You maniacs! You blew it up! Damn you! Damn you all to hell!

Taylor escapes, and rides off into the sunset with Nova. It is here that the "Planet of the Apes" makes its earth-shattering and sobering revelation-- Taylor finds the upper half of the Statue of Liberty on a deserted beach, proof that he had returned to Earth and the 'upside-down' world he found was a result of man's own idiocy.

This scene is often mistaken as having possibly been filmed in Northern California. Charlton Heston's final escape and his shocking discovery was actually filmed on a secluded cove at the far eastern end of Westward Beach, between Zuma Beach and Point Dume, Malibu. If you're bold and would like to visit you'll have to climb over the sea rocks to the east until you get to the quiet little beach surrounded by cliffs.
The ape city and other various mountain scenes were also filmed nearby on the Fox Ranch, in Malibu Creek State Park, where M.A.S.H. and other movies and Television shows were made.