Stranger Things Filming Locations: Updated Guide up to Season 2

The horror has been unleashed in a small town of the Midwest. Mysteries, adventures, sci-fi and romance enveloped by an outstanding soundtrack with a retro sound of classic synths. However, the key feature of the show is the fact that it's wonderfully set in the 80's. The story is a delicious cocktail that mixes references from The Goonies to E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Alien or Twin Peaks.

The second season of Stranger Things is picking up a year after the fist season left off. The adventurous gang of kids will continue exploring the dangers of the Upside Down dimension, and we hope to learn more about the slimy Demogorgon.

Stranger Things was filmed in and around Atlanta, Georgia. The action takes place in a small fictional town in the American Midwest: Welcome to Hawkins, Indiana. As usual, we'll be updating and expanding this report about the filming locations of the series, as more information is revealed. Also we try to keep spoilers at bay, so we don't give many details about what's going on at the locations.

It all started one dark evening at the Hawkins National Laboratory, where a military experimental research was taking place:

The exterior of the lab was shot in a building on Emory University's Briarcliff campus in Atlanta. This evil structure gets extra gloomy points when you get to know that it's a former psychiatric hospital. The interiors of the lab, and also Wheelers and Byers family homes interiors were created on set at Screen Gem Studios in Atlanta.
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The next few locations can be found in the center of Jackson, the town that was used for several scenes of downtown Hawkins. The spooky Library of Hawkins upside down version is the Butts County Probate Court in the real world. Image courtesy of Netflix and Google Maps

In a corner of this central square there's the store where Joyce (Winona Ryder) works (season 2), or where she acquires a brand new landline phone (season 1). At the other end of this block of buildings was filmed the scene where Nancy runs to the cinema. Image courtesy of Netflix and Google Maps

Hawk movie theater was also one of the buildings here in Jackson, at 2 Oak St.
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The exterior of the house of Mike and Nancy Wheeler is located at 2530 Piney Wood Lane in East Point.
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Steve’s house, where the events of the swimming-pool party take place in season one (sorry Barb), is located at 8253 Carlton Rd in Riverdale. Image courtesy of Netflix and Google Maps

Also thanks to our friend David Singleton (Hello!) we finally get to know where is the Byers House located. However, the owners are not very happy about publishing the address, although it has been already posted somewhere else anyway. Image courtesy of Netflix

Dustin Henderson's house is at 2886 Piney Wood drive in East Point, right around the corner from where the Wheeler and Sinclair houses are located. Image courtesy of Netflix and Google Maps

Lucas Sinclair's house can be found at 2550 Piney Wood Lane, also in East Point.
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Barb's parents house is in the same neighborhood, at 2980 Piney Wood Drive.
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Max and Billy's house is located at 5280 Moore St in Stone Mountain.
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Exteriors and interiors of Hawkins Middle and High School were filmed at Stockbridge Elementary and High School. Image courtesy of Netflix and Google Maps

The Police's Department was located at Courthouse Square West in Douglasville.
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Lots of action is happening in the woods. Many scenes were filmed in the scenic Stone Mountain Park in Atlanta (where the kids walk through the tracks), and at Georgia International Horse Park in Conyers.
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Bellwood Quarry in Atlanta can be seen in three episodes of the first season, when police is looking for Will and later on when the... hey, we said no spoilers! Image courtesy of Netflix and Haley

Steve seating in front of a Fair Mart located at 7703 US-78, Winston.
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Benny's Burgers is the fast food restaurant where Eleven entered in the first episode. All the shots related to these sequences were filmed on location at Tiffany's Kitchen, 7413 Lee Road in Lithia Springs. Image courtesy of Netflix and Google Maps

The store where El goes shopping Eggo waffles can be found at 504 Center St. in Palmetto.
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The cemetery and the church in the background from the funeral is the Bethany United Methodist Church at 607 Rivers Rd in Fayetteville. Image courtesy of Netflix and Google Maps

The street where takes place the scene of the flying van is Sarahs Lane in Tucker.
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The Arcade is one of the new locations for Stranger Things season 2. The production built this set in what had been a laundromat in Douglasville. Image courtesy of Netflix and Google Maps

The intro of the first episode of season 2 was filmed in Atlanta (Peachtree Place in midtown). The skyscrapers from Pittsburgh in the background were digitally added in post-production. Image courtesy of Netflix and Google Maps

The bridge where Kali fakes the collapse to lose the cops is on Glenn Street in Atlanta's West End, between Northside Drive and Humphries Street. (They did some digital augmentation in some shots to make a longer tunnel than it actually is). Image courtesy of Netflix and Google Maps

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After the first season was released, there was not much merchandising available about the show (no one expected such a success!?). But this is changing faster than Eleven swallows a waffle. The latest stuff that we discovered in Amazon are these cool Upside Down T-Shirts and this ugly Merry Christmas sweatshirt. Also we totally recommend the two volumes from the Original Series Soundtrack.

The original Drew Struzan-Style poster or any of the ones below also look good on your wall. Finally, the short fan book The Companion is an interesting read about where the inspiration comes from, like this video comparing scenes from Stranger Things with references from 70-80’s movies.