M*A*S*H Filming Location - Then and Now shots 

Spent a couple of years in Korea and these locations here with their short sharp mountains are surprisingly similar to the hills north of Seoul. Whoever did the locations scouting did a great job.

My dad, a physician and surgeon, really enjoyed the M*A*S*H show. He died in 1981 so never saw the end of the series.

When I saw the title "Then and Now", I was sure I was going to see a Walmart! 😨 Thank goodness it's still so pristine and nobody has messed up this beautiful, natural M*A*S*H landscape! 😀😀

Thank you for filming this walk through MASH. I still enjoy watching reruns till this day.

Thank you for this sir. M.A.S.H. was my favorite show of my youth.My Dad and I watched it together until the end. My father joined the Army and served 3 years in Korea. He enlisted at 18 years old. He told me everything about his experiences. Some good, some horrifying.He received a Purple Heart for taking a round in his leg. My Dad is 84 now with Alzheimer's and Dementia. But he still remembers everything little from that war. From getting ambushed to getting drunk with the Sweedish Army. This meant a lot to me.Thanks again sir.

wow, I sure don't like to think of how the years have flown by, makes one kind of sad that a lot of the television heroes have passed and how our culture has changed and not always for the best. Thank you for your post.

Thank you, sir. Although not American, I felt the nostalgia in your visit to this famed site. The high quality of the series was such that viewers from everywhere experienced a kind of "ownership" of the personnel and surroundings. People from age 10 upwards found their own unique reasons for loving and identifying with the show which was, imo, the finest TV realistic fictional drama to leave the shores of the United States. Cheers, Col (69) NZ.

Thank you very much for taking the time to get to the site, video, narrate and add special effects to. Very enjoyable for those that will never have the opportunity to see the site live!

Be very careful going out there, Colonel Flagg is hiding somewhere in those trees watching you...

Thanks for the video. Hard to believe it was all there 44 years ago. The show was a part of my youth. Even better were the shows broadcast in color from 1975 in Australia. The re-runs are stil running in Australia in 2017. Not many shows made that could match the M.A.S.H. series.

one of the best shows ever made. i loved the show so much i bought the box set a few years ago. and i still watch all episodes in order over and over.

I remember my dad watching M*A*S*H when I was a kid. And I watch it every day now. Love it!

Amazing that it is not a tourist setup. Who wouldn't like sleeping in the swamp for a night?

As a young GI, I was stationed in Morocco in 1959. Many of the vehicles depicted in the MASH series were used daily at our Site Y - 11 in Morocco. MASH episodes remind me of those days back in Morocco.....

I was there a few weeks ago (April, 2018). It looks much the same, but the rusted truck is gone and the tent sites are no longer marked. However, they've set up picnic tables with camouflage netting over them at the site of the mess tent, so I was able to sit and have a snack in the mess tent! Too cool. Almost worth an 8,000 mile road trip just for that. Malibu Creek State Park is a really nice park, I was impressed, it also didn't hurt that the weather was just as nice as you could ask for, sunny and cool.

This is awesome! Thank you for uploading this. I used to watch M*A*S*H with my dad, in Kashmir. It brings back so many memories!

Thanks from NY. I dont fly so Ill never see it Live and I'm glad there are people who care enough and remember this magnificent show. Almost half a century & MASH is still fresh, original & tearjerking. Probably the best show in TV history. (Being from NYC & Jersey, The Sopranos run 2nd in my faves). 😊

Thank you for sharing, your adventure. I have enjoyed going to the M*A*S*H* set(s), for years. I still enjoy every episode.

One of the great things about MASH was the show NEVER disrespected those who served in the military. It portrayed the Korean conflict but appeared on TV at the end of the Vietnam war. Given how poorly we veterans were treated it was a joy to watch a show that showed all veterans the respect we had earned. For that reason alone it became one of my favorite shows.

Greatest show ever. I watch 4 episodes every day now, from 6 to 8 pm. They're running on the "old shows" channel. I love it!

The Vintage military vehicle was brought in as well as re-enactors in Feb 2008 because they had an event there with some of the old cast members such as Mike Farrell ("BJ Hunnicut"), Loretta Swit (Hotlips Houlihan), William Christopher (Fr. Mulcahy), Jeff Maxwell (Igor the Chef) as well as the director and producers!!

I enjoyed watching. I hike this same hike when I 13years old. I still watch the show and also have it on DVD.

