- The crash of the astronauts' spacecraft was partially filmed in and around Lake Powell.
- Horseshoe Bend on the Colorado River, near Page, Arizona, was a part of the Forbidden Zone, through which Taylor, Zira, and Cornelius fled Ape City.
- Malibu Creek State Park, part of which was formerly the 20th Century Fox Movie Ranch, was the location of the astronauts' initial encounter with primitive humans and superior apes, and of Cornelius, Zira and Taylor's escape from Ape City.
- The final scene was filmed at Point Dume's Westward Beach on the Malibu coast.
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