the stanley hotel was the hotel in estes park where the shining was filmed.
the stanley hotel was the hotel in estes park where the shining was filmed.
hotel in estes park where the shining was filmed?
the stanley hotel
today, estes park's outskirts include the stanley hotel, built in 1909. an example of edwardian opulence, the building had stephen king as a guest, inspiring him to change the locale for his novel "the shining" from an amusement park to the stanley's fictional stand-in, the overlook hotel. olympus dam, on the outskirts of the town, is the dam that creates lake estes, a lake which is the site for boating and swimming in estes park. there are some hotels on the shore, including the estes park resort.
estes park, colorado
dunraven's land grab outraged locals. realizing that the private game reserve in estes park was not going to be a viable effort, dunraven established a game park and hunting lodge in what is now dunraven glade, north of estes park. he established a cattle ranch in estes park called the "english dairy", which had swiss cattle that he brought into the area. in july 1877, dunraven opened the estes park hotel, with a good view of the mountains. dunraven visited the area for the last time in the mid-1880s and abandoned much of his vast estes park claims. in 1885, he was made undersecretary for the colonies, which created increasing responsibilities to queen victoria. he also may have lost interest in estes park for a number of personal reasons. dunraven sold most of his lands and interests in the area in 1908 to f.o. stanley and b.d. sanborn.
history of rocky mountain national park