Twilight Filming Locations You Can Actually Visit (With Addresses)

My biggest regret from my nerdy Twilight trip to Forks? I wasn’t able to order this shirt in time to wear around town. All I wanted was a shirt that read “This is the skin of a killa Bella!!” Missed opportunity.

Jokes aside, I had so much fun putting together my own self-guided Forks Twilight tour around the Olympic Peninsula. (I even popped down to Oregon where they filmed part of the movie!!) If you’re also a fangirl of Twilight, this guide is for you.

I put together a comprehensive list of every book location in Forks, Washington you can actually visit with photos, addresses and the best time of day to go, along with every movie filming location across Oregon and British Columbia, so you can nerd out properly on your trip.

Forks Twilight Guide: I Found All The Book & Movie Filming Locations (+ Addresses)

Yes, Forks is a real town. And Bella wasn’t being dramatic in the Twilight saga when she said Forks is small. The main street takes just a couple of minutes to drive through.

But if you slow down and take a peek in the store windows, you’ll start to see figurines of Jacob Black and Bella Swan peeking out of window displays. Washington vampires may not be real, but they’re “real” enough here.

My favorite part was seeing how each local business chose to nod to the book series. One bar we went to served a Vampire Bite and a Werewolf cocktail. There’s a sign on a hotel that reads “Edward Cullen did not sleep here.” And some businesses embrace the fandom with a force.

Native to Twilight in downtown Forks has a whole section dedicated to the movies, complete with massive life-size cutouts of Edward and Bella. It’s a vibe.

Where Is Forks, Washington?

Forks is on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state, way out on the western edge of the Pacific Northwest, wrapped almost entirely by Olympic National Park. The drive from Seattle to Forks is about 4 hours. I can see why Washington vampires would want this as a home base. It’s remote and it’s moody.

My husband and I love a good road trip, we’ve driven all over the country. A fall foliage PNW trip around the Olympic Peninsula had been on my bucket list for years, so we finally made it happen.

We flew from San Francisco into Seattle and rented a car. Before arriving in Forks we spent a few days exploring the Hoh Rain Forest, Port Angeles, Hurricane Ridge and Lake Crescent.

First, Where Was Twilight Filmed?

It may come as a surprise, but Twilight was never actually filmed in Forks. Not one frame. Driving around Olympic National Park I could totally believe those moody aerial shots of Bella’s truck were shot on these roads. But nope.

The first Twilight movie was filmed almost entirely in Oregon, with a couple of scenes in southern Washington and California. Starting with New Moon, production moved to British Columbia, and the last two Breaking Dawn films added Louisiana and Brazil. I’ve got every filming location listed with addresses further down this post.

The Twilight locations in Forks you can visit are from the books, and most of them are real places, which makes it extra fun. Stephenie Meyer did a great job portraying the geography of Forks accurately (you know, minus the vampires and werewolves).

The Perfect One-Day Twilight Itinerary From Seattle To Forks

I’m gonna be honest with you: doing this in one day is aggressive. We spread it over two and I’d do it that way again. But a lot of you are flying into Seattle with exactly one free day, so here’s how to make it work.

You’re looking at about 6 hours of driving. Start early!!

6:00am, leave Seattle. Take the Seattle to Bainbridge Island ferry (35 minute crossing, roughly $17 to $23 for a car plus driver) then drive 82 miles across the peninsula. Or skip the ferry and drive around through Tacoma, which is 138 miles and takes about the same time. The ferry is prettier. The Tacoma route is more predictable. Pro-tip: the Hood Canal Bridge occasionally opens for marine traffic and can hold you up 30 to 60 minutes, so build in a buffer.

9:00am, Port Angeles. Grab coffee and walk 1st Street so you can picture Bella dress shopping here in the books. You’re not eating at Bella Italia yet, they don’t open until dinner. Save it.

10:15am, drive Port Angeles to Forks. It’s 56 miles and takes just over an hour on Highway 101, hugging Lake Crescent the whole way. Stop at Lake Crescent even if you’re rushed. Ten minutes at the water is worth it.

