Hawkins was a small midwestern town located in Roane County in the US state of Indiana, positioned about 80 miles outside of Indianapolis. [1] . It had an estimated population of 10,000 to 15,000. [2] Prior to 1983, Hawkins was a largely quiet and uneventful town.

Jul 8, 2019 · No. Series creators the Duffer Brothers, Matt and Ross, devised fictional Hawkins after high production costs prevented the duo from giving "Stranger Things" a coastal setting of Montauk, New...

May 31, 2022 · Nevertheless, Stranger Things remains tied to Hawkins, the sleepy Indiana town that hid terrifying and monstrous secrets. Hawkins is not a real town but features real street names. Stranger Things’ creators, Matt and Ross Duffer

Stranger Things is set in the fictional rural town of Hawkins, Indiana, in the 1980s.The nearby Hawkins National Laboratory ostensibly performs scientific research for the United States Department of Energy but also secretly experiments with the paranormal and supernatural, sometimes with human test subjects. They have inadvertently created a portal to an alternate …

Hawkins National Laboratory was a secretive federal complex located in Hawkins, Indiana, and was one of several national laboratories established following the Second World War. The lab controlled several subsidiaries, including Hawkins Power and Light.[2]

Jul 15, 2022 · While the fictional town of Hawkins isn't filmed in North Carolina – it's actually filmed in the bordering state of Georgia – real bodies of water, streets and other places in Durham have been...

This is a location guide for the sci-fi horror series "Stranger Things", which premiered on Netflix in July 2016. Although the show is set in a fictional town called Hawkins, Indiana, most of the filming actually took place close to Atlanta, Georgia.

Apr 10, 2023 · In Stranger Things, the town of Hawkins is actually Jackson, Georgia, in real life. But not everything was filmed in Jackson: The building used to represent the Hawkins Police Department, where Sheriff Jim Hopper (David Harbour) works, is located in nearby Douglasville, about 75 minutes away by car from Jackson.

Jul 4, 2019 · Stranger Things 3 dropped on Netflix on July 4. The hit sci-fi series, which stars actors Winona Ryder , Millie Bobby Brown , and Noah Schnapp , takes place in a town called Hawkins, Indiana.

It’s an all immersive experience that places you in a Stranger Things episode. The setting is the Hawkins National Laboratory and you’re there to participate in a sleep study. Your favorite Stranger Things characters are there virtually via a video feed. They help you escape the lab and things get intense thanks to 3D special effects.