kauaʻi's east coast, standing in for the Costa Rican capital.
Filmed at Kapaʻa, Kauaʻi — The meeting between Nedry and Dodgson was shot in Kapaʻa, standing in for San José, Costa Rica. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The helicopter's first look at the island
The helicopter carrying the invited visitors flies toward the island, the first sight of the place they have been invited to judge.
Set in Sky above Isla Nublar — The helicopter carrying the visitors approaches the island for the first time.
A tall sea stack off Maui nicknamed Jurassic Rock.
Filmed at Keōpuka Rock, off Maui — Used for an early shot of the helicopter as it approaches Isla Nublar. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Landing at the falls
The helicopter lands beside a tall waterfall, and the group is shocked to see living Brachiosaurus and Parasaurolophus. Hammond greets his guests in person.
Set in Isla Nublar helipad — The visitors land on the island and Hammond welcomes them.
A waterfall in Kauaʻi's Hanapepe Valley, known since the film as Jurassic Falls.
Filmed at Mānāwaiopuna Falls, Hanapepe Valley, Kauaʻi — Scenes of visitors arriving and departing Isla Nublar by helicopter were filmed here; it became known as Jurassic Falls. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The visitor center from outside
The group arrives at the park's visitor center, a vast building at the heart of Hammond's island. Inside, they will learn how the dinosaurs were made.
Set in Jurassic Park visitor center (exterior) — The grand front of the visitor center where the guests are taken in.
A plantation estate on Kauaʻi where the front was built as a 60-foot facade.
Cloning explained over lunch
The group learns that DNA from mosquitoes preserved in amber was used to clone the dinosaurs, and watches a baby Velociraptor hatch. At lunch Malcolm warns about genetic engineering while Grant and Sattler doubt that people and dinosaurs can share a world.
Set in Visitor center interior and dining room — Inside the visitor center the group sees how the dinosaurs were cloned, then argues over lunch whether the park should exist.
A Hollywood studio lot in Los Angeles, built as a film backlot.
Filmed at Universal Studios Lot, Los Angeles — Interior scenes of the visitor center were filmed on a sound stage on this lot. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The gate where the tour starts
Grant, Sattler, Malcolm, Gennaro and Hammond's two grandchildren set off in self-driving electric cars on a tour where most of the dinosaurs fail to appear.
Set in Jurassic Park main gate — The gate the electric tour cars pass through at the start of the tour.
A volcano-ridge mountain on Kauaʻi, one of the wettest places on Earth.
Filmed at Base of Mount Waiʻaleʻale, Kauaʻi — A Jurassic Park gate marking the start of the tour was built at the base of Mount Waiʻaleʻale. Coordinates are the mountain, not the gate. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The control room
From the control room Hammond observes the tour while the staff keep the park running. The tour is cut short as a tropical storm approaches.
Set in Park control room and laboratory — The room where Hammond watches the tour and the staff run the park.
A big sound stage on a Hollywood lot, also used for the lab.
Filmed at Universal Studios Lot, Stage 28 — Stage 28 was used for the park's control room and laboratory scenes. Coordinates are the lot. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The storm-night T. rex breakout
In the storm Nedry's sabotage kills the power to the cars and most of the electric fences. A Tyrannosaurus breaks out and attacks the touring group, and Grant must get the children away.
Set in Tour road and T. rex paddock, Isla Nublar — The stalled cars sit by the T. rex paddock in the storm when the fences go dead.
A huge soundstage at Warner Bros. in Burbank, redressed to match the Hawaii footage.
Filmed at Warner Bros. Studios, Stage 16, Burbank — The T. rex breakout set was filmed on Stage 16, decorated to match the Hawaii footage, with rain machines and mud. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The nest in the morning
Grant, Lex and Tim wake in the trees and find the broken shells of dinosaur eggs. Grant concludes the dinosaurs are breeding, which is possible because of their amphibian DNA.
Set in Dinosaur nest in the forest, Isla Nublar — Grant and the children find broken eggshells the morning after the storm.
A tropical garden on Kauaʻi's south shore run by the National Tropical Botanical Garden.
Filmed at Allerton Garden, Kauaʻi — Used for the scene in which Grant discovers a dinosaur nest and realizes the animals are breeding. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The herd that runs like birds
Tired and dirty, Grant, Lex and Tim see a herd of Gallimimus wheel in unison. Grant points out that they flock like birds evading a predator.
Set in Valley, Isla Nublar — Grant and the children walk toward the visitor center and watch a herd of Gallimimus.
A working ranch on Oʻahu with high cliffs, a famous film location.
Filmed at Kualoa Ranch, Oʻahu — The Gallimimus herd scene was shot here two weeks after Hurricane Iniki ruined the Kauaʻi plan; the high cliffs looked better than the empty plain first planned. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The maintenance shed
Hammond and Arnold shut down the power grid to reboot the park, and Arnold goes to the shed to finish it. When he does not return, Sattler and Muldoon head down the road to find him.
Set in Maintenance shed at the end of the compound — Sattler and Muldoon go to the shed to switch the power back on.
The same south-shore garden that holds the nest, here dressed as a shed.
Filmed at Allerton Garden, Kauaʻi (shed exterior) — Used for a set depicting the maintenance shed exterior. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Universal Studios Lot, Stage 23 (shed interior) — Stage 23 was used for the maintenance shed interior. Coordinates are the lot. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Climbing the electric fence
On the way to the visitor center, Grant and the children reach a tall perimeter fence they must climb to continue.
Set in Perimeter fence near the visitor center — Grant and the children must climb a tall fence to reach the visitor center.
A remote canyon on Kauaʻi where the 24-foot fences were built, hauling steel up the hillside.
Characters
- Alan Grant — A paleontologist invited to certify the island's safety.
- Ellie Sattler — A paleobotanist who joins Grant on the island.
- John Hammond — The industrialist who built the park.
- Dennis Nedry — The park's programmer, bribed to steal frozen embryos.
Questions answered on the map
- Where does the helicopter land on Isla Nublar in Jurassic Park?
- Where was the raptor pen in Jurassic Park built?
- Where does the Gallimimus herd run in Jurassic Park?