From its haunting clifftop estates to its quiet village backroads, Netflix’s Sirens is as much about place as it is about power. Streaming May 22, 2025, this darkly funny limited series is a sharp adaptation of Molly Smith Metzler’s 2011 play Elemeno Pea.
With Julianne Moore as the mysterious Michaela and Kevin Bacon as her billionaire husband, the story fans over a single luxurious weekend gone off the rails.
But it’s the real-life backdrops of the Sirens filming locations (from Caumsett State Park to Cutchogue) that truly set the tone for the secrets, manipulation, and simmering tensions in the sun-dappled shadow of New York’s wealthiest zip codes.
Filmed between July and October 2024, Sirens makes the most of Long Island’s lush shoreline and vintage East Coast charm.
The show isn’t just pretending to be set in a grand estate. It IS shot on one, using historic buildings, rugged coastline, and CG sleight of hand.
Want to know where the ensemble drama between Simone (Milly Alcock), Devon (Meghann Fahy), and the elite really went down? We’ve got you covered.
Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve is at the heart of Sirens
Most of Sirens was filmed on the sprawling, 1,750-acre grounds of Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve in Lloyd Harbor, Long Island.
This isn’t your average park. It’s a preserved estate built by department-store heir Marshall Field III in the 1920s, now open to the public. Park Director Vincent Medina told Newsday, “The script of the show fits in with how Caumsett is structured,” pointing to the estate’s buildings, stables, and coastal cliffs.
Scenes were filmed across various areas. Those include the historic Henry Lloyd Manor, the 1930s Summer Cottage, and even inside the park’s old main office, which has now been transformed into a jail cell, by the way.
A CGI-enhanced bluff makes an appearance when Michaela (Moore) releases a bird of prey, dramatizing her dominance in the social hierarchy of the series. Medina also shared that the production team “built a small set down by the bath house… They called it an aviary.”
The natural surroundings (forests, marshes, beaches) are more than scenic. They echo isolation and privilege, where even nature is curated. And weaponized.
More filming spots
While Caumsett dominates, Sirens also ventured into Southold’s hamlet of Cutchogue, filming at a private property on Oregon Road in July 2024.
This stretch of the North Fork is known for its secluded luxury homes and farm-lined backroads. Ideal for scenes that demand both affluence and eerie quiet.
Back in Brooklyn, select interior scenes were shot at Steiner Studios in the Navy Yard. These offered a controlled space for intimate or stylized sequences that couldn’t be pulled off on location. The production, backed by LuckyChap, Netflix Studios, and Quiet Coyote, strategically blended real locations with studio setups to create a world that’s both authentic and dreamlike.
According to Tudum, Metzler cast Julianne Moore because “she’s from another kingdom.” That surreal tone extends to every corner of the set design and location choices. Sirens exists in a gilded reality…just slightly detached from ours.
So, now you know where the luxury (and the lies) unfolded.
