There's only one location for most of The Shining; the terrifying Overlook Hotel. In the film it's built on a Native American Burial Ground (always a bad idea I feel) and features a hedge maze, long winding corridors with geometric carpets and some malevolent force that causes Jack Nicholson to go insane with an axe. In reality, the truth is much more pedestrian, but the hotel is in the same place it's meant to be in the film. It's called the Timberline Lodge and is located on Mount Hood in Oregon, serving as a hugely popular ski-resort; a great place for relaxation. It draws over 1,000,000 visitors a year, mostly fans of The Shining and as a result the film plays on a loop on channel 42 on the guest room TVs. Though the book had a different inspiration - the Stanley Hotel - Kubrick chose the Timberline Lodge because he believed it looked more cinematic and fearsome, and we have to agree he's right. If you're visiting, the way in is the same as in the film - via a long winding road that offers some amazing views - but you'll be pleased to know that there are always people at this hotel, so the events of the film are very unlikely to happen again. People have reported feeling strange effects at the hotel, but this is often a result of the thin mountain air and not a psychotic force. We'd recommend a visit there though, and you'll never leave.
3rd Year Film and Television Production student at Edge Hill University. Writer of "Stockton's Last Stand" and screenwriter/director of "Hunted" and "Spyfail 2: The Search for Spyfail 1".
I also do stand-up comedy sometimes... I'm told I'm marginally funny.
