The Hitcher

A Huge Thank You To Paul H For Tracking Down All Of The Missing Locations

• (0:06)  Driving By The Volkswagen / Barstow Road, About A Mile South Of Brack Road, Lucerne Valley (Note: The Camera Is Facing South In Both Screen Shots.)
  
  
  
  
  
• (0:12)  Jim Halsey Pushes The Hitcher Out Of His Car / E. Lake Mead Blvd., Just Before It Curves And Runs Into Northshore Drive, Henderson, Nevada (Note: The Camera Is Facing South In Both Screen Shots.)
  
  
  
  
  
• (0:15)  Halsey Yelling To The Family In The Other Car That They Have A Killer With Them / Fort Irwin Road, 4 Miles North Of Highway 15, Barstow (Note: The Camera Is Facing North In The First Screen Shot, At The Mile 4 Marker Just Before Fort Irwin Road Curves To The Left.)
  
  
  
  
  
• (0:16)  Halsey Discovering The Family Has Been Murdered / Fort Irwin Road, Just South Of Poppy Road, Barstow (Note: The Camera Is Facing South In The First Screen Shot.)
  
  
  
  
  
  
• (0:17)  Halsey In A Deserted Town During A Wind Storm / CA-127 And State Line Road, Death Valley Junction
  
  
  
  
  
  
• (0:20)  John Ryder Trying To Run Halsey Off The Road / Barstow Road, About 1,500 Feet South of Brack Road, Lucerne Valley (Note: The Camera Is Always Facing South In This Scene.)
  
  
  
  
  
  
• (0:21)  Halsey Going To A Gas Station / Intersection Of Minneola Road And Sunrise Canyon Road, Immediately North Of Highway 15, In Newberry Springs (Note: The Building Is Now Gutted And Some Parts Of The Gas Station Have Since Been Torn Down)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• (0:24)  Halsey Meets Nash At Her Place Of Work / Jeremy's Gas Station; 39263 Harvard Road, Newberry Springs
  
  
  
  
  
  
• (0:41)  Sheriff Station / Apple Valley Gun Club; 16699 Stoddard Wells Road, Victorville
  
  
  
  
  
  
• (0:42)  Halsey Discovering A Market And Gas Station On His Desert Walk / Southwest Corner Of Route 66 And Cadiz Road, Chambless
  
  
  
  
• (0:47)  The Police Car Crashing After Ryder Shoots The Officers / Route 66 About 2 Miles East Of Chambless (Note: The Car Was Driving West When The Crash Happened While Driving Toward Chambless)
  
  
  
  
  
• (0:48)  Halsey Arriving At Roy's Cafe / 87520 Hwy 66, Amboy
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• (0:58)  Bus Being Pulled Over / Ben Hulse Highway, About 2 miles West Of Ogilby Road, Outside Of Glamis (Note: The Layout Of The Road Has Changed, But In The Screen Shot The Camera Is Facing North From Present-Day Ben Hulse Highway.)
  
  
  
  
• (1:03)  Spot Where The Two Police Cars Crash / Ben Hulse Highway, East of Glamis (Note: The layout Of The Road Has Changed, But In The Screen Shot The Camera Is Facing Northeast From Present-Day Ben Hulse Highway.)
  
  
  
  
• (1:08)  The Truck Stop / Outpost Cafe And Truck Stop; 8685 U.S. Hwy 395, Oak Hills
  
  
  
  
• (1:24)  The Police Station / 215 E. Bonanza Road, Las Vegas, Nevada (Note: The Building Has Been Torn Down And Replaced With A New Building.)
  
  
  
  
  
  
• (1:34)  Halsey Shoots Ryder / Hwy 78, About Two Miles West Of Glamis (Note: The Camera Is Looking North)
  
  
  

Breakdown

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• (0:03)  Jeff And Amy Taylor Stopping At A Gas Station And Encounters Trouble Maker Earl / Archview Resort; Just North Of Where Highway 191 And Highway 313 Meet, Moab, Utah (Note: This Place Is Located On The East Side Of The Road)
  
  
  
  
  
  
• (0:09)  Spot Where The Taylor's Vehicle Breaks Down / Highway 128, Castle Valley, Utah (Note: They Were Traveling South When The Car Broke Down)
  
  
  
  
  
  
• (0:15)  Jeff Showing Up At Belle's Diner / 240th Street E. Midway Between Avenue O And Avenue P, Lancaster (Note: This Building Is Totally Vacant And On The East Side Of The Road. Also, I Hope The Pictures From Inside The Building Wont Offend Anyone As Vandals Have Written On The Walls)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• (0:17)  Jeff Driving And Taking A Sharp Left Turn / Ivanpah Road And Morning Star Mine Road, Nipton, CA (Note: He Was Heading North On Ivanpah As He Made A Turn To The West)
  
  
  
  
• (0:18)  Spot Where Jeff Gets The Trucker To Pull Over / Ivanpah Road, Nipton, CA (Note: He Is Heading South Which Is The Opposite Direction Of The Way He Was Coming In The Prior Scene)
  
  
  
  
  
• (0:35)  All Of The River Scenes / Auburn, CA
  
  
  
  
• (0:43)  View Of The Town / Sloan, Nevada (Note: The Town Is Fake And Not Really There. This Location Is Just Off Of Southern Nevada Lightweight Road. The View Is Looking Southwest)
  
  
  
  
• (0:44)  Jeff Making It To The Town That Has The Bank / 7th Street And C Street, Victorville (Note: The Camera Is Looking Northeast Down 7th Street)
  
  
  
  
  
• (0:45)  The Bank / 15561 7th Street, Victorville (Note: This Area Of Town Is Unfortunately Starting To Get A Little Bit Run Down As You Can See From My Pictures)
  
  
  
  
  
• (0:50)  Jeff Goes To the Phone Booth To Receive His Call / Northeast Corner Of 7th Street And B Street, Victorville
  
  
  
  
  
• (0:51)  Jeff Getting Picked Up By The Railroad Crossing / Nipton Road Near Nipton Moore Road, Nipton (Note: He Is Walking West As He Gets To The Railroad Crossing)
  
  
  
  
• (0:57)  Where The Officer Was Shot And Where Jeff Kills Earl / Highway 165 Just East Of Highway 95, Nelson, Nevada (Note: This Is About Three Miles East Of Nelson And About Five Miles West Of Where The Road Runs Out At The Colorado River. The View In The First Screen Shot Is Looking East)
  
  
  
  
  
• (1:00)  The Truck Stop / Lenwood Road And Commerce Parkway, Barstow
  
  
  
  
  
• (1:05)  The House And Barn / West Potrero Road, Westlake Village (Note: This Is Set Way Off The Road And Is A Private Ranch So Respect The Owners And Don't Try To Go Up To The Barn)
  
  
  
  
• (1:24)  The Big Bridge / Golden State Highway Just North Of Where Cherry Canyon Road Intersects, Los Angeles County (Note: This Location Is Very Hard To Describe On Where It Is. You Go North Up From Los Angeles On The I-5 Freeway And Go Through The San Fernado Valley Valley And Past Santa Clarite/Valencia And Exit At Templin Highway To Reach The Golden State Highway.  About One Mile From The Bridge The Road Will End And You Have To Walk The Rest Of The Way)