Hobbit Movie - Locations Speculation

posted to the-one-ring.net  February 3rd 2013

From two Reputable Local sources 

Locations confirmed in the Hobbit the Unexpected Journey :

the Pond Burn - Sly Burn divide; on the saddle between 

the head of the Mararoa and the Greenstone.  Easily recognised in the movie.

I suspect later scenes may also be in the same area but the foreground (with 

pines) is stuck on from somewhere else.

The Towering Rock Outcrops along the ridgeline: the Minarets above Wanaka (pretty sure), Mt Brewster is in the background of. Possibly Treble 

Cone also near Wanaka but maybe not. the Mt Alta ridge but He had

not been there so can't be sure.

Another definite is the upper Earnslaw Burn as the glacier between East 

and West peaks of Earnslaw is behind.

The chase trough the Rock Formations where East of the Strath Taieri somewhere near The Crater as in the 

movie you can see the Rock & Pillars behind.

Fiordland National Park appears in the movie, "The Carrock"where the Eagles Landed can be found on Google as a Sharp Hill above Lake Dale in the Light River Valley South of Milford Sound.

The limestone Outcrops (Radagast Scene) is Waikato 

- Te Kuiti Limestone - but not sure exactly where.

Also confirmed is the downs South of Mt Cook Station, east of lake Pukaki. (The most prolific place in the Mackenzie Country for wilding pines)

The Two Waterfalls depicted ... The Overhanging one with the Dwarves is the Earnslaw Burn. The one the Eagles flew over before the Carrock is the Sutherland  Falls near the Milford Track exiting Lake Quill from above.