Find amazing places to take photos
ShotHotspot is a search engine for photography locations. It maps 200,063 photo spots in 245 countries from 3,858,235 geotagged photos, so you can find places to take pictures near you or wherever you travel: landscapes, sunsets, cityscapes, architecture, wildlife, photoshoot locations and abandoned buildings.
Search for a town, city or landmark, or use your location, to see the most photographed spots on a map with their photos. Each spot's page shows where the sun and moon rise and set on any day, the months photographers visit most, and the lenses and settings people use there.
Featured hotspots
- The Lake Wanaka Tree - 51 photos; Queenstown Lakes District, Otago, New Zealand
- Diablo Lake - 60 photos; Bellingham, USA
- Turimetta Beach - 25 photos; Australia
- Jackson Street Bridge View - 42 photos; Atlanta, GA, USA
- Tasman Lake - 53 photos; Tasman Lake, Ball Hut Track, Mackenzie District, Canterbury, New Zealand
- Godafoss Waterfall - 58 photos; Iceland
- Swiftcurrent Lake - 44 photos; Montana, USA
- Giant's Causeway - 3 photos; Northern Ireland, UK
- Antelope Canyon - 43 photos; Arizona, USA
- The Tufa Towers of Mono Lake - 49 photos
- Old Storr - 49 photos; Highland, UK
- The Wave, Valley of Fire - 59 photos; Clark County, NV, USA
- Crystal Mill - 23 photos; Colorado, USA
- Stata Center MIT - 52 photos; Boston, MA, USA
- Fairy Pools - 53 photos; Highland, Vereinigtes Königreich
- Grand Prismatic Spring - 46 photos; Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190, USA
- Ponta da Piedade - 22 photos; Lagos, Portugal
- The Ladybower Viaduct - 44 photos; High Peak District, Derbyshire, UK
- Whale Beach - 20 photos; Australia
- Hamilton Pool - 42 photos; Texas, USA
Popular destinations
- Iceland - Gullfoss Waterfall, Plane Wreck Dc3 Dakota, Grótta Lighthouse
- London - Canary Wharf Docks, Coronet Cinema, Silvertown Tunnel
- New York - Times Square, Chinatown, Grand Central Station
- Paris - l'Arc de Triomphe, Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame Cathedral
- Tokyo - Ginza, Tokyo International Forum, Hakone Shrine
- Venice - Island of Colours: Burano Island, San Marco, Ospedale Al Mare - Lido di Venezia - Abandoned Theatre
- San Francisco - Bay Bridge, View from Potrero Hill, Lombard Street
- Sydney - White Bay Power Station, Billabong Gardens, Glebe Tram
Abandoned places
33,024 abandoned buildings, hospitals, factories and theme parks, mapped for urban exploration and photography.
- Abandoned places near me, by country
- Pratt-Pullman Yard (Forgotten Repair Yard) - Atlanta, GA, USA
- Abandoned Alter - Shenandoah Valley, VA, USA
- Goldfield Ghost Town - Arizona, USA
- Abandoned - Lillesden School For Girls - Rother District, East Sussex, UK
- Abandoned Westinghouse - Cleveland, OH, USA
Photography location guides
- The 12 best photo spots in Houston, from the bayou to the Space Center - The skyline from Buffalo Bayou, two James Turrell light works, a house covered in beer cans, a marble Hindu temple and a Saturn V: where to shoot in Houston, and when.
- The 10 best photo spots in Sydney, from the harbor to the ocean pools - The Opera House at sunrise, the Harbour Bridge from Kirribilli, waves over Mahon Pool and the bridge that curves out over the sea: where to stand in Sydney, and when.
- 8 places on the California coast worth the drive, and when to go - From the Mendocino Headlands to Scripps Pier: Bixby Bridge, McWay Falls, the keyhole arch at Pfeiffer Beach and four more, with the fog, tide and sun timing for each.
- 10 abandoned places you can photograph legally, and how to find more near you - Ghost towns, blast furnaces, a prison kept as a ruin and a Cold War spy station in Berlin: ten abandoned places open to photographers, with when to go and the rules.
- The 10 best photo spots in Edinburgh, and when the light is right - Calton Hill at sunset, Dean Village, the Forth Bridge after dark and the causeway to Cramond Island you can only walk at low tide: where to stand and when.
- The 10 best photo spots in London, and when to shoot them - Tower Bridge at sunrise, St Paul's from a free rooftop, a Victorian market that looks better in the rain, and the two evenings a year the sun sets behind St Paul's.
- The 10 best places to photograph New York City - From the pilings in Brooklyn Bridge Park to Manhattanhenge on 42nd Street: where to stand in New York, what time to be there, and which lens the people who got the shot actually used.
- The best photo spots in San Francisco, and how to beat the fog - Golden Gate views from both ends, the Lands End labyrinth, the Painted Ladies and the skyline from Treasure Island, with the months the fog is most likely to spoil them.
- The 10 best Grand Canyon viewpoints for photography - Which rim viewpoints to pick for sunrise and sunset, why winter is underrated, and the remote overlook with a 3,000-foot drop to the river.
Turn up at the right place, at the right time
- Sun and moon on the map - See where the sun rises and sets at any spot, on any day, with the golden and blue hours and the moon.
- Best time of year - Which months photographers visit each spot, from thousands of real photos, so you can pick your season.
- How it was shot - The lenses and settings people use at each spot, and whether to bring a tripod.
ShotHotspot is a search engine for photography locations: it maps where people take photos, worldwide, from millions of geotagged photos. Browse by country, abandoned places, guides.