Locations

The My Little Pony Friendship is Magic franchise features many geographical locations, and takes place primarily in the magical land of Equestria.

Equestria
Equestria is the main setting of the show. The exact affiliation of most locations with Equestria is not specified. A stylized map of Equestria appears in the series' guidebook, and it encompasses most of the locations below. A more updated version was included in The Art of Equestria. Other locations that appear or are mentioned in the series are also included.

Canterlot
Canterlot is the capital of Equestria and home to the royal palace of Princess Celestia and Princess Luna. It was also the home of Twilight Sparkle and Spike prior to their relocation to Ponyville. Canterlot is where large events such as the Grand Galloping Gala take place. The name is a reference to Camelot, the home to King Arthur and his "Knights of The Round Table" as well as being a play on the word "canter," which is a three-beat gait possessed by all horses that is faster than a trot but slower than a gallop.

Ponyville
Ponyville is a small town that is the main setting of the series and the home of the main characters. Princess Twilight Sparkle's Castle of Friendship is found there at the very end of season four. Ponyville was founded by Earth ponies, but it is currently inhabited by Pegasi and unicorns as well.

Everfree Forest
The Everfree Forest is located outside of Ponyville. The ponies say the forest is not natural and it doesn't work like the rest of Equestria, since plants grow by themselves, animals care for themselves, and the weather changes without the help of ponies. Zecora's hut is located in the forest and it is also home to some strange creatures, including ursas, timberwolves and parasprites. The Tree of Harmony is found far into the forest, in a gorge located near the Castle of the Two Sisters. Fluttershy envisions her banishment from Equestria in the episode A Bird in the Hoof in a place visually matching the Everfree Forest. Spike, feeling abandoned, goes to a place visually matching the Everfree Forest, and not very far from Ponyville, in Owl's Well That Ends Well.

Saddle Lake
Featured in Griffon the Brush Off, Winter Wrap Up, Too Many Pinkie Pies, Maud Pie, Leap of Faith, Tanks for the Memories, The One Where Pinkie Pie Knows, Triple Threat, and School Daze - Part 1. Saddle L. is present on the official map of Equestria.

White Tail Woods
The site for the Running of the Leaves held in the episodes Fall Weather Friends and Tanks for the Memories, where the ponies run through the forest to shake the leaves off the trees. It is also mentioned in A Royal Problem and in chapter 4 of The Stormy Road to Canterlot. It is present on the official map of Equestria. The name of the woods is possibly inspired by the white-tailed deer.

Froggy Bottom Bogg
Froggy Bottom Bogg is featured in Feeling Pinkie Keen. As the name suggests, it is a swampland consisting of mangroves and bubbling swamp water. Fluttershy relocates some frogs to the bog because of overpopulation. When Pinkie Pie gets an ominous premonition, Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Spike and Pinkie Pie venture to the bog to make sure Fluttershy is okay. They come upon a hydra who chases them to a chasm which they cross in order to escape.

In Rainbow Dash and the Daring Do Double Dare. In chapter 1 of The Stormy Road to Canterlot, Tempest Shadow recalls visiting Froggy Bottom Bogg in her youth. Bogg is present on the official map of Equestria.

Cloudsdale
Cloudsdale is a city in the sky where the Best Young Flyer competition takes place and where Equestria's weather is made. Only Pegasi live and work there, since non-Pegasus ponies cannot stand on clouds. It is also the former hometown of both Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy. The Weather Factory is located there. The name is a reference to the Clydesdale, a breed of draft horses.

Rambling Rock Ridge
In A Dog and Pony Show, The Cutie Mark Chronicles, and The Return of Harmony Part 2. Rockridge is mentioned on page 1. Rambling Rock Ridge is present on the official map of Equestria.

Appleloosa
Appleloosa is featured in the episode Over a Barrel. It is the hometown of Applejack's cousin Braeburn. It is a mostly arid location with a large orchard of apple trees. The Buffalo lands have their own chief and their denizens have a territorial battle with the newly arrived Equestrian settlers of Appleloosa. The name of the town comes from the Appaloosa breed of horse.

Manehattan
Manehattan is a large city featured in The Cutie Mark Chronicles, Rarity Takes Manehattan, Made in Manehattan, and The Gift of the Maud Pie. It is the hometown of Babs Seed and Applejack's Aunt and Uncle Orange. The name is spelled "Manehatten" on the original version of the guidebook map, but spelled "Manehattan" on the updated version of the map. The name is a play on Manhattan Island, a section of New York City.

Western Equestria
First mentioned in Pinkie Pie and the Rockin' Ponypalooza Party! Also mentioned by Fluttershy in It Ain't Easy Being Breezies. Later mentioned in the 2017 promotional video The Fresh Princess of Friendship, according to which Pinkie Pie was born and raised here. Mentioned again in Fluttershy Leans In, according to which Lola the sloth originated from here.

Rockville
Identified as Pinkie Pie's hometown in the Hearthbreakers storybook adaptation The Reason for the Season.

Ghastly Gorge
A gorge filled with perils, such as a windy cave, bramble bushes and quarray eels. Rainbow Dash held a contest to see who would be her pet there in May the Best Pet Win!. Maud Pie considers moving to the gorge in Rock Solid Friendship. In Shadow Play - Part 2, Applejack states that the gorge was originally the Ghastly Caverns before a thousand years of erosion turned it into the Ghastly Gorge. In Friendship University, Twilight Sparkle has a Ghastly Gorge postcard. In Road to Friendship. It is present on the official map of Equestria.

