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 The Overlook Hotel - "The Shining" / The Stanley Hotel - Estes Park, Colorado Posted by:  Big B Bob
N 40° 22.956 W 105° 31.140
13T E 455946 N 4470352
The Stanley Hotel is the inspiration for Stephen King's novel "The Shining" and the filming location for the 1997 ABC Miniseries.
Waymark Code: WM3PVM
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 05/01/2008
Views: 212
Stanley Hotel
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The
Stanley Hotel is a 138-room Georgian hotel in Estes Park, Colorado.
Located within sight of the Rocky Mountain National Park, the Stanley
offers panoramic views of the Rockies. It was built in 1909 by Freelan
O. Stanley of Stanley Steamer fame and catered to the rich and famous.
The hotel and its surrounding lands are listed on the National Register
of Historic Places.
The Stanley has hosted many
famous guests, including Unsinkable Molly Brown, John Philip Sousa,
Theodore Roosevelt, the Emperor and Empress of Japan, and a variety of
Hollywood personalities. The Stanley Hotel also hosted Stephen King,
inspiring him to write The Shining. Contrary to information sometimes
published King was living in Boulder at the time and did not actually
write the novel at the hotel.
Steven Webber and Elliot Gould in a scene from ABC's Miniseries "The Shining"
The Stanley Hotel as it appears today.
Movie or TV Show: "The Shining"
Year Released or First Aired: 1,997.00
IMDB Link: [Web Link]
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