Gear rental · Wickenburg, Arizona
Camera and drone rentals for Wickenburg productions
Wickenburg is forty-five miles up Grand Avenue with no freeway, and it is the reason the delivery map does not stop at the Loop 303. A real western town with a jail tree, an 1895 depot, a restored ghost town at Vulture City and the guest ranches that made it the Dude Ranch Capital of the World, it books period pieces, rodeo coverage, ranch hospitality films and the kind of landscape work that needs a drone and a long lens.
~60 mindrive time
45 miroad miles
From Frontier Street, straight down Grand Ave (US-60).
Route data © OpenStreetMap contributors
Shooting in Wickenburg
Ghost town, rodeo arena and river preserve.
At this distance most shoots run several days, so the fourth day free and the seven-for-five week are built into the quote before anyone asks. They also leave the counter with more batteries than a city order, because Vulture Mine Road has no outlets.
Vulture City and the western plate
Original and restored 1800s buildings, from the 1884 Assay Office to the Cookhouse, twelve miles down Vulture Mine Road, with Vulture Peak behind them. Period films, music videos and brand work that wants dust and history shoot here with a cine body, the Vespid primes, a Dana Dolly for the slow reveal past the Assay Office, and, with Vulture City's approval, a drone for the mountain.
Rodeo and the guest ranches
Gold Rush Days in February, the Everett Bowman Rodeo Arena on Constellation Road and Rancho de los Caballeros book event coverage and hospitality films. Long lenses and high frame rates for the arena, a gimbal for the trail ride, wireless lavs for the wranglers, and comms for a crew spread across a fairground.
The Hassayampa and the long light
The Hassayampa River Preserve's 770 acres hold cottonwood and willow forest and Palm Lake, a rare green plate in the desert. It is a Maricopa County park open Wednesday to Sunday from 7 or 8am by season, and a commercial shoot needs a county Special Use Permit. Plan a long day, a battery kit sized for it, and a delivery the day before.
Where productions work in Wickenburg
From Frontier Street to Vulture Mine Road.
Wickenburg is a long run, so each drop is planned to the address and the gate, from the Frontier Street depot to Vulture City and Wickenburg Ranch up US-93.
- Downtown Frontier Street
- Tegner and Wickenburg Way
- Wickenburg Ranch
- Los Caballeros
- Vulture Mine Road
- Constellation Road
- Congress and Yarnell
- Morristown and Wittmann
Locations worth building a shot around
- The Jail Tree at Tegner and Wickenburg Way, the town's jail from 1863 to 1890
- The 1895 Santa Fe depot on Frontier Street, now the visitor center
- Vulture City, the 1863 gold camp twelve miles down Vulture Mine Road
- Hassayampa River Preserve and Palm Lake, 770 acres along the river
- Vulture Peak, 3,658 ft, the high point of the Vulture Mountains
- The Saguaro Theater on Wickenburg Way, built in 1948 by Red Harkins
The kit Wickenburg shoots pull
The Wickenburg western kit
Sony FX6 with the full Vespid prime set for a matched period look, a Dana Dolly on speed rail for the slow reveal, the DJI Mavic 4 Pro for Vulture Peak, the Vespid 125mm for the arena, DJI Transmission for the director, a deep stack of V-mount packs and the dual V-mount charger, the Hollyland comms for a spread-out crew, and hard cases that shrug off the dust. A week here pays for five days.
From these shelves
Same building: Influence Studios
Rent the gear. Book the stage. One roof.
The counter shares a nearly 10,000 sq ft building with Influence Studios: a 2,000 sq ft cyc wall, a 30 by 10 ft LED volume wall, a podcast suite and 16 standing sets across 9 studios, bookable by the hour from $49/hr. Studio time includes lighting and audio; cameras come from this shelf.
Good to know
Wickenburg questions, answered.
Yes. It is one of the longest runs on the map, forty-five miles each way with no freeway, and it is quoted as such. A shoot this far out usually runs several days, and with the fourth day free the delivery is a small part of the order. Pickup at the Glendale counter is the alternative, and Grand Avenue runs straight there.
Plan on two packs for every one you would use in a city, and a dual charger running off the vehicle or the ranch house overnight. For a cine body, a monitor and a transmitter over a long day, that works out to around eight V-mount packs. Heat is hard on batteries, so keep the spares in the shade.
Wickenburg sits well outside the Valley's controlled airspace, so a Part 107 pilot can usually fly without an authorization. Vulture City is gated private property and allows drones only with its approval in advance. The Hassayampa River Preserve is now a Maricopa County park, where park rules keep model aircraft to designated areas and a commercial shoot needs a county Special Use Permit, so clear it with the county first.
Shoot Wickenburg for a week, pay for five days.
Live availability for your dates. Pick up at the Glendale counter or have it delivered to set.