Dodge Junction
Dodge Junction, sometimes called Dodge City, is an old-western town introduced in the episode The Last Roundup. Like Appleloosa, the town consists mostly of desert but capable of growing cherry trees. The town's name is a reference to Dodge City, Kansas, a town famous in the United States for its role in the wild frontier of the Old West.

Dragon Lands
The Dragon Lands is a volcanic island region introduced in the season two episode Dragon Quest. It is home to mostly dragons and some phoenixes. It is also featured in the season six episode Gauntlet of Fire, the season seven episode Shadow Play - Part 1, and the season eight episode School Daze - Part 2. It is called Dragon's Lair on the official map.

Frozen North
Featured in Siege of the Crystal Empire; evoqued by Princess Celestia in The Crystal Empire - Part 1 and by Twilight in The Crystalling - Part 1. It is present on the official map of Equestria.

Crystal Empire
The Crystal Empire is introduced in season three's premiere episode. Celestia addresses the Crystal Empire as part of Equestria in the episode. In The Ballad of the Crystal Empire, Twilight Sparkle mentions the Crystal Kingdom as part of the Crystal Ponies' history. It is also home to the Crystal Ponies as well as Shining Armor and Princess Cadance, who took over the kingdom after King Sombra was defeated a second time by the Crystal Heart. The book Twilight Sparkle and the Crystal Heart Spell names the Crystal Empire as part of Equestria.

Crystal Mountains
Featured in and ; mentioned by Twilight Sparkle and explored by Pinkie Pie in Party Pooped, also mentioned by Rainbow Dash in Top Bolt, explored by Star Swirl the Bearded and Rare Find in Friendship University, and supposedly seen around the Crystal Empire in the episodes The Crystal Empire - Part 2 and Games Ponies Play. It is present on the official map of Equestria.

Yaket Mountain Range
Featured in. Yaket Range is present on the official map of Equestria.

Winsome Falls
Winsome Falls are composed of multiple rainbow-colored waterfalls. It is the camping destination for Applejack, Apple Bloom, Rarity, Sweetie Belle, Rainbow Dash, and Scootaloo in the episodes Sleepless in Ponyville and Campfire Tales.

Tenochtitlan Basin
The Tenochtitlan Basin is a region located in a remote part of Equestria, mostly marked by trees. It is featured in the episode Daring Don't. Two areas of note here are Daring Do's house and the Fortress of Talacon. The basin shares its name with the ancient Aztec city-state Tenochtitlan.

Rainbow Falls
An Equestrian village that appears in the season four episode of the same name. Like Winsome Falls, it mostly consists of rainbow-colored waterfalls, but also has a handful of dwellings and a training course for holding the Equestria Games tryouts. The village holds an annual Traders Exchange as seen in Trade Ya! Rainbow Falls can also briefly be seen in one of the dimensional rifts opened by Midnight Sparkle in My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Friendship Games.

Fillydelphia
Fillydelphia is a largely modern city mentioned in several episodes and featured heavily in. It is home to both ponies and dragons. The city is also present on the official map. Its name is a play on Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Lauren Faust, the show's creator, mentioned in a comment on DeviantArt that she wanted to name the main setting of the show Fillydelphia but ultimately went with Ponyville.

Las Pegasus
Las Pegasus is first mentioned in It's About Time and physically featured in Viva Las Pegasus. It is a popular vacation and tourist destination with bright lights, large crowds, and various games and activities. It is present on all versions of the official map of Equestria under two different spellings: "Los Pegasus" and "Las Pegasus". The name is a play on Las Vegas according to It's About Time writer M. A. Larson.

Applewood
Applewood, Coltifornia is featured in, mentioned in , mentioned again in Lyra and Bon Bon and the Mares from S.M.I.L.E., featured again in , and also mentioned in Gameloft's mobile game. It is present on the official map of Equestria. The name is a play on Hollywood.

Baltimare
Baltimare is a city mentioned in It's About Time. It is referenced when Rainbow Dash gives a mini-report that a Pegasus just came back from there, and there was no danger. It is shown, without being identified by name, in Pinkie Pride and again in Twilight's Kingdom - Part 2. In. It is briefly featured in the eighth episode of Baby Flurry Heart's Heartfelt Scrapbook, where it shares its design with Maretropolis. In A Royal Problem, the mayor of Baltimare appears at Canterlot Castle in a heated argument with the mayor of Fillydelphia. In A Royal Problem's locked script, the mayor of Baltimare mentions that Baltimare is where Flash Prance "staged his final resistance against the horde". The city is present on the official map of Equestria. Its name is a play on the real life city called Baltimore.

Hollow Shades
Mentioned in the episode Apple Family Reunion by Apple Bloom while she is rattling off town names where Apple family members live. It is shown on a map, without being identified by name, in Pinkie Pride and again in Twilight's Kingdom - Part 2. In Shadow Play - Part 2, it is shown in the present day when the Pony of Shadows rises to power again. It is present on the official map of Equestria.

