Where They Went

Jurassic Park (1993)

Directed by Steven Spielberg

A billionaire flies two paleontologists from a Montana dig, along with a mathematician, to his island off Costa Rica to approve a theme park of cloned dinosaurs, just as a bribed programmer sabotages its security.

  • Travel shown
  • On foot, bike, skis or swimming
  • Not shown on screen
  • Fictional place
  1. 1Dig site
    Badlands near Snakewater, Montana (fictional)
    ≈ 00:05:00
    Stated on screenFictional

    Hammond turns up at Grant and Sattler's fossil dig and offers to fund them for a weekend endorsing his park.

  2. 1Open-air café
    San José, Costa Rica
    ≈ 00:14:00
    Stated on screen

    Nedry takes a bribe from a rival company to smuggle out dinosaur embryos.

  3. 2Visitor centre and lab
    Isla Nublar (fictional)
    ≈ 00:17:00
    Stated on screenFictional

    The helicopter lands, the visitors see living dinosaurs and the lab where they are made, while Nedry runs the computers.

  4. 3Tour road and T. rex paddock
    Isla Nublar (fictional)
    ≈ 00:45:00
    Stated on screenFictional
  5. 3Road to the east dock
    Isla Nublar (fictional)
    ≈ 00:55:00
    Stated on screenFictional
  6. 4Visitor centre and helipad
    Isla Nublar (fictional)
    ≈ 01:50:00
    Stated on screenFictional

The journey in numbers

Distance travelled
4,912 km
Places
3
Countries
2
Stops
6
  • Helicopter: 4,550 km
  • Not shown: 362 km
  • Car: 0.0 km
  • On foot: 0.0 km

Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.

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