The Quartzsite Yacht Club The filming of the movie, in late 2018, did not seem to draw much attention from residents, nor disrupt daily activities. Most of McDormand’s scenes were filmed where ...

The Quartzsite Yacht Club The filming of the movie, in late 2018, did not seem to draw much attention from residents, nor disrupt daily activities. Most of McDormand’s scenes were filmed where ...

Quartzsite, Arizona, is a small highway town where snowbirds flock each year. For $180, visitors can stay on public land for up to seven months. It's also where the movie "Nomadland" was filmed.

Quartzsite was home to 39 mines in its heyday, Thomas Farley wrote in a 2017 article for Rock & Gem magazine. By the mid 1960s, many had been shut down, and rockhounders came calling, he said.