| This has to be one of the greatest locations for any back to the future fan to visit! If you love what the 80's movie gateway calls "Movie Archaeology" you will LOVE this site! Marty, after being shot at on the Peabody's Twin Pines Ranch, pulls over and can't believe his eyes... It's his future home! Only... it's not built yet! So we arrive at the Lyon Estates - in 1955!
Though it seems a short stretch down the road from the farm in the movie, this spot is about 70 miles away in the southernmost part of Chino, California. Technically, this is private property, but luckily for all of us BTTF fans, they open up the gates every fair-weathered weekend for R/C plane flights in a nearby field.
When you get to chino (click the links above to get directions) make sure you continue down Chino-Corona road. The road will actually continue to the left, but keep going straight, until you see the gates with the "PRIVATE PROPERTY" sign. It's just beyond. This is farm country, so although you technically take a legal risk (mind you, this is your OWN legal risk) passing the gate when closed, the site is only a few yards beyond the gate and I'm sure no one will mind if you explain that you're just there to take a few photos. If anyone sees you at all, which I doubt.
Actually, on our most recent trip, we had a chance to speak to the caretaker's wife, who told us that it's ok to be back there (on the road only mind you, not in their fields) to take photos etc, but she did think the idea was a little nuts, and she warned us that if, in fact, you find the gate open on a weekday, to be careful parking your car out of sight of them, because there's a chance you could be locked in!
However, avoid the possibilty of trouble altogether and try and make it early (I reccomend 10am) on a Saturday or a Sunday. Very little has changed here, other than some added gates and fences, and there's even some gravel left by the production crew! (See photos below!)
Check out our visiting info after our screenshot comparisons and archive photos below!


BTTFtour.com visit in Spring 2005
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