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Locations
Regions, cities, realms and landmarks drawn from the legendarium, gathered by geography by default — from Eriador in the west to Mordor in the east. Coordinates are approximate positions on the shared atlas map, good for orientation but not cartographic precision.
32 entries · grouped below
Eriador
7 entries
LocationThe Shire
The green homeland of the Hobbits in the west of Eriador, sheltered and largely overlooked by the great powers.
Bree
A village of Men and Hobbits at the crossing of the great roads of Eriador, home of the Prancing Pony.
LocationRivendell
Elrond’s refuge in a hidden valley below the Misty Mountains, a haven of lore, healing and counsel.
Weathertop
A ruined watchtower on a hill in the Weather Hills, where Frodo was wounded by the Witch-king.
The Grey Havens
The Elven harbour in the Gulf of Lune from which the Eldar sail into the West.
The Old Forest
A sinister remnant of the great woods of Eriador, home to Old Man Willow and Tom Bombadil’s country.
LocationThe Trollshaws
Wooded hills east of the Hoarwell where Bilbo’s company met the three trolls, and where Aragorn later guarded the road.
The North
1 entryThe Misty Mountains
1 entry
The Vales of Anduin
2 entries
Rhovanion
4 entries
LocationMirkwood
The great forest of Rhovanion, home of the Woodland Realm and, before the war, of a growing darkness.
Dol Guldur
Sauron’s dark fortress in southern Mirkwood, from which he grew again in the Third Age.
LocationErebor
The great Dwarven kingdom under the Lonely Mountain, taken by Smaug and reclaimed in the quest of Thorin.
LocationLake-town
A town of Men built on the Long Lake below Erebor, destroyed by Smaug and rebuilt.
Rohan
4 entries
LocationIsengard
Saruman’s fortress at the southern end of the Misty Mountains, ruined by the Ents in the War of the Ring.
LocationRohan
The horse-lords’ kingdom north of the White Mountains, granted to the Éothéod for service to Gondor.
LocationEdoras
The capital of Rohan, its golden hall Meduseld standing on a green hill below the White Mountains.
LocationHelm’s Deep
The fortress of the Hornburg in the valley behind the Deeping Wall, scene of Rohan’s greatest defensive battle.
Gondor
6 entriesGondor
The great southern kingdom of the Dúnedain, long defended by its Stewards and finally restored under King Elessar.
LocationMinas Tirith
The seven-tiered white city of Gondor, built into Mount Mindolluin, and the great fortress of the West.
LocationOsgiliath
The ruined former capital of Gondor on the Anduin, contested throughout the War of the Ring.
LocationIthilien
The fair land between the Anduin and the Mountains of Shadow, contested by Gondor and Mordor.
LocationThe Pelennor Fields
The fertile plain before Minas Tirith, site of the great battle that broke Sauron’s western army.
LocationThe Paths of the Dead
The haunted pass beneath the White Mountains through which Aragorn summoned the Oathbreakers.
Mordor
4 entries
LocationMordor
Sauron’s realm behind the Mountains of Shadow, ringed by the Ephel Dúath and Ered Lithui.
Barad-dûr
Sauron’s vast fortress in Mordor, its foundations built with the power of the One Ring.
Mount Doom
The volcanic mountain in Mordor where the One Ring was forged and, at the end, destroyed.
Minas Ithil
The Gondorian sister-city of Minas Tirith, captured by Sauron and made the Witch-king’s seat.