The Stanley Hotel
A grand Colonial Revival resort above Estes Park combines early tourism, hydroelectric ambition, mountain architecture, and a later afterlife in horror culture. Choose among historical, architectural, and paranormal tours according to what you actually want; a hotel walk-through does not cover every story.
Artwork inspired by Charles Partridge Adams
The Stanley Hotel is a 140-room Georgian Revival hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, United States, about 5 miles (8. 0 km) from the entrance to Rocky Mountain National Park.
Separate the hotel that inspired Stephen King from Stanley Kubrick’s filming locations—the 1980 movie was not shot here. Hotel operations, events, and tours change public access daily.
- Setting
- 1909 resort above Estes Park
- Plan around
- Hotel access differs from tour access
- Allow
- 1–2 hours
Quick guide
- Begin
- Reserve a specific tour.
- Do not miss
- The hotel inspired King; Kubrick’s movie was filmed elsewhere.
Build a chronology at The Stanley Hotel
- Begin
- Reserve a specific tour
- Notice
- Separate history from later horror mythology
- Separate fact
- The hotel inspired King; Kubrick’s movie was filmed elsewhere.
- Expect activity
- Hotel operations, events, and tours change public access daily.
Good to know
The Stanley remains an operating hotel and event venue, so public access, parking, weddings, and tour routes can change daily.
Notice these
- A grand Colonial Revival resort above Estes Park combines early tourism, hydroelectric ambition, mountain architecture, and a later afterlife in horror culture.
- Separate the hotel that inspired Stephen King from Stanley Kubrick’s filming locations—the 1980 movie was not shot here.