11:30am, Forks Chamber of Commerce. Both of Bella’s trucks are parked out front. Do this first while your camera roll is empty and your patience is full.

12:00pm, Forever Twilight in Forks Collection. Summer hours are daily noon to 4pm, and they take timeslot reservations in person only, so walk in right at noon and grab your slot. It’s free.

12:45pm, downtown Forks loop. Native to Twilight for souvenirs, then drive the four minute loop past Charlie and Bella’s house, the police station, Dr. Cullen’s parking sign and the Miller Tree Inn. All four are within a mile of each other.

2:00pm, drive out to La Push. Stop at the Treaty Line sign on the way (it’s right on La Push Road). You’ll be at First Beach by 2:30pm.

2:30pm to 5:30pm, La Push. First Beach if you only have an hour. Second Beach if you have three and want the best photos of your whole trip. Don’t rush this part, it’s the reason you came.

6:30pm, back to Port Angeles for dinner at Bella Italia. Book the reservation before you leave home. Order the mushroom ravioli. Yes, really.

8:30pm. Here’s the deal: do not drive back to Seattle tonight. That’s three more hours in the dark after a 15 hour day. Stay in Port Angeles and ferry back in the morning. Worth it if you value your sanity.

Skip it if you’re tight on time: the Forks police station and Forks High School. Both are a 60 second photo stop with nothing to actually do.

Two Twilight Themed Hotels To Book While Visiting

Oh yes, there are a few awesome Twilight-themed hotels in Forks you can book to make your stay extra special.

• Pacific Inn Motel (Twilight Room): This is where my husband and I stayed while visiting Forks. It’s modern, right downtown, has great wifi and, best of all, a Twilight-themed room. Sadly that one was booked out during our stay, but I got to peek inside and it’s awesome. Red wall, movie posters and other vampire-themed decor. Book the Twilight room specifically or you’ll get a very nice but very normal motel room.
• Miller Tree Inn: Aka the Cullen House! This was dubbed the official Cullen house on the Twilight tour (I explain why below). There are tons of subtle Twilight references around the B&B. Just no Edward, sadly. If you want to sleep at the Forks Twilight house, this is the spot, and it books out months ahead during festival week.

Forks Twilight Airbnb Options

If a motel isn’t your thing, there are two vacation rentals in the area that are straight-up part of the tour:

• Twilight Swan House: is in downtown Forks and a stop on the book location trail, but you can also rent it out!
• The actual Swan house from the movie down in St. Helens, Oregon. It’s a real Airbnb you can book. It’s a 5 hour drive from Forks, but if you’re doing the full road trip, chef kiss.

Twilight Locations In Forks + Addresses

Ok, now onto the fun stuff. There are paid Twilight tours in Forks you can take, but I preferred doing it on our own at our own pace. We spent a couple of days in Forks and broke up the Twilight stops, which I think my husband was thankful for. (He’s not a fan.)

The Chamber offers a downloadable Forks Twilight map but it’s kinda hard to read and use, so instead I have addresses and tips for you below.

Tip: there’s a Twilight tour from Seattle that operates if you don’t have a car but still want to get your werewolf and vampire love triangle on. There’s also this Twilight tour in Forks if you want something guided, but honestly, my nerdy self-guided version is pretty great.

Forks Chamber Of Commerce

Address: 1411 S Forks Ave, Forks, WA 98331
Hours: Summer (Memorial Day to Labor Day) Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm. Winter Mon-Sat 10am-4pm, Sun 11am-4pm.
Cost: Free
Best time to visit: Right at 10am to beat the crowds

This is probably the coolest Chamber of Commerce I’ve ever seen. They go REALLY hard into Twilight. It’s on the edge of town and parked out front are both of Bella’s trucks, the one she drove in the movie AND the one described in the books. Perfect photo op.

We weren’t able to go inside during our visit because of construction, which I was bummed about. Inside they’ve got Twilight merch for sale and this doubles as the Visitor Information Center, so it’s a smart first stop for maps and current conditions in Olympic National Park.

If you’re coming just for truck photos, arrive before 10am. By noon in summer there’s usually a small line of people waiting for their turn in front of the red Chevy.