Big part of me gets emotional watching this. I remember laying on the floor watching the show when I was 7&8 years old.

Very Cool Video!! It’s so hard to believe that’s its last Ep was 37 Years Ago!! M*A*S*H Is one of my all time FAVORITE TV Series!! Thanks for the trip down memory lane!!

That road you were on in the beginning looks like the spot where the bus broke down and Frank Burns was hoarding Hershey bars.

Very nice. Served a tour in Korea in the 70s. Everyone who served an Army tour in Korea loves this show and still watches the reruns.

someone should spell out goodbye in rocks as a permanent landmark right were in was at the end of the show up on the helipad..that would be cool

Very awesome ... thank you for doing what many of us M.A.S.H. fans may never get a chance to do. One of the greatest TV shows ever!

Going to LA in September to visit with the in laws and this is the first location on my list to visit, loved this show and the fabulous actors who stared in it, thank you for uploading this video.

Im 36 y/o and have watched this show all my life. My son and I watch it now. This is a pride of TV history that will go on for generations. I don't know anyone in my family who doesn't own the entire collection. Im just now finding out that there are After MASH shows.

Thank you very much SandhillDigger for sharing your visit with us...

Thank you for posting this, grew up on the show, this was a wonderful virtual tour.

Thank you Sir for the Tour.........One of my all time favorite programs

Hi. Mash has Been my fav.classic show 4 awile. I luv all the characters in the show.& its such classic hit remembering our troops overseas. It brings realization back again remaking the war in2 reality.

my sons middle name is hawkeye god bless all the actors the crew and everyone who was involved with the love this show portrayed ill never forget the love that was portrayed and the gags that made it the greatest show

I lived in Topanga Cyn for several years in the 80’s and this was one of my favorite day hikes. Beautiful, weirdly reminiscent to a MASH fan, and watch out for ticks.

when I attended marine corps boot camp at mcrd san diego in 1984 we went to camp Pendleton for rifle range and field training,and I remembered when we first arrived at camp san onofre for rftd I saw the mountains and commented that it reninded me of the opening credits for mash! one of our drill instructors replied that he believed the show was filmed in that area so it probably was! then he made me and the other private give him 50 bends and thrusts for talking in the ranks!

My all-time favorite TV show! Thanks for the video and sharing your memories with us.

Thanks for posting this one.I sometimes really miss the days of M*A*S*H..I also wonder if any of the cast members ever visit the old site?

I know it was the wind blowing against the microphone of the camera, but in my imagination, it was "5 o'clock Charlie" ready to bomb the ammo dump. Thank you for sharing this. MASH is an all time classic.

Isn't that the jeep "5 O'clock Charlie" destroyed??!! LOLOL!

Thank You for posting this! It is my all time favorite show. I have the entire series and binge watch it sometimes.

Some of the best yountube videos are the simplest one. Thank you!

What great memories I have been watching MASH for years and before then. I am still watching it today. I LOVE THIS SHOW

I hiked up there in 1982, during the break before the final season was filmed. Because it was the break, all the tents had been taken down, but, as now, you could see where they were set up. They had a lot of camouflage netting still in place around the helipad - I must confess that I swiped a strip of khaki fabric from there (as I'm sure many have done before me), but have no idea where it is now. You're right about the fire up there. In the series finale, I was always confused about why the plot had them "bugging out" just before the war's end, so that their last few scenes together took place with the 4077th set up at an entirely different location from the one we'd been familiar with all these years. As it turned out, it was necessary because the familiar location had been severely burned, and wasn’t usable for filming.

My band played at a good bye MASH event at the Binghamton NY Armory the night the series closed. My memory seems to recall a Thursday evening. No such event could have happened for any other TV production. America watched that last show. Amazing to see how little remains of the 80’s iconic show

There's a large part of me that wants to rebuild that site...

Thanks for the tour of the film site, SandhillDigger, they replay the show constantly here at 6pm and very often I go for weeks watching it while I prepare and eat dinner. My dad was in WWII so he hated MASH, the one that brought us together was PBS's World At War late on sunday night when they showed the real graphic B&W WWII footage. But it's a comfort to know I can visit it if I ever get out to California. I like national & state parks and camping/hiking. Looks like it'd be perfect to mountain bike in, actually.

Great video! Thanks for making the trek, filming the site so well, and doing such a good commentary on it. Many M*A*S*H fans, like myself, will probably never get to visit there....but thanks to this video...get to 'tag along' and see it anyway!