Galloping Gorge
Mentioned in the episode Apple Family Reunion by Apple Bloom while she is rattling off town names. It is shown, without being identified by name, in Pinkie Pride and again in Twilight's Kingdom - Part 2. Mentioned in The Stormy Road to Canterlot. It is present on the official map of Equestria.

Foal Mountain
Mentioned in the episode Apple Family Reunion by Apple Bloom while she is rattling off town names and in Shadow Play - Part 1. It is shown, without being identified by name, in Pinkie Pride and again in Twilight's Kingdom - Part 2. Featured in and. It is present on the official map of Equestria.

Ponhenge
Ponhenge is a magical rock formation located at the base of Foal Mountain and featured in the season seven finale Shadow Play. It is the site from which Stygian tried to replicate the Pillars of Old Equestria's artifacts and the Pillars banished the Pony of Shadows to limbo. Its name is a play on Stonehenge.

Tall Tale
Mentioned in the episode Apple Family Reunion by Apple Bloom while she is rattling off town names. It is shown, without being identified by name, in Pinkie Pride and again in Twilight's Kingdom - Part 2. It is present on the official map of Equestria.

Smokey Mountains
Shown, without being identified by name, in Pinkie Pride and again in Twilight's Kingdom - Part 2. Mentioned in Daring Do and the Eternal Flower. Featured in The Hooffields and McColts as the home of the Hooffield and McColt families. In Princess Luna and the Festival of the Winter Moon. It is present on the official map of Equestria. It is featured in My Little Pony: Cutie Map Quest A Punch-Out & Play Activity Book, according to which "The Smokey Mountains are two majestic peaks near Equestria's western shore. Between them lies a luscious valley where lots of critters live and play. Two pony families live on the mountains, the Hooffields and the McColts."

Vanhoover
Shown, without being identified by name, in Daring Don't, and again in Pinkie Pride and Twilight's Kingdom - Part 2. Mentioned by Rainbow Dash in Top Bolt and again in The Perfect Pear as the location to which Grand Pear and the Pear family moved in order to expand their family business some time before the series' present day. It is briefly featured in the eighth episode of Baby Flurry Heart's Heartfelt Scrapbook. It is also mentioned on Enterplay collectible card game α #31 R, a card of Full Steam, and in The Stormy Road to Canterlot. It is present on the official map of Equestria. The name is a play on Vancouver.

Hill Top
Featured but unnamed in Three's A Crowd; Discord calls it "a hill at the very edge of Equestria", which together with the official map of Equestria narrows down its placement to either the San Palomino Desert or the Badlands. Featured and named in Friendship University; Star Swirl the Bearded writes on a Hill Top postcard to Twilight Sparkle.

San Palomino Desert
Shown, without being identified by name, in Pinkie Pride and again in Twilight's Kingdom - Part 2. Featured in Daring Do and the Forbidden City of Clouds. Mentioned in The Stormy Road to Canterlot. It is present on the official map of Equestria.

Either this location or the Badlands is shown on a horizon far from Canterlot in A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2 and page 2 panel 1 and/or includes Hill Top.

Badlands
Shown, without being identified by name, in Pinkie Pride and again in Twilight's Kingdom - Part 2. Featured in, Tails of Equestria, and The Curse of the Statuettes. It is present on the official map of Equestria.

Either this location or the San Palomino Desert is shown on a horizon far from Canterlot in A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2 and page 2 panel 1 and/or includes Hill Top.

Dustmane Ridge
Featured in The Curse of the Statuettes.

Umberfoal
Featured in The Curse of the Statuettes and The Festival of Lights.

Agaricus Forest
An underground forest containing the Agari's home city Agarica detailed in The Festival of Lights and The Bestiary of Equestria.

Trial of Wind
Featured in The Curse of the Statuettes.

Site B
Featured in The Curse of the Statuettes.

Dodge Canyon
Featured in The Curse of the Statuettes.

Mane Six Campsite
Featured in The Curse of the Statuettes.

Site A & Trial of Earth
Featured in The Curse of the Statuettes.

Trial of Fire
Featured in The Curse of the Statuettes.

Unicorn Mountain Range
Shown, without being identified by name, in Pinkie Pride and again in Twilight's Kingdom - Part 2. Featured in Daring Do and the Forbidden City of Clouds. In. Unicorn Range is present on the official map of Equestria.

Breezie Village
In the episode It Ain't Easy Being Breezies, Fluttershy says that the Breezies gather pollen from "western Equestria". An artificial breeze transports them in the episode, and they go through Ponyville, then a snowy place, then an arid one, and up to a cave above a canyon river and near a waterfall. An ephemeral portal in this cave leads to the Breezies' home: a minuscule town built among the mushrooms around a pond. Enterplay trading card series 3 #F2, a card of Seabreeze, and the official guidebook My Little Pony: The Elements of Harmony Volume II both list the location as "Breezie Village".

Flame Geyser Swamp
The Flame Geyser Swamp is a foggy swamp with flame geysers featured in Somepony to Watch Over Me and Road to Friendship. Apple Bloom goes there on her pie delivery and encounters a chimera which Applejack defeats and saves Apple Bloom.