La Push (First, Second And Third Beach)

Address: La Push Road, Quileute reservation, about 14 miles west of Forks
Drive time from Forks: 20 minutes
Cost: Free
Best time to visit: Morning or golden hour, and check the tide chart first

La Push baby! It’s La Push! How many times did I say that on this trip? Far too many. This La Push Twilight location isn’t one beach but three, spread along the Quileute reservation coast. In the books and movies, this is where the gang goes surfing.

With that in mind, I think they’re visiting First Beach, since it’s the only one where you can park literally right next to the sand.

Second and Third Beach both require a hike in plus steep stairs down, which I imagine would be rough while carrying a surfboard. We went to all three and loved each one, they’re so different from each other. Second Beach is the prettiest by a mile with sea stacks and driftwood piles the size of cars, and it’s about a 0.7 mile walk each way. But if you’re on a time crunch, just do First Beach.

Charlie And Bella Swan’s House (The Book Location)

Address: 775 K Street, Forks, WA
Cost: Free, but view from the street only
Best time to visit: Any time, though daylight is better for photos

To be clear, this isn’t the house from the movie. This is the Forks house that matches Stephenie Meyer’s description of where Charlie Swan lives, and the town adopted it as the official Swan residence. The owners have leaned in with a cute sign out front and a cardboard cutout of Alice.

It was so fun to imagine what it was like to be Bella, driving through these streets out to the edge of town to this house. Just remember, this is a real house that people actually live in and also rent out on Airbnb, so be respectful when visiting! Stay on the sidewalk and don’t go wandering up the driveway unless you booked it. 

Want the house that was actually used for filming Twilight? That’s in St. Helens, Oregon, and I’ve got the address in the filming locations section below.

The Cullen House

Address: 654 E Division St, Forks, WA
Cost: Free to look, or book a room
Best time to visit: Any time, and it’s a working inn so keep it quiet

Aka the Miller Tree Inn (which you can rent!), this is dubbed the proper Cullen House. In the movies, the Cullen house is large, modern and fancy AF. But in the books it’s a 100+ year old white farmhouse with a porch.

This B&B fit the description and the location so well that it took over the duty of being the IRL Cullen House. The Cullen name is on the mailbox, Esme sometimes leaves notes on the whiteboard in the lobby, and they’ve got the graduation cap artwork from the movies plus Carlisle’s office. Sometimes they set the breakfast table with Twilight-themed place settings.

Worth it if you’re a book girlie first. The movie Cullen House is a private residence in Portland that you can’t go inside of, so this is the only Cullen House on earth you can actually sleep in.

Dr. Cullen’s Hospital Parking Sign

Address: 530 Bogachiel Way, Forks, WA
Cost: Free
Best time to visit: Any time, just not during a busy stretch at the ER

Just a few blocks away from Bella’s house is the Forks Community Hospital building, where Carlisle Cullen worked as a doctor in the books and movies. The hospital put up a “Dr. Cullen Vampire Parking Only” sign as a nod to their famous (fictional) medical resident.

Finding the sign is a bit tricky. Look for the admin building on 5th Street near some trees. You’ll find his parking spot tucked over here! (I missed it the first time and had to circle the block.)

One thing to keep in mind: this is a real working hospital, and the only one on this side of the peninsula. Grab your photo, then get out of the way of people who are actually here for a doctor.

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Forks Police Station

Address: 500 E Division Street, Forks, WA
Cost: Free
Best time to visit: Any time, but this is an active station

The station where Charlie Swan would have worked! Rumor has it the station used to have a whole display up in honor of Charlie, but it’s now gone and I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for it to come back. So for now, this is just a small-town police station with a very famous fictional chief.

Skip it if you’re tight on time, it’s a 30 second photo and that’s it. The building actually used as the police station in the movie is a credit union in Vernonia, Oregon, and I’ve got that address below.

