'Friday Night Lights' In Austin: A Map Of Shooting Locations

'Friday Night Lights' Shooting Locations Revealed In Map Form
FILE - This 2006 photo, provided by NBC Universal, shows actors Connie Britton, standing center left, as Tami Taylor, Kyle Chandler, foreground, as Eric Taylor in the NBC series "Friday Night Lights." Mitt Romney is giving a campaign-trail twist to an inspirational slogan from the TV series "Friday Night Lights" as he rides an upswing in polls after last weeks debate. The coach of the football team at fictional West Dillon High School in rural Texas would build up the Panthers by saying, "Clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose!" Friday Night Lights aired on NBC and DirectTV over five years, ending last year, and remains a Romney favorite. (AP Photo/NBC, Bill Records)
FILE - This 2006 photo, provided by NBC Universal, shows actors Connie Britton, standing center left, as Tami Taylor, Kyle Chandler, foreground, as Eric Taylor in the NBC series "Friday Night Lights." Mitt Romney is giving a campaign-trail twist to an inspirational slogan from the TV series "Friday Night Lights" as he rides an upswing in polls after last weeks debate. The coach of the football team at fictional West Dillon High School in rural Texas would build up the Panthers by saying, "Clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose!" Friday Night Lights aired on NBC and DirectTV over five years, ending last year, and remains a Romney favorite. (AP Photo/NBC, Bill Records)

This time of year, more than 100,000 souls descend upon Austin, Texas, for SXSW for a certain combination of music, film, computers, comedy, beer, and tacos. Sure, those things are fun, but you know what's more fun (or at least more emotionally resonant)? Friday Night Lights! And Austin is its home. (Well, its real home, as that's where they shot -- Dillon, Texas, is sadly only a fictional place in our full hearts.) So if you're going to SXSW this year, why not skip a day of cool bands and cool beer and instead take a life-affirming tour of Friday Night Lights locations? Below is an interactive map and list of key shooting locations. Have fun, guys. Clear eyes, full gas tank, can't lose.

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