Tartarus
Tartarus is first mentioned in It's About Time as a place where ancient, evil creatures are imprisoned, guarded by the three-headed dog Cerberus. The location is mentioned again in Twilight's Kingdom - Part 1, where Lord Tirek is stated to have been confined there for the attempted theft of Equestria's magic, but escaped during the events of the former episode. In Twilight's Kingdom - Part 2, Tartarus makes its first appearance when Tirek conjures a portal to banish Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, and Princess Cadance there in revenge for his own imprisonment; and later when Twilight Sparkle and her friends return Tirek to Tartarus and free the princesses. It is also mentioned on page 11,  page 1, and in. It is mentioned yet again by Sweetie Drops in Slice of Life when she says the bugbear attacking Ponyville originally escaped from there. In a flashback in Celestial Advice, Celestia gets worried that Twilight might get pulled into Tartarus if she sends her off to Ponyville.

Tartarus is based on the location of the same name in Greek mythology, being a deep, dark pit beneath the underworld where the wicked are condemned to eternal suffering. In It's About Time, Twilight Sparkle irregularly pronounces the name Tartarus as, while it is pronounced in its traditional form as in later episodes.

Neighagra Falls
Featured briefly without identification in Twilight's Kingdom - Part 2, briefly with identification in the eighth episode of Baby Flurry Heart's Heartfelt Scrapbook, and prominently with identification in Once Upon a Zeppelin. Twilight Velvet goes barrel-jumping here during a free family zeppelin cruise. It is present on the official map of Equestria. Its name is a play on Niagara Falls.

Our Town
This village, founded by Starlight Glimmer, is inhabited by various ponies, initially cutie unmarked and with rather insincere smiles. The village is visited by the Mane 6 in the season premiere of season five when the Castle of Friendship's Cutie Map points them to this location.

Sugarville
Discovery's VITAC captioning for The Break Up Break Down sometimes reinterprets Sugar Belle's name as Sugarville.

Sire's Hollow
Sire's Hollow is Starlight Glimmer and Sunburst's old hometown first featured in The Cutie Re-Mark - Part 2. It also appears in The Crystalling - Part 1 and The Parent Map. Starlight's father Firelight is the head of the town's Preservation Society, and Sunburst's mother Stellar Flare is the head of its Development Committee. It is named similarly to Stars Hollow, the fictional setting of Gilmore Girls.

Seaward Shoals
Seaward Shoals, also called Silver Shoals, is a coastal town featured in P.P.O.V. (Pony Point of View), from which Applejack, Pinkie Pie, and Rarity embark on their cruise. It also briefly appears in Friendship University. Its various buildings are perched on stilts raised above the hilly coastline. Although not explicitly stated to be of Seaward Shoals, the flag flying from their vessel's mast is similar to the real-life flag of British Columbia, the province where My Little Pony 's DHX Media Vancouver animation studio is located.

Stratusburg
Stratusburg is the hometown of Sky Stinger and Vapor Trail, mentioned in the season six episode Top Bolt. According to Vapor Trail, Sky Stinger was voted Stratusburg's most promising flyer while she was voted best sneeze. The city's name is derived from stratus clouds and possibly the French city of Strasbourg.

Somnambula
Somnambula is a desert village in Southern Equestria where the season seven episode Daring Done? takes place. It is named after the legendary pony of the same name. The village also appears in, is mentioned in Beyond Equestria: Rainbow Dash Rights the Ship, and appears again in Road to Friendship.

Hayseed Swamp
A bayou village featured in the season seven episode A Health of Information. It is the home village of Mage Meadowbrook. It is present on the official map of Equestria, which spells its name as "Hayseed Swamps" or "Haysead Swamps".

Trottingham
Trottingham is mentioned in Stare Master, where Rarity is making 20 gold-lined gowns for ponies there, and later mentioned in Luna Eclipsed,, Simple Ways, , and Crusaders of the Lost Mark. Its residents include Pipsqueak before a move, Queen Trottingham in a story, and Sassy Saddles before a move. On the official map, it is located in the Griffish Isles east of Equestria. It is also mentioned on Enterplay trading card series 2 #46, a card of Sir Lintsalot. It is probably a portmanteau of 'Nottingham', an English city, and 'trot', a jogging speed for horses.

Macintosh Hills
Featured in. It is present on the official map of Equestria.

New Horseleans
Shown on page 22, mentioned on The Fall of Sunset Shimmer page 5,  page 20, and  page 4, and appears in. Its name is a play on New Orleans.

Salt Lick City
Briefly featured in and  and shown on  page 3. Its name is a play on Salt Lake City, Utah.

Seaddle
Mentioned on cover F, briefly featured in, mentioned again on  page 1, and briefly featured again in. Its name is a play on Seattle, Washington.

Chicoltgo
Mentioned on page 3, shown on  page 22, mentioned again on  page 4, and appears in. Its name is a play on Chicago.

Canter Creek
Featured in and.

Monacolt
Monacolt is a coastal city featured in Princess Celestia and the Summer of Royal Waves and mentioned in The Festival of Lights and The Bestiary of Equestria. It is ruled by Duchess Diamond Waves and home to the Monacolt Magic Academy. Its name is a play on Monaco.

Forbidden Jungle
Featured in. It is present on the official map of Equestria.

Bales
Bales is a legendary town near Canterlot that is home to many books mentioned in the chapter books Fluttershy and the Fine Furry Friends Fair and Princess Twilight Sparkle and the Forgotten Books of Autumn. It is initially thought to be mythical until Twilight and Spike discover its existence. The city name is possibly a reference to the country Wales in the United Kingdom.