Bella Italia Restaurant

Address: 118 E 1st St, Port Angeles, WA
Cost: The mushroom ravioli runs around $25
Best time to visit: Dinner, with a reservation booked in advance

GUYS, I can’t explain how much I nerded out while dining here. In the books, Bella and the girls go into Port Angeles to find prom dresses. Edward shows up and takes Bella to dinner. This is where that would have happened!!!

In the books she ordered mushroom ravioli, so the restaurant has that available and of course I ordered it. And it’s actually good, not just a gimmick you order for the photo. They even sell a frozen version you can ship home now, and part of those proceeds go to the Quileute tribe. Chef kiss.

During high season this restaurant can book out fast, so set a reservation before you arrive in Port Angeles. And yes, it’s far from Forks, but you’ll probably be driving through here from Seattle to start your Olympic National Park trip anyway (that’s what we did!)

Forks High School

Address: 261 Spartan Ave, Forks, WA
Cost: Free
Best time to visit: After 3:30pm on weekdays, or weekends

WHERE THE MAGIC STARTED!!!!!

Ok but real talk, this is a working public school with actual teenagers inside it, so what you’re doing is photographing the “Home of the Spartans” sign from the parking lot. That’s the whole activity. Fans leave little offerings on the rock out front, which I found sweet.

Nothing you see on screen was shot here, by the way. The interiors were filmed at Madison High School in Portland and the exteriors at Kalama High School down in Washington. During the September festival the school opens up for official tours, and that’s the one time I’d say it’s worth more than five minutes.

Jacob Black’s House

Address: 8320 La Push Rd, Forks, WA
Cost: Free to view from the road, or book a night
Best time to visit: Any time, on your way to or from La Push

While you’re heading out to La Push, swing by Jacob Black’s vacation rental. It’s painted red with Jacob’s bike parked out front, just like in the books. Inside it’s decked out in wolf-themed decor (very fitting). Like the Cullen House, you can rent it and spend the night.

It’s right on La Push Road so you’ll pass it anyway. Two minute stop, high payoff.

Treaty Line

Address: 7764 La Push Rd, Forks, WA (at Three Rivers Resort)
Cost: Free
Best time to visit: Any time, it’s outdoors and always accessible

Aka Three Rivers Resort, this is the Treaty Line. As a reminder, the treaty line is the boundary the Cullens agreed not to cross onto tribal land. In real life it sits right on your way out to La Push, and there’s a HUGE two-sided sign. One side says “Welcome Twilight Fans” and the other says “No Vampires Beyond This Point.”

The gas station and resort have a parking lot, so please park there instead of blocking the driveway where the sign is. Walk the 20 feet to keep the area safe and accessible!

Forks Twilight Museum (The Forever Twilight In Forks Collection)

Address: 11 N Forks Ave, Forks, WA, inside the Rainforest Arts Center alcove
Hours: Summer daily noon-4pm. Winter Fridays 2-4pm and Saturdays noon-4pm.
Cost: Free (donations welcome, they take cash, card and Venmo)
Best time to visit: Right at opening, and see the reservation note below

This is the closest thing Forks has to a Twilight museum, and I think it’s the best Twilight thing in town. The Forever Twilight in Forks Collection is full of screen-worn costumes from Bella, Edward and Jacob, props from all five films, Bella’s graduation quilt, international editions of the books, and a photo op with Chuckesmee (aka the animatronic Renesmee, aka the true star of the room lol).

Here’s the deal on getting in: they run 15 minute timeslots with a max of 10 people, and reservations are taken in person only. No phone, no online booking. You walk up, grab your slot, and come back at your time. Last tour is 3:30pm and there’s free parking behind the building on Spartan Ave.

It was closed during our visit and I was SO bummed, so learn from my mistake and build your whole Forks day around those noon to 4pm hours. If you skip everything else on this list, don’t skip this.

The Best Forks Twilight Store (Native To Twilight)

Address: 10 N Forks Ave, Forks, WA
Cost: Free to browse, shirts run around $25 to $35
Best time to visit: Mid-day, and check current hours since they shift seasonally

This is the shop I mentioned at the top of the post. Half gift shop full of Native art, half shrine to Twilight, complete with multiple life-size cardboard cutouts of Edward and Bella, copies of all the books for sale, posters and souvenirs.

