What is the name of the haunted hotel in Stephen King’s novel The Shining?

The haunted hotel in Stephen King’s novel The Shining is the Overlook Hotel.

The Overlook is an isolated Colorado resort where Jack Torrance accepts a winter caretaker job. Heavy snow closes the roads, leaving Jack, his wife Wendy, and their son Danny cut off from the outside world. The hotel’s isolation allows its supernatural history and destructive influence to dominate the story.

Danny possesses a psychic ability called “the shining,” which lets him perceive thoughts, events, and spirits. The Overlook is especially interested in Danny’s unusual power, while Jack becomes increasingly vulnerable to the hotel’s pressure. The building’s past includes violence, corruption, and tragedies that seem to have accumulated into a malevolent presence.

Readers sometimes confuse the fictional Overlook with Colorado’s Stanley Hotel, which is often associated with the inspiration for the novel. King stayed at the Stanley in 1974, but the hotel in the story is fictional. The 1980 film adaptation also uses the Overlook as its central location.