“Stranger Things” is filmed primarily in and around Atlanta, Georgia, with additional key locations in New Mexico and Lithuania for later seasons. The fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana, is mostly brought to life in small Georgia towns like Jackson and other nearby communities.

Main filming hubs

  • Atlanta, Georgia area – Most exterior and interior scenes for Hawkins are shot in metro Atlanta and at EUE Screen Gems Studios, which hosts many of the show’s built sets. The city and its suburbs double for everything from suburban streets to government facilities.
  • Jackson, Georgia (Hawkins downtown) – Jackson’s small downtown serves as the core “Hawkins” main street, including shops and streets seen in many seasons. Production has repainted storefronts and dressed the area to look like 1980s Indiana.

Notable U.S. locations

  • Other Georgia towns – Stockbridge plays Hawkins Middle and High School, Douglasville hosts the arcade and Family Video, and various neighborhoods like East Point and Fayetteville provide the kids’ houses. Many rural and quarry scenes are also filmed around Atlanta, including Bellwood Quarry standing in as Sattler Quarry.
  • New Mexico (California storyline) – For the California segments in later seasons, Albuquerque and nearby areas (like Los Lunas) stand in for Lenora Hills, the Byers’ new neighborhood, Rink-O-Mania, and Surfer Boy Pizza.

International locations

  • Vilnius, Lithuania – Season 4’s Russian prison storyline is filmed in and around Vilnius, including the former Lukiškės prison and nearby sites that portray Kamchatka and related outposts. This gives the series a more grounded international feel outside Hawkins.

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