Easy Rider filming location: Las Vegas, New Mexico

Easy Rider. One of the great films of the 1960s, and one of few road trip stories in American culture where the characters travel from west to east. During my summer 2021 visit to New Mexico, I just had to find an Easy Rider filming location to visit... And indeed, I found one in Las Vegas, New Mexico. The image above is from the jail scene in Easy Rider. This is the scene where Nicholson is released from jail on the public intoxication charge and agrees to travel with Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. Here's the scene on YouTube: "Here's to old D.H. Lawrence." Nicholson says as he has a drink on the sidewalk here. 

Nicholson in Easy Rider - scene filmed in Las Vegas, New Mexico.

Here's the same location in August of 2021. The jail in the film is a place called Tito's Gallery. 

I also grabbed a video from here. 

KMRD 96.9 radio station sign in Madrid, New Mexico

KMRD 96.9 FM sign in Madrid, New Mexico. You can listen this station online. 

North Gate Boulevard near Gleneagle, Colorado

View at dusk from a boulevard leading into Gleneagle, Colorado. 

Looking down at the Rio Grande river - view from the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge outside of Taos, New Mexico

Looking down on the Rio Grande river. View from the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge outside of Taos. I also posted this picture on Twitter. 

Looking down Bridge Street in Las Vegas, New Mexico

Staring down Bridge Street in Las Vegas, New Mexico. I also posted this photo on Twitter. 

Cathedral Park in Santa Fe, New Mexico

View from Old Town Santa Fe, New Mexico. I also posted this on Twitter.