Maps of Movies

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)

Where Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

A killer from the future hunts John Connor across Los Angeles, and the places on screen are mostly sets

Scenes and places

The Terminator walks into a roadside bar (2003)

The new Terminator arrives in 2003 and needs clothes. He walks into a rough desert bar and takes what he needs.

Set in Desert Star bar — A fictional roadside bar where the Terminator goes looking for clothes.

The bar name is invented for the film; real places stand in for it.

Filmed at Sierra Inn, Agua Dulce (exterior) — Reported as the exterior of the bar; coordinate is the Agua Dulce area centre, not the building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The T-X arrives in Beverly Hills (2003)

The T-X, a liquid-metal killer, is sent back to 2003 to hunt John Connor and his future allies.

Set in Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills — The shopping street where the T-X arrives in 2003. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A luxury shopping street in Beverly Hills.

Filmed at Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills — Filmed on the real street. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The animal hospital attack (2003)

The T-X tracks Kate to the animal hospital where she works. The Terminator steps in so Kate and John can escape.

Set in Animal hospital where Kate works — The clinic where Kate Brewster works and where the T-X finds her.

The hospital was a purpose-built set, not a real clinic.

Filmed at Sunland-Tujunga, Los Angeles (set) — The animal hospital was built as a set here; the point is the neighbourhood, not the set. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The crane chase (2003)

The T-X drives a 100-ton mobile crane down a street in pursuit of John. The Terminator hangs on to the swinging arm and is smashed through a glass building.

Set in City street chase — A street where the T-X drives a mobile crane after John.

A street built for the stunt, not a real road.

Filmed at Boeing plant, Downey (street set) — A 0.25-mile road-and-building set was constructed at a Boeing plant here; the point is the city, not the set. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The mausoleum and Sarah's casket (2003)

The Terminator takes John and Kate to a mausoleum. Inside Sarah's casket they find a weapons cache she left behind.

Set in Mausoleum where Sarah is supposedly interred — A mausoleum holding Sarah Connor's casket and a hidden weapons cache.

The cemetery is never named in the sources.

The police shoot-out and road chase (2003)

John and Kate escape an armed battle with the police while the T-X keeps chasing them.

Set in Roads after the mausoleum — The roads where John, Kate and the Terminator flee police and the T-X.

Reported as a driving location, not a named street in the story.

Filmed at Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier — Driving scenes were filmed here in June 2002; the sentence does not say which scene. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The bathroom fight (2003)

The Terminator and the T-X fight in a marble and steel bathroom until it is destroyed.

Set in Marble and steel bathroom — A bathroom wrecked by the two Terminators.

A set; the sources do not say which stage it was built on.

The Mojave Desert base (2003)

John orders the Terminator to take him and Kate to see her father. At the base, General Brewster is pressured to activate Skynet against a computer virus.

Set in Cyber Research Systems base, Mojave Desert — A Mojave Desert base where General Brewster supervises Skynet's development.

A fictional corporate military site.

The tarmac and the single-engine plane (2003)

Kate and John head for a base tarmac to take Brewster's single-engine plane toward the bunker he named.

Set in Base tarmac — A tarmac where John and Kate take Brewster's single-engine plane.

A tarmac at the base.

Crystal Peak (2003)

John and Kate fly to Crystal Peak. The T-X follows by helicopter.

Set in Crystal Peak, Sierra Nevada — A bunker facility built inside the Sierra Nevada mountains.

A bunker facility inside a mountain range.

Filmed at Los Angeles Center Studios — Sound stages Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Big Bend National Park, Texas — Not stated Google Maps · Apple Maps

Characters

• John Connor — A drifter who has lived off the grid since his mother's death.
• Kate Brewster — A vet whose father is in charge of the Skynet project.
• The Terminator (T-850) — A reprogrammed Terminator sent back to protect them.
• The T-X — An advanced liquid-metal Terminator sent to kill John's allies.