Martin McDonagh’s fierce, funny drama about a grieving mother who rents three billboards to shame the local police is set in a fictional Missouri town – but filmed in the mountains of western North Carolina, whose small towns became Ebbing.
Where was Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri filmed?
Three Billboards was filmed in western North Carolina – Sylva as the town of Ebbing, with the billboards near Black Mountain.
Every Three Billboards location, explained
Ebbing – Sylva
The town of Ebbing used Sylva in Jackson County, North Carolina.
The billboards – Black Mountain
The three billboards stood on a real road near Black Mountain, North Carolina.
The surrounding towns
Scenes used Dillsboro, Maggie Valley and Cullowhee, North Carolina.
The mountain country
The film is set against the mountains of western North Carolina.
Planning a visit
The small mountain towns of western North Carolina – Sylva and Black Mountain – are real, charming, accessible places behind the film’s Ebbing.
