The Stanley Hotel

The Stanley Hotel is a 140-room Colonial Revival hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, United States. It is about 5 miles (8.0 km) from the entrance to Rocky Mountain National Park. It was built by Freelan Oscar Stanley of Stanley Steamer fame and opened on July 4, 1909. It was built as a resort for rich people and a health retreat for tuberculosis victims. The hotel and its surrounding structures are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Stanley Hotel is the inspiration for the Overlook Hotel in Stephen King's 1977 bestselling novel The Shining and as the filming location for the 1997 TV miniseries, also written by King. References