I was active duty USAF when MASH was on TV,, mostly oversea’s and AFRTS wasn’t airing it. I really only watched a few episodes when it was on TV,. But I was attending the USAFE NCO Academy in Kapaun AS in Germany when the last episode aired. I recall the set up bunch of TV’s in the Rec Center, Airman, NCO and Officers Clubs. I missed it, but the next day that was ALL I heard about from fellow classmates. Fast forward to today, I started watching MeTV as an escape from the crap on tv today and all the COVID and politics being stuffed down our throats and started watching MASH. It’s still relevant today and even more meaningful having been in uniform from 1971 - 1993. We started watching from episode 1 season 1 and are now up to season 6. I peaked at some things, but have only had the guts to watch a few minutes of the ending. What a marvelous tv show, it means so much to us all these decades later. I can tell you as a veteran I would want a Hawkeye to care for me if I had been wounded in combat. The last episode will be difficult I’m sure. USAF Retired

trip down memory lane. thank you so much for doing this, & posting. I love nostalgia.

I appreciate your time as effort to document this. It doesn't seem that long ago, in a way. It is sad to see the vehicles rusting. Nice to see the placards and thanks to whoever had the forethought to place them. THANKS for posting 👍

Fantastic. Thanks for filming and uploading.

Thank you for posting this sir. My wife and I STILL watch this from time to time as do my daughter's as well.

Out before my time but wanted to say what an awesome video this is. Loved the MASH series and this is going on my bucket list as I know where to go. Great video and thank you again.

I really miss that show thanks for the tour😊I still watch it every weekday from 7 to 8 I think I’ve seen every single episode twice or more 🤔

Interesting video. Thank you for taking the time to upload this.

Thank you for taking us to a familiar place, yet, nostalgic. Very cool! Doc Mike USN

My friends & I went there in 1980. The "unit" was basically set up, even between seasons. We took a ton of pictures. We were able to drive up to within 2 city blocks of the site. It was totally surprising how small the "buildings" were. Rosie's was a front, about 5 or 6 feet deep. Quite an experience. ;^D

This is really kind of moving to see all this and emotional as well... To think of all the people that were there carrying on their lives having families having troubles at home you know going on vacations carry on the life while they were making this show... I want to thank you very much for sharing this you did a really good job

5 o'clock Charlie was one of my favorite episodes. I remember those mountains too

Really enjoyed looking where the legendary hit M*A*S*H was filmed, loved this series growing up, along with starskey & Hutch , kojak and Columbo one of my favorite shows......Fond Memories.

Thanks for posting that. It's great that I could take a trip to the MASH film location all from the convenience of my room.

very nice to see the location. I grew up watching M.A.S.H. My father served in the Korean War and would occasionally comment on a memory that the show had prompted. Thank you.

Thanks for the Video! MASH was my Favorite Show back in the Day!

My older cousin's husband, a Marine, faught in the Korean War. She received notice he was missing in action. It turned out his unit was trapped behind enemy lines but was able to fight it's way back to allied held ground. It took them 5 days to so while suffering several casualties. As I was growing up he treated me really well.

This is a trip, thank you for your time and doing this video.

No other show will ever compare to M.A.S.H. Alan Alda ❤❤❤

Do yourself a favor, Watch complete "MASH" from first to last show on NETFLIX, Best show ever, never gets old great lines and jokes, all relevant in today's world I do know WAR is sad but MASH is like medicine helps the PAIN i watched as a teenager BUT love it more today

This Video was a treat to be able to see were for all those 11 Years the actual location and how it is preserved for the fans of the show to see.

Thank you sir for sharing this with us.. I enjoyed seeing the hill that the helicopter came around and the sign and oh my goodness the hike to get to where they filmed? Lol.. It was also very cool to find out where it was filmed so thank you for hiking up that long trail in 98° weather and filming it for us to see..

Great video. When I go around the world I always seek out these sort of sites and photograph myself in them. Well Done...

thank you soooooo much. this was the best show in television history. I watched this as a young child and I can not remember ANY program that can have you crying like a puss due to it being that tragic .. then crying like a puss due to it being THAT funny in under literally seconds. No movie or television show has had the true emotional impact as this cinematic masterpiece . THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!

I wish someone would go to some of these old movie sets and rebuild them as museums. It may not seem as important as other parts of our history but a show that runs as long as this one did it really should be preserved.

