Blooper

At around 23 minutes TS steps out of the school bus. His father asks him to help clear a brook. They drive the same way the school bus went, but it is nowhere to be seen.

In T.S.'s narration at the beginning, he mentions that a Union Pacific freight train goes through at specific times but when he goes to the train, it is an American Railroad Train (not Union Pacific).

At around 53 mins, T.S. puts a handful of coins on the diner counter, and just seconds later, after two edits, the configuration of the pile of coins has changed without anyone touching them.

When Ricky drops off TS is Washington, the title on the screen says "The Smithsonian Institute". The actual name is The Smithsonian Institution. Many people make this same mistake. It is an institution, not an institute.

On T.S's journey, the train stops in North Platte, Nebraska. The mistake was the city title on the screen was spelled North Plate, Nebraska.

Dousing a fire in an electrical appliance with water should trip the main circuit breaker, yet the lights in the kitchen stay on.

After the train leaves North Platte, Nebraska, there are clearly mountains in the background. There are no mountains between Nebraska and Chicago.

The coordinates of 45°44'27"N 112°44'19"W (correcting for minor annotation errors) that T.S. Spivet gives as 'the exact coordinates of his bedroom' are part of Montana, but in an empty field, miles away from the nearest farm.

In Chicago, the reflections in T.S.'s train window show a view of the Trump building, the Wrigley building, and the Michigan Avenue bridge. There are no train tracks in Chicago which could provide that view.

In Chicago, the freight train is seen crossing the Lake Street bridge, which is really only used for CTA commuter trains.

When TS leaves the hobo "Two Clouds" in the train-yard, Two Clouds yells that the shop selling hot-dogs closes in fifteen minutes. This is obviously not true since a sign on the shop says it's open every day, 24 hours.