Mareidian
Featured in. Mage Meadowbrook stops here during her travels across Equestria, and she saves its population from a terrible epidemic.

Foaledo
Briefly featured in. Its name is a play on Toledo.

Horseolulu
Mentioned on page 3 and appears in. Its name is a play on Honolulu.

Mentioned regions
A few regions take part in the Equestria Games. Among these participants there are flags of Dodge Junction (also seen in The Last Roundup), the Griffon Kingdom (called as such in and ), the Crystal Empire, Cloudsdale, Appleloosa (also seen in Over a Barrel), Ponyville, and unspecified others.

Hoofington
Hoofington is a village mentioned by Trixie in Boast Busters as the site of her made-up battle with an ursa. The suffix -ington is derived from old English for "town". The name is quite similar to that of a political news website, The Huffington Post, and many cities named Huntington, the biggest being Huntington, New York.

Saddle Arabia
Mentioned in Magic Duel, My Little Pony The Movie, and Road to Friendship, Princess Celestia arrives in Ponyville with two representatives from this region in the earlier episode, S04E26 Unnamed Earth Mare #1 exclaims to Apple Cobbler that "Everypony from Manehattan to Saddle Arabia is" in Canterlot for the Friendship Festival in the film, and Saddle Arabian unicorn Hoo'Far states that Saddle Arabia has "many fans" of Trixie in the later episode. The name is a play on the real life desert region kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Mustangia
Mentioned in the episode Games Ponies Play by Ms. Peachbottom. In the episode, she tells Shining Armor that she is "just an ordinary wild mustang from Mustangia". The name 'Mustangia' is a play on the word 'mustang', a breed of wild horses.

Maretania
Mentioned in the episode Three's A Crowd by Princess Cadance. The "caverns of Maretania" are said to be a place explored by Star Swirl the Bearded. The name is a play on Mauritania.

Maretonia
The duke and duchess of Maretonia appear in attendance of the Equestria Games in the episode of the same name. They appear again in Twilight's Kingdom - Part 1 and visit the Crystal Empire for a summit with Celestia, Luna, and Cadance. Maretonia is also mentioned in Princess Celestia and the Summer of Royal Waves and by Cadance and Shining Armor in The One Where Pinkie Pie Knows. The name is a play on such names as Macedonia, or Estonia.

Hoof City
Mentioned in Appleoosa's Most Wanted.

Pinto Creek
Mentioned in Appleoosa's Most Wanted.

Flash Freeze Lake
Mentioned in Slice of Life. Steven Magnet states that Cranky Doodle Donkey once saved him from this location.

Whinnyapolis
A delegate from Whinnyapolis appears in Princess Spike. A tourist couple from Whinnyapolis appears in Spice Up Your Life. The name of the city also appears on signs on cover F,  page 3, and  page 3. The name is a play on the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Puerto Caballo
Mentioned by Discord in Dungeons & Discords, mentioned again in Mage Meadowbrook's story in, and also mentioned in Gameloft's mobile game. It is implied to be a tropical beach location with "sand like powdered sugar". The name is a play on the real-life Venezuelan city of Puerto Cabello and "caballo", the Spanish word for horse. It may also be a play on resort locations such as Puerto Rico and Puerto Vallarta.

Plunder Cove
Mentioned by Applejack during her and Rarity's accounts in P.P.O.V. (Pony Point of View).

Trotsylvania
Mentioned on The Fall of Sunset Shimmer page 5 on a book cover and in the Ponyville Mysteries series of chapter books as the original hometown of Lilymoon and her family. Its name is a play on Transylvania.

Submerged Temples of Tehuti
Mentioned in Daring Do and the Marked Thief of Marapore.

Yucatán Ponynsula
Mentioned in Daring Do and the Marked Thief of Marapore. Its name is a play on the real life Yucatán Peninsula.

Gallopinghost Islands
Mentioned in Daring Do and the Marked Thief of Marapore. Their name is a play on the real life Galapagos Islands.

Lost Temple of Tlatelolco
Mentioned in Daring Do and the Marked Thief of Marapore. Its name is a play on the real life Tlatelolco.

Orshab
Mentioned in Daring Do and the Eternal Flower. The site where the legendary Mooncurve the Cunning is said to have found the Eternal Flower. It is also where Gallant True found the two Everleaves.

Turley
Mentioned on page 1.

Ponderosa
Mentioned on page 22.

Big Thunder Mine
Mentioned on page 22.

Canterine
Mentioned in the IDW comics' Siege of the Crystal Empire.

Califoalnia
Mentioned in the "About the Author" bio of Ponyville Mysteries chapter books "author" Penumbra Quill as where she originally grew up. Its name is a play on California.

