“North to Alaska” (1960), despite its title, was filmed mostly in California , with some additional location work in Canada’s Yukon territory.

Main filming locations

  • Point Mugu, California – beach and most exterior town scenes.
  • Big Bear Lake and Big Bear Valley, San Bernardino National Forest, California.
  • Mammoth Lakes and nearby Alabama Hills/Lone Pine area in California.
  • Hot Creek, Inyo National Forest, California – cabin and “steaming” hot-springs scenes.
  • Yukon, Canada – some additional scenes to give authentic northern landscape shots.

So, the movie that looks like rugged Alaska is largely California standing in for the far north, with a bit of real Yukon scenery mixed in.