It’s a whole vibe. And kinda strange, but I loved it. I ended up buying a Native-made shirt here for my husband. If you’re going to spend souvenir money anywhere in town, spend it here. You’re supporting a local business AND Native artists at the same time.

Okie, that’s all the Twilight spots in Forks I could come up with. I left out the hardware store where Bella worked in the books because it’s just an Ace Hardware now. Nothing unique about it.

Forever Twilight In Forks Festival (September)

If you can time your trip for it, go during the festival. Forever Twilight in Forks runs every September around Bella’s birthday, and the 2026 dates are September 10 through 13.

It’s four days of cast meet-and-greets, costume contests, movie screenings, panels, a vendor bazaar, official tours of Forks High School and the filming spots, and a big group photo on First Beach. The 2026 guest list includes Ashley Greene, Jackson Rathbone and Erik Odom.

Most of it is free and open to anyone, which I love. The premium VIT (Very Important Twilighter) pass runs $825 and gets you meals, autographs, photos and the exclusive events. Tickets for the next year usually go on sale the following October.

Pro-tip: book your hotel the second dates get announced. Forks is a tiny town with very few hotel rooms and they sell out for festival weekend almost immediately. The Miller Tree Inn goes first, obviously.

All The Twilight Filming Locations From The Movies

Now, onto every filming location used in the movies. As you probably know, movies are hardly ever filmed all in one place.

For the Twilight Saga, the first movie was shot almost entirely in Oregon, New Moon and Eclipse moved to British Columbia, and the Breaking Dawn films added Louisiana and Brazil. So you could absolutely build a Twilight filming locations road trip out of these if you wanted (more on that below).

And with Netflix developing a Midnight Sun animated series retelling the first book from Edward’s perspective, with Stephenie Meyer executive producing, there’s a whole new wave of fans about to go looking for these places.

Twilight Movie Locations (Oregon, Washington And California)

• The Swan house: 184 S 6th St, St. Helens, Oregon. By total accident, we happened to be in St. Helens right after our Forks trip for the Halloweentown festival, and St. Helens just happens to be where Bella’s movie house is. Easiest of all the movie spots to visit, and it’s an Airbnb you can actually book.
• Forks Police Station: Wauna Federal Credit Union, 1010 Bridge St, Vernonia, Oregon. This one gets missed on most lists. It’s a working Wauna Federal branch and the staff have historically been lovely about letting fans peek at the counter area used as Charlie’s desk. Be polite, they’re trying to do banking.
• The diner where Bella and Charlie eat: Carver Cafe, 16471 SE Highway 224, Damascus, Oregon. Still an operating small-town diner and still serving the same booths. Get the biscuits and gravy. This is my favorite of all the Oregon Twilight film locations because you can sit in the actual scene and order breakfast.
• Cullen House: 3333 NW Quimby St, Portland, Oregon. It’s a private residence, so you can swing by and look from the street but that’s it. Real people live there, so please don’t knock.
• Port Angeles scenes: also filmed in St. Helens, near the Swan house. Pay attention and you can spot the St. Helens town hall in the background of a scene.
• The dress shop: Angel Hair Salon, 251 S 1st St, St. Helens, Oregon, dressed up as “Petite Jolie” for the movie.
• Forks town scenes: Vernonia, Oregon
• Rainforest scenes: Silver Falls State Park, about 26 miles east of Salem near Silverton. Silver Falls State Park is worth a full day on its own, there’s a trail that walks you behind a waterfall.
• Spider monkey and tree climbing scenes: Columbia River Gorge, Oregon
• La Push beach scenes: Indian Beach at Ecola State Park, off Highway 101 about two miles north of Cannon Beach. So the real La Push is in Washington and the movie La Push is at Cannon Beach. Both worth your time.
• Exterior of Forks High School: Kalama High School, 548 China Garden Rd, Kalama, Washington
• Interior of Forks High School: Madison High School, 2735 NE 82nd Ave, Portland, Oregon
• Baseball game scene: near Multnomah Falls in the Columbia River Gorge
• Exterior of Bella’s ballet studio: Yale Union Building, 800 SE 10th Ave, Portland
• Lion and lamb scene: Stone Cliff Inn, 17900 S Clackamas River Dr, Oregon City
• Prom: View Point Inn, 40301 E Larch Mountain Rd, Corbett, Oregon. Heads up, the View Point Inn had a fire years back and its status has gone back and forth, so check before you drive out.
• “Say it. Out loud.” scene: Oxbow Regional Park, 3010 SE Oxbow Parkway, Gresham, Oregon
• Bella’s Arizona house: 22301 Cataro Drive, Santa Clarita, California (had no idea this was in California!)

