I was there last week! Birdwatching, just like the old lady in the movie did 70 years ago.
Let's see, where have I been that they've shot movies? Venice, the Vatican, Paris, Westminster Abbey and the Tower of London, the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii, the Cal Tech campus where "The Big Bang Theory" takes place, Beverly Hills and Rodeo Drive, the Owens Valley and Lone Pine where a bazillion cowboy movies were shot (as well as "Iron Man" and "Gladiator"), Griffith Park including the observatory (closed), the "batcave" in the Hollywood Hills, and of course...
The Vasquez Rocks outside of Los Angeles, where they shot a dozen "Star Trek" episodes.
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mikethemartian (6708)
3 years ago
I lived in Santa Rosa for a time about 20 years ago and visited there one weekend. If I remember correctly the schoolhouse from the movie was there.
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Otter (24464)
3 years ago
Some of the buildings used for the movie were in Bodega, a different town about 10 miles away, and Hitchcock used a glass painting for long shots that made the town of Bodega Bay seem 2-3x larger than it was. The Tides are still there, the buildings on a wharf where the restaurant was and the fire started, but it's all been redone and looks very different.
Bodega Bay was and is a birding hotspot, and I always meet other birders there, in the places around the bay where birders go. It's a fairly long drive for me but I go 3-4 times a year, it's such a lovely place, and I like joining the secret society of birders at their outdoor hangouts.
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