“The Way West” (1967) was filmed primarily on location in Oregon, with some key sequences shot in Arizona.

Main filming locations

  • Central Oregon around Bend, including areas such as the Crooked River Gorge, Smith Rock, and nearby ranch lands, provided most of the wagon-train and wide-open prairie scenes.
  • The production also used the Christmas Valley area and the Christmas Valley Sand Dunes, which doubled for Great Basin desert landscapes and other “Old West” settings.
  • Additional Oregon spots included areas near Eugene and Mount Bachelor , plus a replica frontier fort at the former Camp Abbot used as Fort Hall.

Other states used

  • Some material was shot in Arizona , notably around Old Tucson in Tucson and locations near Yuma , to capture classic Western town and dry-country vistas that matched the story’s overland journey tone.

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