Most of Stranger Things is filmed in and around Atlanta, Georgia, with the fictional town of Hawkins primarily created in the small town of Jackson, GA, plus studio sets in Atlanta and a few locations in New Mexico and Lithuania for later seasons.

Main filming hubs

  • Hawkins, Indiana (the town)
    • Mostly shot in Jackson, Georgia , whose downtown stands in for Hawkins’ main streets, stores, and courthouse square.
* Extra exteriors and neighborhoods come from nearby towns like **Douglasville, East Point, Riverdale, Griffin, and Fayetteville** in the Atlanta metro.
  • Atlanta area & studios
    • A large chunk of the show is filmed in and around Atlanta, Georgia , with many recognisable spots like Bellwood Quarry (Sattler Quarry) and various suburban streets and pools.
* Many interiors (Hawkins Lab, house interiors, etc.) are built and shot on sound stages at **EUE Screen Gems Studios in Atlanta**.

Specific iconic locations

  • Hawkins National Laboratory
    • The exterior is the former Georgia Mental Health Institute on Emory University’s Briarcliff Campus in Atlanta.
  • Schools and town spots
    • Hawkins Middle and High School are filmed at schools in Stockbridge, Georgia.
* The early mall scenes use **Gwinnett Place Mall** in Duluth, GA, reworked as **Starcourt Mall**.
  • Character homes & hangouts
    • The Wheeler, Byers, Sinclair, and Dustin houses are in East Point, Fayetteville, and Riverdale suburbs around Atlanta.
* Places like **Benny’s Burgers, Palace Arcade, Family Video, the quarry, and trailer parks** are scattered around Douglasville, Lithia Springs, Griffin, and other nearby towns.

Season 4–5 extra locations

  • “California” storyline
    • The Byers’ new house, Lenora Hills High School, and Rink-O-Mania were shot around Albuquerque, New Mexico.
  • Russia storyline
    • The prison and village locations doubling for Kamchatka were filmed in and around Vilnius, Lithuania (including the old LukiĹĄkės Prison and nearby airfields and villages).

In short, if you’re wondering “where do they shoot Stranger Things” , the answer is: mostly Georgia (Atlanta + Jackson) , with key later-season pieces in New Mexico and Lithuania to expand the world beyond Hawkins.

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