Beyond Equestria
Most locations in the television series and associated media aren't specified whether they're part of Equestria or not. Some information in the show sometimes vaguely references areas outside Equestria, and even though Equestria is a kingdom it encompasses other kingdoms within it, which creates further ambiguity. The founding and naming of Equestria itself is depicted in the episode Hearth's Warming Eve. These elements, and some stylistic elements, create the impression of other geographical locations:
 * The song Apples to the Core in Pinkie Apple Pie mentions "the pony nation / From Equestria and beyond".
 * Fluttershy asks for "French haute couture" in Suited For Success.
 * In The Cutie Pox, Applejack says Apple Bloom "speaks in 'Fancy'" when her sister uses the French language.
 * Queen Chrysalis says in A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2 that "Equestria has more love than any place [she has] ever encountered".
 * Cheese Sandwich mentions Hawaiian shirts during The Super Duper Party Pony in Pinkie Pride.
 * Aquastria, featured in the book Under the Sparkling Sea, has its own ruler, the sea lion king Leo, cousin of Princess Celestia, who formally invites the main characters to his underwater realm. The kingdom is also mentioned in the title History of Aquastria on page 6 of The Fall of Sunset Shimmer, and its inhabitants, seaponies and mermares, first seen in the book, are also mentioned and seen in various materials.
 * King Leo "sits on the Cosmic Council alongside his cousin, Princess Celestia."
 * In My Little Pony The Movie, "the Mane 6 – Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy and Rarity – embark on an unforgettable journey beyond Equestria where they meet new friends and exciting challenges on a quest to use the magic of friendship and save their home."
 * In a Panini My Little Pony magazine comic whose German title translates to No Way Too Far, Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, and Spike journey beyond the Everfree Forest to a barley field outside of Equestria and befriend a local stallion.

Maretropolis
Maretropolis is a fictional city featured in the season four episode Power Ponies and the My Little Pony Annual 2014 comic. It is a large urban setting with many skyscrapers; it shares its design with Baltimare. The Lilac Sky Airship flies overhead. Buildings featured or mentioned in the city include the Maretropolis Museum, which houses the Electro-Orb that the Mane-iac steals; an abandoned shampoo factory that serves as the Mane-iac's top secret headquarters; a bakery sixty-five blocks away from the factory; the Power Ponies' headquarters; and Balkham Asylum, where the city's most dangerous criminals are jailed. Other features seen on the street are a mailbox and a pretzel stand. Its name is a play on the DC Comics fictional city of Metropolis.

Griffonstone
Griffonstone is a city populated by griffons. It has a rich history centered around an ancient treasure called the Idol of Boreas. The Griffon Kingdom is mentioned in the, by Pinkie Pie, and. The official map reads "Yonder to Griffons →" near its right – eastern – edge.

Yakyakistan
Yakyakistan is the yak kingdom featured in the episode Party Pooped exteriorly, in exteriorly and interiorly, in the eighth episode of Baby Flurry Heart's Heartfelt Scrapbook exteriorly, in Not Asking for Trouble exteriorly and interiorly, in, in , and in Yakity-Sax exteriorly and interiorly. Twilight Sparkle mentions it is located north of the Crystal Empire, in a snowy region ruled by the yak Prince Rutherford, which had previously closed off its borders to Equestria for "hundreds" of moons. Pinkie Pie travels within an afternoon to the gates of Yakyakistan, but she slides off an icy cliff all the way back to Ponyville. Prince Blueblood, Shining Armor, and some royal guards visit Yakyakistan for a diplomatic mission to set up a trade agreement between it and the Crystal Empire. It is later mentioned in Dungeons & Discords as the site of an overnight goodwill tour hosted by Princess Celestia. In, yaks represent Yakyakistan in a Boffyball game against Griffonstone.

Chaosville
First seen in Make New Friends but Keep Discord and first named as such in Discord and the Ponyville Players Dramarama. Discord's realm is mentioned in Celestial Advice and featured in Discordant Harmony. Discord's dimension is featured in and mentioned in The Maud Couple. Discord's realm also appears in Ponyville Mysteries: Cursed Crusaders.

Changeling Kingdom
Two location designs have been referred to as "the Changeling Kingdom", without specifying whether they are different locations like Rainbow Dash's Cloudominium or one redesigned location like Zecora's Hut.

The temporary Changeling Kingdom appears in the IDW comics' My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Issues #1-4 The Return of Queen Chrysalis and The Many Tales of Queen Chrysalis and is mentioned in Baby Flurry Heart's Heartfelt Scrapbook Ep. 1 The Royal Wedding. Following A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2, Queen Chrysalis and other changelings are knocked far south from Equestria to "Wuvy-Dovey Smoochy Land", which they conquer and transform into their new center of operations. Here, they are defeated by Twilight Sparkle and are imprisoned within the castle, from which they eventually escape and flee.

The current Changeling Kingdom is alluded to in The Times They Are A Changeling and appears in To Where and Back Again - Part 1, in To Where and Back Again - Part 2, and in Gameloft's mobile game. Here, Chrysalis is dethroned and Thorax succeeds her as changeling leader; it also appears in a magical simulation in Celestial Advice.

In To Change a Changeling, with Chrysalis's throne destroyed, the kingdom's plants have started to regrow, though this has attracted maulwurfs. A new throne for Thorax is made out of trees and vines, and the changelings have adopted several new activities including theatre, dancing, and arts and crafts. Fluttershy visits the Changeling Kingdom briefly in School Daze - Part 2.

Bone Dry Desert
A desert featured in My Little Pony The Movie and named in Gameloft's mobile game and in The Official Movie Sourcebook. It is located to the south of Equestria's Forbidden Jungle. The Mane Six travel through it on their way to Klugetown.