Twilight Filming Locations Road Trip (How To Actually String These Together)

If you want to do a proper Twilight filming locations road trip, here’s the route I’d run. Portland is your home base for all of it.

Day 1, Portland core: Cullen House on Quimby Street, Madison High School, the Yale Union ballet studio building. All within 20 minutes of each other in northeast and southeast Portland.

Day 2, the Columbia River Gorge: View Point Inn, Multnomah Falls and the Gorge climbing scenes, then loop south to Oxbow Regional Park, Carver Cafe for lunch and Stone Cliff Inn over in Oregon City. Best day of the whole trip, and it’s not close.

Day 3, St. Helens and Vernonia: the Swan house, the Angel Hair Salon dress shop and Olde Towne St. Helens in the morning, then 30 minutes west to Vernonia for the Wauna Federal Credit Union police station.

Day 4, the coast: Cannon Beach and Indian Beach at Ecola State Park. Two hours from Portland and the prettiest stop on the list.

Add-on: Silver Falls State Park is an hour south of Portland and Kalama High School is 45 minutes north on I-5 if you’re driving toward Washington anyway.

New Moon Filming Locations

After the first movie’s success, production moved north to British Columbia and the sets got bigger. Bella’s house was rebuilt as a set instead of using a real house. Your list of visitable spots gets shorter from here, but the ones that exist are good.

• Forks High School: David Thompson Secondary School, 1755 E 55th Ave, Vancouver, British Columbia. This is where the dream catcher scene was filmed. Missing from most guides.
• The Swan house: rebuilt as a set at 28 Avenue and 188 Street, Campbell Heights, Surrey, B.C. It’s since been dismantled, so there’s nothing to see.
• Beach scenes with Jacob: Pacific Rim National Park and Long Beach near Tofino on Vancouver Island
• Jacob’s house: Gilley’s Trail Road, Minnekhada Regional Park, Coquitlam, B.C. Another private residence, painted red for filming.
• Movie theater scene with Jessica: Paramount Theatre, 652 Columbia St, New Westminster, B.C.
• Cullen House interiors: 118 Stevens Dr, Glenmore Park, West Vancouver, B.C. Private creek-side property, view from the road only.
• Cliff diving: Parthenon Park in West Vancouver plus Long Beach near Tofino. (Though sitting on the real Third Beach at La Push, there are big cliffs and I could totally picture Bella jumping from those.)
• Volterra scenes: they left Canada for this one and filmed in Montepulciano, Tuscany, not actual Volterra. The clock tower is the Palazzo del Comune on Piazza Grande.
• Breakup scene in the woods: south end of Capilano Lake, north of Vancouver, B.C.

Eclipse Filming Locations

• Volturi arrival scenes: Swiss Canadian Gun Club, 4141 Quarry Rd, Coquitlam, B.C.
• Jasper flashbacks: Pitt Meadows and Coquitlam, B.C.
• Graduation: Como Lake Middle School, 1121 King Albert Ave, Coquitlam, B.C.
• Victoria cliff scene: Whytecliff Park, West Vancouver, B.C.

Breaking Dawn Filming Locations

Breaking Dawn is the hardest to track down because so much of it was shot on sound stages around Baton Rouge, Louisiana, plus the honeymoon scenes in Brazil. Here’s what’s actually visitable.

• Denali family house: 1777 Pinewood Place, Pemberton, B.C.
• Bella climbing the rock: Stawamus Chief Provincial Park, Squamish, B.C.
• Wedding scene: Paradise Valley Rd, Squamish, B.C.

