Location #1: Travis passes out
Near Terlingua, Texas, United States
Location #2: Terlingua M.D. Clinic
American Legion Post #653 at Texas 118 & American Legion Road, Alpine, Texas, United States
Location #3: Motel
Marathon Motel & RV Park, 701 U.S. 90, Marathon, Texas, United States
Location #4: Shoemake Hardware Store
Northeast 1st Street (near Avenue E), Marathon, Texas, United States
Location #5: El Rancho Motel
Executive Inn at 901 East Dickinson Boulevard, Fort Stockton, Texas, United States
Paris, Texas is a too pretty film for words. Wim Wenders is a genius!
the driving scene where travis remembers why he bought the land in paris texas (36m39s approx), was filmed in kramer junction, ca. https://www.google.com/maps/@34.9922464,-117.5415503,3a,75y,341.73h,92.93t,0r/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1saOp19vY0fyBF1-F6Rw-vlg!2e0!5s20111001T000000!7i13312!8i6656
the eating mcdonalds in the back of the ranchero under the freeway scene (approx 1hr17m50sec) was filmed at the 5/14 fwy interchange in sylmar, ca. the freeway overpasses look different today because the original ones were destroyed in the 1994 northridge earthquake.https://www.google.com/maps/@34.3348054,-118.5083359,3a,75y,10.16h,97.12t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1siU6SUXrHXaEahCB6X5Ppdw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
Just what I was looking for! Perfect!
Was hoping to see the opening scene with Harry Dean Stanton walking in the desert. I’m pretty darn sure it’s not Texas, looks like Arizona.
In response to Skotos khrodos, I believe I found the exact location of the opening scene with Harry Dean Stanton walking in the desert:
29°35’05.3″N 103°44’01.4″W
(Terlingua, Texas)
BTW, a ranch which includes this specific desert area (pink bluffs/buttes) is located is being sold for $10 million; you can see the opening desert scene on the realtor promotional video currently on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0horhoM7Wbo (see 1:02 of video)
You can also see a variety of other filming locations from the movie on a google map I generated:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/1/edit?hl=en&mid=1rsXJlZ-Auvp3Tgvx3HjaSMuczQc