Film · 1975 · Thriller · Adventure
Where was Jaws filmed?
A police chief, a scientist and a grizzled fisherman hunt a great white terrorising a summer resort island. The fictional Amity is really Martha's Vineyard, whose beaches and drawbridge are unmistakable.
2 locations across 1 destinations
At a glance
- Format
- Film
- Period
- 1975
- Filming spots
- 2
- Destinations
- 1
- Countries
- United States
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Filming Jaws: locations and how to visit
The film that invented the summer blockbuster also turned a quiet New England island into a place of cinematic legend. For travellers, the draw is the chance to stand on the very beaches that taught a generation to think twice before swimming out, all wrapped up in the genuine clapboard charm of a classic American seaside community.
The fictional resort of Amity is really Martha's Vineyard, off the coast of Massachusetts in the United States. The Jaws Bridge, the drawbridge linking Edgartown and Oak Bluffs, is the bridge the shark famously swims beneath, and locals still leap from it all summer long. The white-clapboard town of Edgartown stood in for Amity's harbour and main street.
Set-jetters can walk Edgartown's tidy streets, cross the Jaws Bridge and join the summer jumpers if they dare, then settle into the island's wider rhythm of ferries, lighthouses and beaches. Martha's Vineyard pairs naturally with nearby Cape Cod, making it an easy anchor for a classic, laid-back New England summer trip.
Martha's Vineyard, United States
2 spotsJaws Bridge
This drawbridge between Edgartown and Oak Bluffs is the bridge the shark swims under; locals leap from it all summer.
Edgartown
The white-clapboard town stood in for Amity's harbour and main street in the film.
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Good to know
- Where was Jaws filmed?
- Jaws was filmed in Martha's Vineyard.
- Can you visit the Jaws filming locations?
- Yes, these are real, visitable places. Each location below comes with the scene, an exact point on the map, and how to get there.
- How many filming locations does Jaws have?
- We map 2 real filming locations for {name}, across 1 destinations: Martha's Vineyard.
- Which countries was Jaws filmed in?
- {name} was filmed in United States.