The film "The Lost Bus" was primarily filmed in various locations across New Mexico, USA. Key filming locations include:
- Ruidoso, New Mexico: A forested mountain town with tall trees and winding roads, used to represent the burning forest scenes.
- Santa Fe, New Mexico: The capital city with Garson Studios, used for indoor scenes and set-controlled filming.
- Española, New Mexico: A small city with open land and hills, used for outdoor scenes.
- Truchas, New Mexico: A quiet mountain village providing rustic and rural landscapes.
- Glorieta, New Mexico: The Glorieta Camps (or Glorieta Conference Center) where intense wildfire and evacuation scenes were safely recreated.
Though the story is set in Paradise, California, the New Mexico locations provided the varied landscapes and safety needed to recreate the 2018 wildfire events depicted in the film.
