‘The Flash’ Shows Post-Crisis Arrowverse Map; Gotham, Metropolis, National City Locations Revealed

“The Flash” has revealed one thing fans have been dying to know—locations. Yes, it’s a small detail, but fans have been wondering for years where these fictional cities from “Arrow,” “Supergirl” and more are supposed to be set, and Season 6, episode 10 gave fans a pretty good idea of the post-Crisis layout.

The opening of Tuesday’s “The Flash” showed Cisco looking at a map that marks all of the superhero towns. Some match the comics while others are a little different. What’s notable, however, is that the heroes are spread all over the country, making it a little more believable that crossovers are so rare.

“Arrow” took place in Star City (and so will “Green Arrow and the Canaries” if all goes well), and it looks like it’s around Seattle. That makes sense since the comics actually claimed Seattle was later renamed Star City. However, it’s worth noting that “Arrow” actually has moved the city around a lot. A Season 3 map had Star City located in the upper Midwest while a Season 4 map put it in Chicago and Season 5 showed a graphic indicating it’s in San Francisco. Hopefully, the city stays put after “Crisis on Infinite Earths.”

A little further down the west coast is Supergirl’s National City. Kara resides in sunny California. With just a basic outline of North America and no state lines, it’s hard to say where. It doesn’t seem to be as far south as the real National City, but it could be Los Angeles or San Francisco. A wider shot later revealed the Fortress of Solitude is pretty much the North Pole.

Supergirl’s new friend Batwoman isn’t exactly close. Gotham is placed around where Milwaukee is located in Wisconsin by the Great Lakes. Typically, the comics place Gotham on the east coast in New Jersey, keeping it close to Metropolis, which is on the other side of the fictional Delaware Bay. However, this puts Batwoman in the middle of the country instead.

Metropolis, meanwhile, is located roughly where it is in the comics. It seems like it’s around New Jersey or even Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This is where “Superman & Lois” will take place, and it’s also where John Diggle (who is possibly becoming the Green Lantern) is moving to with his family.

It has been stated that “Black Lightning” is set in Georgia. In reality, “Black Lightning” films in Atlanta, the only one of the CW DC Comics shows shooting outside of Vancouver, Canada. However, Cisco has placed Freeland closer to the coast, possibly around Savannah.

Happy Harbor, the home of the Justice League, is located above Metropolis. It’s hard to identify exactly where, but the comics placed it in Rhode Island, and Cisco’s map seems to put it in the New England area as well.

Ironically, the only major Arrowverse locale that’s missing from the map is Central City, where “The Flash” takes place. From past episodes, viewers know it’s easy enough to get to by train from Star City, and there are about 600 miles between the cities—or at least there was before the Crisis.

Ultimately, Cisco’s map only gives fans a vague idea of locations, but nonetheless, it’s still cool to see where all the heroes landed post-Crisis.