Durango and Silverton
Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
Durango, Colorado
The heritage line the fan location list names for the film’s train robberies. Its museum shows a movie coach. Pictured: a steam train, 2013.
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Reward notice · 1969 · made in Utah, Colorado, California and Mexico
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
One film, cut together from a ghost town, a canyon, a railway, a lake and two Mexican towns standing in for Bolivia. Above: Grafton, Utah, where the outlaws hide with Etta Place.
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The cutting room
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The cliff jump is one stunt built from two places. Choose where each half was shot, then make the cut.
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The leap
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The splash
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Two frames, one stunt.
The trail
Three Utah places and a railway
The chase, the river ride and the hideout are all within a short drive of St. George. The train is a long way east.
Utah · the hideout
Grafton
Visit Utah says this is where Butch and Sundance holed up with schoolteacher Etta Place.
Grafton is a ghost town in Washington County, Utah, just south of Zion National Park. Its legal boundaries now fall inside Rockville.
Wikipedia’s caption says the restored Alonzo Haventon Russell Home was used as a set in the film.
A restored ghost town below Zion, watched around the clock by its preservation partnership. Check current access before you drive out.
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Utah · the river
Zion Canyon
Visit Utah says Redford and Newman rode their horses side by side along the Virgin River, in a view familiar to any fan.
TCM quotes Robert Redford listing Zion National Park among the places the film used.
Wikipedia’s film history for the park lists the film among those that featured it, beside films from 1924, 1927 and 1947.
A national park. The canyon road has a free shuttle from early April to late October; check the park’s page for fees and timed entry.
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Utah · the chase
Snow Canyon
Visit Utah ties the chase sequence to this canyon, with its twists, turns and drops.
Wikipedia says several Hollywood films were shot at least partly here, including this one.
A fan location list places the canyon on the outlaws’ cross-country trek.
A Utah state park, open year-round. Check Utah State Parks for fees and trail closures.
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Colorado · the train
Durango and Silverton
Wikipedia says Baggage Car No. 127 was rebuilt in 1968 for the film, and the railroad museum shows a movie coach used in it. The car claim is tagged citation needed there.
A fan location list gives this narrow-gauge line as the film’s train-robbery location.
The line is a 3 ft narrow-gauge heritage railroad of 45.2 miles between Durango and Silverton, run from Durango.
A working heritage railway from Durango. Trains run Durango to Silverton in summer and to the Cascade Wye in winter; book through the railroad.
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Bolivia
The last act is in Mexico
The outlaws end the film in Bolivia. The towns that played it are in Guerrero and Morelos. Neither is in South America.
Guerrero · Bolivia
Taxco
TCM says Cuernavaca and Taxco were used for the film’s Bolivia scenes.
Wikipedia lists Taxco, Cuernavaca and Estudios Churubusco in Mexico City among the Mexican locations.
Santa Prisca church was built between 1751 and 1758 by the silver magnate José de la Borda.
A hill town of steep, narrow streets about 170 km from Mexico City, reached by road or bus. Wear flat shoes.
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Morelos · the last stand
Tlayacapan
A fan location list says the final shootout was filmed in the market square.
Wikipedia lists the film among those shot in Tlayacapan, with no detail on scenes.
The Augustinian monastery of San Juan Bautista dates from 1534 to 1574 and has been part of a World Heritage Site since 1994.
A small town about 60 km east of Cuernavaca, with a sixteenth-century monastery. Photography is not allowed in its museum.
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Go and find the pieces
Everything here can be visited. Grafton is a ghost town with limited access, so check first. The Mexican towns are a day or more from Mexico City, and Century Lake is a hike inside a California state park.
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Where it is now
7 places you can visit in Utah, Colorado, California and Mexico.
Pins mark public places; private homes are named but not pinned.
Area reference · Public access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A restored ghost town below Zion, watched around the clock by its preservation partnership. Check current access before you drive out.
Site reference · Public access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A national park. The canyon road has a free shuttle from early April to late October; check the park’s page for fees and timed entry.
Site reference · Public access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A Utah state park, open year-round. Check Utah State Parks for fees and trail closures.
The ghost town of Grafton, Utah, with the road through it. inkknife_2000 · CC BY-SA 2.0 Utah · Grafton ghost town, near Rockville, Utah
Grafton
Grafton is a ghost town in Washington County, Utah, just south of Zion National Park. Its legal boundaries now fall inside Rockville.
A restored ghost town below Zion, watched around the clock by its preservation partnership. Check current access before you drive out.
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The Virgin River in Zion Canyon, Utah. Ken Lund · CC BY-SA 2.0 Utah · Zion National Park, near Springdale, Utah
Zion Canyon
TCM quotes Robert Redford listing Zion National Park among the places the film used.
A national park. The canyon road has a free shuttle from early April to late October; check the park’s page for fees and timed entry.
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Snow Canyon State Park, near St. George, Utah. joannapoe · CC BY-SA 2.0 Utah · Snow Canyon State Park, near St. George, Utah
Snow Canyon
Visit Utah ties the chase sequence to this canyon, with its twists, turns and drops.
A Utah state park, open year-round. Check Utah State Parks for fees and trail closures.
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Stay
A room in the canyon.
The only hotel inside Zion National Park.
Zion Lodge
Zion Lodge
Zion Canyon, Utah
The only hotel inside Zion National Park, with lodge rooms, suites and 1920s cabins, in the canyon where the film rode along the Virgin River. Pictured: the Virgin River, 2004.
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Ride out.
A heritage railway and guided days in Zion and Taxco.
Durango and Silverton
Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
Durango, Colorado
The heritage line the fan location list names for the film’s train robberies. Its museum shows a movie coach. Pictured: a steam train, 2013.
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Every place and moment behind this page, with sources.
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Grafton
Grafton ghost town, near Rockville, Utah
The hideout
Grafton plays the town where the outlaws hide with Etta Place.
Zion Canyon
Zion National Park, near Springdale, Utah
Riding the river
Redford and Newman ride side by side along the Virgin River.
Snow Canyon
Snow Canyon State Park, near St. George, Utah
The chase
The chase sequence is tied to the twists and drops of Snow Canyon.
Durango and Silverton railway
Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, Durango, Colorado
The train
A baggage car is rebuilt in 1968 for the film on the Durango line.
The leap
Redford says he and Newman did jump off the cliff in Colorado.
Century Lake
Malibu Creek State Park, Los Angeles County, California
The splash
The stunt of jumping from a cliff into Century Lake is filmed in California.
Taxco
Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico
Bolivia, in Guerrero
Taxco is used for the Bolivia scenes.
Tlayacapan
Tlayacapan, Morelos, Mexico
The last stand
The final shootout is said to be filmed in the town’s market square.
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