Klugetown
A diversely-populated desert town featured in My Little Pony The Movie, The Stormy Road to Canterlot, My Little Pony: The Movie Prequel Issue #4, Gameloft's mobile game, and The Official Movie Sourcebook. It is also one of various listings on a My Little Pony The Movie A5 Notebook. The My Little Pony: The Movie Look and Find book describes it as "a place where everything has its price." It is similar to Pompton Lakes' former Klugetown Shopping Center both in name and in association with sales.

In My Little Pony: The Movie Prequel Issue #1 page 1, Klugetown is mapped within Abyssinia, but on the film's official website, in Gameloft's mobile game, and in The Official Movie Sourcebook, it is mapped within the Bone Dry Desert.

It is also indirectly referenced by Rarity in School Daze - Part 1 as "that horrid town where we were almost sold" when it is added to the Cutie Map.

Mount Aris
Mount Aris is featured in My Little Pony The Movie and in The Official Movie Sourcebook as the location of the Hippogriff Kingdom. It is south of the Badlands, and near Klugetown. Mount Aris also appears in Surf and/or Turf.

Hippogriffia
The capital of the Hippogriff kingdom in My Little Pony The Movie and The Stormy Road to Canterlot, located atop Mount Aris. When Tempest Shadow infiltrates the city in an attempt to steal a magical pearl from Queen Novo, the city is destroyed in a battle between the Hippogriffs and the Storm King's forces, and it is abandoned when the Hippogriffs teleport into hiding. In the film, Twilight and her friends travel to the ruined city in search of the Hippogriffs. Hippogriffia also appears in Surf and/or Turf, restored to its former glory.

Seaquestria
The current home of the Hippogriffs/seaponies in My Little Pony The Movie and in The Official Movie Sourcebook, to which they fled after their original home of Hippogriffia was destroyed by the Storm King's forces. It is ruled by Queen Novo.

Seaquestria also appears in Surf and/or Turf and in the chapter book Beyond Equestria: Fluttershy Balances the Scales.

Basalt Beach
A beach near Mount Aris featured, but unnamed, in My Little Pony The Movie. The Mane Six wash up on its shores after being banished from Seaquestria, and it is where Tempest Shadow captures Twilight Sparkle. It is named in Gameloft's mobile game and in The Official Movie Sourcebook.

Isles of Scaly
An archipelago of five islands featured in Daring Do and the Eternal Flower. The largest island, Octave, is home to the Grotto of the Moon, a hidden garden where the Eternal Flower blooms.

Abyssinia
In the episode Three's A Crowd, Discord asks for pastries from Abyssinia in the song Glass of Water. On page 1, Rarity mentions that the kingdom of Abyssinia is "strangely litigious." In My Little Pony: The Movie Prequel Issue #1, Abyssinia is shown to include Catskills, Henry, Klugetown, Litterbox Ridge, Panthera, Siam, and Tabbytown; Strife mentions on page 3 that the Storm King's armada has conquered all of Abyssinia but the capital, Panthera, which they begin to invade on page 5. Abyssinia is also mentioned on page 18, in Gameloft's mobile game, and on  cover B.

Panthera
Abyssinia's capital, introduced in My Little Pony: The Movie Prequel Issue #1. It is inhabited by anthropomorphic talking cats, such as Capper and Chummer; at least one pony appears here as well, though the pony in question, September, also appears in numerous other settings.

Drungar
An impoverished city featured in The Stormy Road to Canterlot, inhabited by various creatures. Tempest Shadow briefly lives here during her youth.

Forgotten Hills
An area of hills containing the Bleak Valley featured in The Stormy Road to Canterlot. Tempest Shadow meets the Storm King for the first time here.

Zorgarth
A location mentioned by the Storm King in The Stormy Road to Canterlot.

Ornithia
A location mentioned in Beyond Equestria: Rainbow Dash Rights the Ship as the birthplace of Captain Celaeno and her fellow parrots.

Mount Metazoa
A large mountain in where the Convocation of Creatures is held.

Celestial Sea
Located east of Equestia. Analogous to the real world Atlantic Ocean.

Fillypine Sea
Mentioned in Daring Do and the Marked Thief of Marapore.

Guto River
Located north of Griffonstone.

Horseshoe Bay
Located in Baltimare. Traveled to in My Little Pirate: Friendship Ahoy. Also in Daring Do and the Marked Thief of Marapore, Daring Do and the Eternal Flower, Daring Do and the Forbidden City of Clouds, and Princess Celestia and the Summer of Royal Waves. Analogous to Chesapeake Bay and named after several North American locations.

Luna Bay
Located northwest of Vanhoover. Mentioned in Campfire Tales. Analogous to the real world Gulf of Alaska.

Luna Ocean
Located west of Equestria and split between the North Luna Ocean and South Luna Ocean. Analogous to the real world Pacific Ocean.

Celestial objects
Celestial objects are a recurring theme in the show and associated media.

The sun and moon
The show starts with the story of the two regal sisters, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna. The narration says "the eldest used her unicorn powers to raise the sun at dawn. The younger brought out the moon to begin the night." When Luna refuses to lower the moon, she was banished in the moon by Celestia.

The sun is also a character.

In, the moon is inhabited by nyx, creatures who shape the dreams of sleeping ponies and dispel their nightmares. Under the guise of friendship, Nightmare Moon learns how to control and enter dreams from the nyx and later transforms them into the Nightmare Forces.

