Filming Locations
The Japanese Garden, located on the grounds of the Tillman Water Reclamation Plant in Van Nuys, California designed by California architect Anthony J Lumsden, 333 miles (536 km) south, was used to film the main academy's campus near San Francisco; images of the Golden Gate Bridge were superimposed to make the shoot appear as if it were indeed on San Francisco Bay.
In 2009, the exterior of Oviatt Library at California State University, Northridge was used to depict Starfleet Academy in J. J. Abrams' Star Trek feature film.
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