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Pee-Wee's Big Adventure

Wheel Inn

Cabazon · United States  ·  Dropped off at roadside inn

Pee-Wee's Big Adventure filmed at Wheel Inn, Cabazon. Large Marge drops Pee-wee off at this roadside restaurant, which is by I-10 close to Palm Springs.

Where to go

33.919742, -116.773815

Probable Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer.

Good to know

Title
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (1985)
On screen
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In real life
Wheel Inn, Cabazon
Can you visit?
Open to the public, ticketed
Time to allow
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Confidence
Probable

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Questions

Where exactly did Pee-Wee's Big Adventure film at Wheel Inn?
At 33.919742, -116.773815 in Cabazon. Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer.
Can you visit Wheel Inn?
Open to the public, ticketed.
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