Other celestial objects

 * According to the legend of Nightmare Moon in Friendship is Magic, part 1, "on the longest day of the thousandth year, the stars will aid in her escape"; this is shown from a distance as it happens near the end of the episode.
 * The real world constellations Ursa Minor and Ursa Major are impersonated in the show; namely in the episode Boast Busters.
 * In Suited For Success, Twilight Sparkle mentions the constellations Orion, Canis Major and Canis Minor, talking about a dress's design featuring part of the Celestial sphere. Orion is also mentioned in and in.
 * The Horsehead Nebula, or Horse Head Nebula, is mentioned in It's About Time, in, in , and in.
 * In, the constellations Ursa Minor, Ursa Major, the Sirens, the Bear, and the Minotaur are mentioned.
 * A few comets appear during a centennial meteor shower in Owl's Well That Ends Well, shooting stars appear representing Bright Mac and Pear Butter for two nights in Apple Family Reunion, and the Secretariat Comet is mentioned in and in.
 * In It's About Time, Twilight Sparkle mentions a fourteenth moon when she is monitoring the skies.

Human world
The My Little Pony Equestria Girls series feature a human world, also called the Equestria Girls World, populated by multicolored humans. In Equestria Girls, Twilight Sparkle and Spike travel by means of a magic mirror to the human world, where there are many human counterparts to the characters that appear in the television series. Most of the film takes place in Canterlot High School, the surrounding city, a coffee shop similar to Sugarcube Corner, and a clothing shop similar to Carousel Boutique.

In Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks and its animated shorts, more locations are featured: a music store, an animal shelter where Fluttershy works, Applejack's house, the Flim Flam Brothers' Everything-Under-the-Sun Emporium, a cafe where the Dazzlings first appear, Pinkie Pie's house, and an amphitheater that serves as the venue for the final round of the Battle of the Bands.

Equestria Girls: Friendship Games introduces Canterlot High's rival school Crystal Prep Academy, which human Twilight attends. Equestria Girls: Legend of Everfree introduces Camp Everfree. In the Equestria Girls Holiday Special comic, Rarity's house is briefly featured.

Limbo
Limbo between realms is featured in My Little Pony Equestria Girls and also appears in IDW comics. Limbo between Equestria and the human world appears as a vortex—traveled through by Twilight Sparkle and Spike—in Equestria Girls and its screenplay novelization Equestria Girls: Through the Mirror and is featured—used as a trap for the Mane 7 by Juniper Montage—in Equestria Girls: Mirror Magic;  limbo between Equestria and alternate Equestria appears as a vortex—traveled through by the seven main characters—in. Limbo between Maretropolis and a human world appears as a vortex—traveled through by the Mane-iac—in Return of the Mane-iac. In the season seven finale Shadow Play, Star Swirl the Bearded and the Pillars of Old Equestria trapped the Pony of Shadows and themselves in limbo for a thousand years before being released in present day. In Forgotten Friendship limbo appears again as a vortex that Sunset Shimmer travels through between the human world and Equestria.

Other dimensions
The Reflections story arc features an alternate Equestria initially ruled by a benevolent King Sombra. The arc also briefly features other alternate dimensions, including one in which dinosaurs possess cutie marks.

In, a young Princess Luna opens a portal to another dimension and gets abducted by its inhabitants. In the Legends of Magic Annual 2018 comic, both Celestia and Luna are captured and taken back to the same world, which is revealed to be an alternate Equestria ruled by the Pony of Shadows.

Enterplay trading card series 4 card #F26 gives Nightmare Star the description "While visiting alternate worlds, Star Swirl the Bearded found one where Celestia ruled Equestria in eternal day as the terrifying Nightmare Star. He destroyed the mirror to that world and never told a single pony about it."

World maps
Maps of Equestria and other locations in the series are featured in the series, comics, and merchandise.
 * Maps of Equestria are featured in Pinkie Pride and in Twilight's Kingdom - Part 2.
 * The Cutie Map is featured in The Cutie Map - Part 1, in The Lost Treasure of Griffonstone, in Made in Manehattan, in The Hooffields and McColts, in The Cutie Re-Mark - Part 1, in The Cutie Re-Mark - Part 2, in Spice Up Your Life, in Viva Las Pegasus, and in Top Bolt.
 * A map of Equestria is featured in the Cutie Mark Crusaders' clubhouse in On Your Marks.
 * A map of Equestria is featured on pages 1 and 22, the latter of which features the following locations: Appaloosan Mountains, Canter Creek, Swamps of New Horseleans, the Saddle Horn Peaks, Sight [sic] of the Battle of Discord (Quarantined), Forest of Leota, Gelding Grotto, Lynx lairs, the Old Mountain, Timber Wolf Territory, Gracey's Swamp, Royal Guard Watchtower, Hatchaway Falls, Ye Old Oubliette, Silver & Scout Meadow, Ursa Major caverns, Kelpie Keep, Zap Apple Grove, Knight's Peak, Rocinante Cliffs, Froud Valley, and an arrow at the bottom-right pointing to Prancing Plains.
 * Official maps of Equestria were released on August 3, 2012 and in My Little Pony: The Art of Equestria on September 7, 2015.
 * The Equestria Map art print is sold by WeLoveFine.
 * A map of the human world is featured in promotional material.