"The Shining" Hotel?
 

Does anyone know the name and location of the hotel used in the movie "The Shining"?

I thought it was somewhere near Banff. Maybe post on the Canada board?

Where is Banff? Is the hotel in Canada? <BR>Thanx to responses in advance :)

It's the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado.

I used to know the name of the hotel, but it's in Estes Park Colorado, for sure. You can see it on the East edge of town. <BR> <BR> <BR>Boo

Well I definitely was wrong on that one! :)

The Timberline Lodge in Mt. Hood Oregon was used to film the outdoor scenes.

We stayed at the Stanley in Estes Park a few summers ago--my husband and I were on our way home from Breckenridge and decided on a whim to stay overnight at the Stanley. It's a totally cool experience if you've ever seen the Shining. We're not jumpy people by nature but jumped every time we heard someone coming down the hall...I kept expecting the little boy on the big wheel to round the corner in front of me! They have a gift shop in the basement of the hotel that sells "Redrum" t-shirts--my husband finally quit wearing his around town because of all the strange looks he got! It's a beautifully restored old hotel with a marvelous outdoor pool--go see it even if you stay somewhere else in Estes Park.

The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park is where (supposedly) Stephen King got his inspiration and wrote his novel The Shining. If you've ever stayed there, you'll know where he got his ideas (long, narrow, somewhat spooky hallways with lots of doors on both sides) however, it was not filmed there. The hotel even has a plaque on the room where he stayed. It is a lovely old historic hotel with grand views of the Rockies. Many weddings are held there also.

Thanks Everyone. I cant wait to go there now. Sounds like a cool experience : )

Wait! Don't leave yet, Floridian. I don't think we know for sure where to go, do we? He got his inspiration for writing the book at the Stanley, but they went on to say it wasn't filmed there. Was it Timberline Lodge then? Would love to go.....in the retniw, especially. Does the maze exist?

<BR>A google search led me to the web site for Elstree Studios, in England, and this is what they claim: <BR> <BR>http://www.elstree.co.uk/films.html <BR>(kind of debunks the fear factor, but that's where Stanley Kubrick did the filming) But the Stanley Hotel certainly has theclaim as the place where Stephen King got his ispiration...yikes! ......All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.... " :0 <BR> <BR>...Olive, maybe someone will sleuth out the location of the maze...South England, perhaps? <BR> <BR>

Hey I'll visit them all, thanks for the research : )

I think I have this straight but maybe not...I remember hearing that Stephen King got his inspiration for the movie at the Stanley and wrote part of the book from room #217 (where the nasty old woman in the tub was in the movie). The maze is somewhere in England as well as the hotel. Something was also filmed in Oregon but don't know what. Check out the Stanley Hotel website (www.StanleyHotel.com) for photos and history of the hotel.

The Timberline Lodge was used for all exteriors, but all interiors were specially built sets. <BR>The Timberline management asked that room 217 not be used in the movie so as to avoid putting off future guests at the lodge. Room 237 was used instead, which does not exist at the Timberline. <BR>According to credits, other filming locations included Bretton Woods NH, Yosemite, Mt. Hood area, and London (where the hedges were likely located, but I still haven't seen a reference to this). <BR>All info located at imdb.com.

Got this from the FAQs section on www.timberlinelodge.com: <BR> <BR> <BR>Was the movie "The Shining" filmed at Timberline Lodge? <BR>Yes, part of it was. The front of Timberline Lodge was used for the "second unit" shots (outside shots). The snowcat shots were filmed on West Leg Road leading to Timberline Lodge. All other outside shots were filmed at a studio in England, including the maze . The inside inspirations came from the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, CO. During a stay at the Stanley Hotel, The Shining's author, Stephen King came with the film idea. He presented the idea to director Stanley Kubrich. When asked about properties that could be used for the movie Kubrick answered, "Take me to this place." Kubrick was holding the famous Ray Atkeson photograph taken of Timberline lodge in moonlight. <BR> <BR> <BR>

Don't forget Timberline Lodge also shows up in "The Shinning" Simpson episode. <BR>BTilke

The Timberline Lodge on Mount Hood in Oregon is not only the source for all the outdoor scenes, it is the source for many of the indoor scenes as well. i lived near there, and after the movie debuted, i visited there BECAUSE of the movie. i found many unique architectural features, (animal carvings built into the building, etc), INSIDE the Timberline Lodge that i remembered from the movie. Although i found the bar that was where "Jack and Delbert" had their conversations, i could not find the huge "ballroom" that was "attached" to it. At the time, i figured that had been "Hollywooded" in. Trust me, if you're loo0king for the "real" The Shining, you need look no further than the Timberline Lodge on Mount Hood, Oregon.

stanleyhotel.com for the Jack Nicholson version

Have sctually stayed in the room he hacked up there.

Here's Johnny!

filmed at the actual Stanley Hotel in ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shining_(film)

At least in the mind of Steven King #217 where it was written.

The Stanley Hotel is a 138-room ... for The Shining after staying in room 217 in the almost ... fictional Overlook Hotel in Stephen King's novel The Shining. ...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stanley_Hotel

So for the book the Stanley the movie Timberline

This OP is ten years old! Hopefully, the poster didn't have to wait this long for the answer...