Exterior – Jesse asks strangers for money
LOCATION: Pioneer Courthouse Square, 701 SW 6th Ave, Portland, OR 97205, USA
Exterior – Jesse and his friends hide out at a skate park
LOCATION: Burnside Skatepark, SE 2nd Ave, Portland, OR 97232, USA
Exterior – Jesse and his friend flee from the police along the water
LOCATION: Waterfront Bike Trail, Portland, OR 97204, USA (GPS coordinates: 45°30’55.6″N, 122°40’21.6″W)
Exterior – Greenwood house
LOCATION: 3392 Harrison Ave, Astoria, OR 97103, USA
Exterior – Northwest Adventure Park
LOCATION: Oaks Amusement Park, 7805 SE Oaks Park Way, Portland, OR 97202, USA
Location also appears in the film: Breaking In (1989)
Exterior – Willy’s tank (foreground)
LOCATION: Six Flags México, Blvd. Picacho-Ajusco Km 1.5, Jardines del Ajusco, Tlalpan, 14200 Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico
Note: This park was formerly known as Reino Aventura Park and has since been remodeled. The ocean background is a composite of a separate location.
Exterior – Willy’s tank (background)
LOCATION: Ecola State Park, Cannon Beach, OR 97110, USA
Note: The stage and water tank in the foreground is a separate location composited together.
Exterior – Randolph’s house
LOCATION: Oaks Amusement Park, 7805 SE Oaks Park Way, Portland, OR 97202, USA (GPS coordinates: 45°28’24.1″N, 122°39’47.8″W)
Note: This is on the grounds of Oaks Amusement Park.
Exterior – Jesse rides his bike
LOCATION: Hawthorne Bridge, Portland, OR 97214, USA
Exterior – Fish market
LOCATION: 103 14th St, Astoria, OR 97103, USA
Exterior – Jesse kicks trash can
LOCATION: Ecola State Park, Cannon Beach, OR 97110, USA
Note: These same rocks were used as the background behind Willy’s tank.
Location also appears in the films: The Goonies (1985), Permanent Record (1988), Kindergarten Cop (1990), Point Break (1991), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993), Twilight (2008)
Exterior – Driving to marina
LOCATION: Near Middle Village – Station Camp, 354 US-101, Chinook, WA 98614, USA (GPS coordinates: 46°14’59.4″N, 123°54’53.6″W)
Exterior – Dawsons Marina
LOCATION: 1080 Iredale St, Hammond, OR 97121, USA
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States: Oregon, Washington
Film images © 1993 Warner Bros. Productions Ltd., Regency Enterprises, V.O.F. and Le Studio Canal+
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