In those MASH episodes, I often thought Korea looked a lot like California.

Do to health issues I don't think I could make that hike at 53. I am very happy for you that you were not only able. But that you allowed me to ride along. I may never get there but I feel like I have visited too. Ty

I love videos like these that show old filming locations :) M.A.S.H was awesome :D

Love MASH and as an Aussie I'll never get the chance to see this site, so thanks for taking the effort to film it....I remember being shocked hearing the set got destroyed by a fire during final filming....it was clever the way they wrote it into the final movie length episode...

"`M' stands for `MOBILE'" Colonel Potter circa 1981

This is a very beautiful hike. there is one steep grade to deal with about half way in. But it's not difficult, just take your time and enjoy the out doors.

It was very nice to see the set of a show I love to this very day. I was fifteen when the last episode aired, and I remember how emotional it was then, and still is today, if you know how the characters developed over the history of the show. Thanks again for posting this!

A great show like then & even now when they show the re-runs. 1 of the best series ever!

LOVE THIS! Thanks for posting!

Pretty neat. Thanks for the tour. Barry

I was just a little boy going from house to house singing Christmas carols and dropping off trees and presents. One of the houses family was watching MASH and someone in our group said "MASH is starting!" they welcomed us in and we all watched an new episode of MASH in a warm crowed living room on a cold winter night. Good stuff

Thanks for you update video! I saw Mash as a child in Catholic school. I always enjoy every episode! I always will! 😇♥️😂

"Orientate" is not a word. "Orient" is the word you should have used regarding the maps and signs. Never end sentences with "at" as those are prepositions. Otherwise, I was glad to see another film about the condition of the former TV set.

Eine der besten Serien 0berhaupt. Ich schaue sie heute noch sehr gern.👍

While I was stationed in the LA area, we visited the MASH film site several times. The hospital was still standing (in good shape) as were the tent supports. The road to/from the site were a bit worn.... but it was a well worth trip.......Brought back wonderful memories.

The Greatest Show & the Greatest Generation, there will be no parallels. Period.

We could look out from a friend's house on Mulholland Hwy and see the chopper near Saddle Peak. We knew MASH was filming.

It would be amazing to go and visit this very special site. Thank you for sharing

use to stay up with my mom and watch this at 9 pm god bless mom i still remeber one night i was watching the beging they where digging fox holes because of major burns will never forget .shows today are sickning compared to the great life lessons in these shows

thnx for filming this. loved this show and always wondered where it was filmed and what it looked like ! great stuff. brill!

Hello, i think the dukes of hazzard was also filmed here ?MASH, miss that show, and miss those 70's en 80's...........wish i could go back in time :-)

Thank you for posting this. Mash is the best tv show that was ever made.

Hello! I lived in "The Swamp Tent" for the last 5 years of the show. Have we met? They called me "Miss MASH" probably because I actually, really did live in "The Swamp Tent" out there in the middle of nowhere in the Mountains.Hawkeye 'n BJ never really did. LoL! I can tell you this true fact from my heart: "If there would of been a way to live out the rest of my life in that Swamp Tent, you could of Never gotten me out!" During my life way out there, I met some of The Greatest People I could, or ever would of met anywhere else on Earth! M*A*S*H Fans, people from Every Part of The Globe would trek all the way out just to see the set! I bought cases of T-Shirts, just like the one I am wearing there, sitting in my home, "The Swamp Tent" I would give them out to certain people as I bought cases at the studio. Maybe You got one from me? Parents & children alike just Loved it! At times I was known for dressing a bit of the set for "Still Shots Only" I would even bring out "The Ric Shaw" & use a type of sign language & Point to the people as to what they should do to get some most xlnt photos of them, for their books to share with others back home! Well, I guess I should end here, after all, this is No Novel! Take Care, &, If you do ever plan to hike out there= "Beware of Rattlesnakes!!" I say this only as friendly advice! I made a Large plywood sign, leaninh up against Col. Potters stable, & I Always had a fresh dead one lying there because I wanted to Warn people of this True Danger! "Do NOT Open Any Tent Doors! That one just popped his head out, rattled his tail, & lunged at me! I blew the sucker's head off!" Would'nt You? : ) Take care, Use prayer, Miss M*A*S*H ~

Absolutely love the first 4 seasons. Thanks dude. This is super cool.

I was a kid when the show was on I didn't get it. I got it after came home from a tour of duty in South Korea.

Great video. Watched Mash for years. Love it