Maps of Movies

White House Down (2013)

Where White House Down says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

The White House under siege was a set built in Montreal; the lawn chase ran through a city park in Canada.

Scenes and places

The job interview and the White House tour (2013)

Cale interviews for a Secret Service post, and the interviewer judges him unqualified. He had hoped to impress his 11-year-old daughter, Emily, who is about to tour the White House.

Set in White House — Where Cale interviews for a Secret Service job and his daughter joins a public tour.

The 18-acre residence and office of the U.S. president.

The bomb at the Capitol (2013)

A bomb detonates in the Capitol. Washington locks down and the officials around the president scramble for shelter.

Set in United States Capitol — Where a bomb goes off and Washington is put into lockdown.

The seat of the U.S. Congress, on Capitol Hill.

The tour group held in the Blue Room (2013)

The tour group is held in the Blue Room as the building is seized. Cale slips away to find Emily, who has been separated from the group.

Set in Blue Room, White House — The oval State Floor parlor where the tour group is confined.

An oval reception room on the State Floor of the White House.

The bunker under the library (2013)

The Head of Presidential Detail brings President Sawyer to the emergency bunker. What should be the safest room in the building is where things turn.

Set in Presidential Emergency Operations Center (PEOC) — The hardened bunker beneath the White House Library, where the president is moved.

A shelter beneath the White House Library for use in an emergency.

The command center under the Pentagon (2013)

While the White House is overrun, Finnerty escorts the Speaker of the House to an underground command center in the Pentagon.

Set in The Pentagon — Where the Speaker is taken to an underground command center.

The headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense, across the river from Washington.

The secret tunnel out (2013)

Cale and Sawyer reach the command structure by satellite phone in the residence and try to escape through a secret tunnel, but the exit is rigged with explosives.

Set in Residence and secret tunnel — A tunnel under the residence. No public location; no coordinate is given.

A hidden escape route; no coordinates are published.

The limousine chase on the South Lawn (2013)

Cale and Sawyer escape in the presidential limousine. Chased across the lawn, they crash into the White House pool.

Set in South Lawn, White House — The lawn and garden behind the building, where the presidential limousine is chased.

The 18-acre grounds south of the White House.

Filmed at Parc Maisonneuve, Montreal — Garden pieces and a basketball court were built here; the lawn car chases were shot on the grass.

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The helicopter assault on the roof (2013)

The Vice President orders an aerial assault to retake the building. Cale tries to stop it, but the mercenaries shoot the helicopters down with Javelin missiles.

Set in White House roof — The rooftop where the assault helicopters are met by missiles.

The flat roof of the White House.

The missile silo in Ohio (2013)

A hacker takes over NORAD and fires a guided missile from a silo in Piketon, Ohio, at Air Force One.

Set in Piketon, Ohio — The town named in the film as the site of the silo that fires on Air Force One.

A small town in southern Ohio.

Emily in the Oval Office (2013)

Learning Emily's identity from her video, the mercenary leader takes her to the Oval Office.

Set in Oval Office — The president's office in the West Wing.

The president's working office in the West Wing.

Characters

• John Cale — A Capitol Police officer who brings his daughter on a White House tour.
• Emily Cale — Cale's 11-year-old daughter.
• James Sawyer — The U.S. president, the target of the attack.
• Carol Finnerty — A Secret Service agent who interviews Cale.

Questions answered on the map

• Where was the White House lawn chase really filmed?