Forks Twilight FAQ

Where Was Twilight Filmed?

The first Twilight movie was filmed almost entirely in Oregon, with a few scenes in Kalama, Washington and Santa Clarita, California. Every Twilight movie location after that moved to British Columbia for New Moon and Eclipse, then Louisiana and Brazil for the Breaking Dawn films. None of it was filmed in Forks, Washington.

Was Twilight Filmed In Seattle?

No. Twilight wasn’t filmed in Seattle at all, even though Seattle comes up in the story and it’s where most fans fly in. Portland, Oregon is the city that actually stood in for most of the movie. If you’re flying into Seattle for this trip, you’re going to Forks for the book locations, not the film locations.

Where Did They Film Twilight?

Portland and the small towns around it did most of the heavy lifting. St. Helens played both Bella’s house and Port Angeles, Vernonia played downtown Forks plus the police station, Madison High School and Kalama High School split Forks High between them, and Indian Beach at Ecola State Park played La Push.

Where Is Forks In Twilight?

Forks is a real town on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state, roughly 4 hours west of Seattle and an hour past Port Angeles. It’s surrounded by Olympic National Park and gets over 100 inches of rain a year, which is exactly why Stephenie Meyer picked it for a family of vampires who can’t be seen in sunlight.

Is There A Twilight Museum In Forks?

Sort of. There’s no official museum, but the Forever Twilight in Forks Collection at 11 N Forks Ave functions as one. It’s free, it holds screen-worn costumes and props from all five movies, and it runs on in-person timeslot reservations. That’s the closest thing to a Forks Twilight museum you’ll find.

How Many Days Do You Need In Forks?

One full day covers every Twilight stop in town if you hustle. Two days is better and lets you do all three La Push beaches without rushing anything. Give it three or more if you’re adding the Hoh Rain Forest and Hurricane Ridge, which you absolutely should.

Is Forks Worth Visiting If You’re Not A Twilight Fan?

Absolutely. Forks is one of those towns that has logged itself in my brain and I can’t wait to come back. Forks sits in the middle of one of the only temperate rainforests on the planet. The Hoh Rain Forest is about an hour south and it wrecked me in the best way. Moss hanging off every branch like curtains, and a quiet so complete you can hear your own ears ringing. Rialto Beach is 20 minutes away and you have to climb over a driftwood pile the size of a house to reach the water. Ruby Beach is 45 minutes south. Second Beach at La Push is a 0.7 mile walk out to the prettiest coastline in Washington, full stop. Sol Duc Falls and Lake Crescent are both an easy drive too.

And the town itself is lovely to be in. The drive-thru espresso stands on Forks Ave have baristas who’ll chat with you like they’ve known you for years, and the diners serve portions that made me laugh out loud. Nobody out here is performing for tourists, which after living in a city felt like a full exhale.

So no, you don’t need to care about vampires to love it here. Robin doesn’t and he still brings up the Hoh. Come for the rainforest and let the Twilight stuff be the bonus.

What’s The Best Time Of Year To Visit Forks?

September if you want the festival, no contest. Summer gets you the longest opening hours and the driest weather. Fall is the most Twilight-looking, which is when we went, all fog and dripping moss and empty roads. Winter is bleak and a lot of places drop to weekend-only hours, so check before you commit to it.

Do You Need A Car To Visit Forks?

Pretty much, yeah. There’s no train out here and the locations are spread across 20 miles of rural highway. If you can’t drive, the Twilight tour from Seattle is your workaround.

So there you have it. Forks is a real place and I was there! And I hope this helps you plan a fantastic Forks Washington Twilight trip!!

If you only do two things off this entire list, make it the Forever Twilight in Forks Collection and then sunset at Second Beach. Those four hours are worth the whole drive.

If you use this guide to visit any location from the story, please tag me on Instagram @thewhimsysoul so I can see you nerd out!!

And if you have any locations to add or questions I didn’t answer, drop a comment below so everyone can see and I can help ya out. 🙂