page_title: Forks, Washington
section_title: Tourism
hierarchical_section_title: Forks, Washington / Tourism
caption_attribution_description: English: Signs related to the Twilight book/movie series that is set in Forks, Washington
context_page_description: Forks, also previously known as the unincorporated town of Quillayute, is a city in southwest Clallam County, Washington, United States. The population was 3,558 at the 2010 census. At an 2018 estimate from the Office of Financial Management, the population was 3,862. It is named after the forks in the nearby Quillayute, Bogachiel, Calawah, and Sol Duc rivers.
  For many years, the city's economy was fueled by the local timber industry. More recently it has drawn tourism related to the novel series Twilight and films of the same name, set in Forks. With recent declines in the timber industry, Forks has relied on the nearby Clallam Bay Corrections Center and Olympic Corrections Center as sources of jobs. Forks is a popular destination for sport fishers who fish for salmon and rainbow trout in nearby rivers. It is also supported by visitors to Olympic National Park.
context_section_description: In 2003, an executive on the economic development council noted that 'Forks is going through a transition from a logging community to a tourist community'.
  On the south end of town is the Forks Timber Museum. Constructed in 1989 by the Forks High School carpentry class, the 3,200-square-foot (300 m²) building provides a look into the local history of the timber industry, loggers of the past, and their tools of the trade. The museum has exhibits depicting local history dating to the 1870s.
  Forks serves as the hub for numerous day excursions to the Hoh Rainforest, the Pacific Beaches, and various wilderness trails. Forks is well known for its winter steelhead fishing with the Quillayute river system – the Hoh, Sol Duc, Bogachiel and Calawah rivers. Other nearby Clallam, Sekiu, and Hoko rivers are also good for king salmon fishing and steelheading as well. Local guides are available for both native and hatchery runs and for float trips. Fishing gear and clothing is available at local stores.
  Another source of tourism is Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series, which Meyer set in the town after searching Google for rainy settings. Tours are available of locations that resemble the places described in Meyer's books. The majority of the films were not shot in Forks, though key scenes were shot in the town and surrounding area.
  In December 2005, 74 visitors signed the guest book at the Forks Visitor Center; after the release of the Twilight series this increased substantially, with 2540 visitors signing in to the center in December 2009. in July of that year the number was 16,186. The average annual number of tourists visiting the town rose from 10,000 before Twilight to 19,000 in 2008, the year of the first film, and 73,000 by 2010.
  On June 3, 2020, a multiracial family visiting from Spokane, Washington, was harassed and chased in Forks due to unsubstantiated rumors that they belonged to "Antifa". The family had attempted to leave their campground after earlier threats, but were blocked in by felled trees until they were rescued by the police departments and volunteers. The city government disavowed the vigilantism.
caption: Signs related to the Twilight book/movie series that is set in Forks, Washington
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