The Timberline Lodge AKA The Overlook Hotel from The Shining Timberline Lodge sits in Mount Hood National Forest in the state of Oregon.

Hood in the beautiful state of Oregon was actually the face of the majestic Overlook Hotel. The origin story of the Overlook Hotel through the eyes of its first owner, Bob T. Watson.

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The hotel is most recognized as the hotel that was used for the exterior hotel shots for the Stanley Kubrick version of The … A robber baron at the turn of the 20th century, Watson scaled the remote peaks of the Colorado Rockies to build the grandest resort in America, and a place he and his family would also call home.