Editing The Big Country (section)

===Locations===
The Blanco Canyon scenes were filmed in California's [[Red Rock Canyon State Park (California)|Red Rock Canyon State Park]] in the [[Mojave Desert]]. The ranch and field scenes with greenery were filmed in the [[Sierra Nevada]] foothills near the town of [[Farmington, California|Farmington]] in central California.<ref name='Orvis'>{{cite web| url = http://www.orvisranch.com/bigcountry/index.shtml| title = Orvis Cattle Company page about the film locations}}</ref> Today Snow Ranch, a working cattle ranch, is also used during the winter months (of lower fire risk) by a club of the [[National Association of Rocketry]] for launches of model and mid- and high-power amateur rockets.<ref name='Orvis'/>