What is the name of the hotel in the book, "The Shining"?

The hotel in Stephen King’s book The Shining is called the Overlook Hotel. It is a remote, fictional resort in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains where Jack Torrance takes a winter caretaker’s job with his wife Wendy and son Danny.

Published in 1977, the novel turns the hotel into more than a haunted setting: the Overlook behaves like a malevolent presence with a long history of violence, corruption, and tragedy. Its isolation cuts the Torrance family off from help as winter closes in, while Danny’s psychic ability—known as “the shining”—allows him to perceive the hotel’s supernatural forces.

Readers sometimes confuse the fictional Overlook with real hotels associated with the story. Stephen King’s stay at Colorado’s Stanley Hotel helped inspire the novel, but the Stanley is not the hotel named in the book. The 1980 film adaptation also used Oregon’s Timberline Lodge for exterior shots, adding another real-world location to the mythology.

The novel and film differ in important details. In King’s book, the Overlook’s history and boiler are central to the climax, while Stanley Kubrick’s film emphasizes visual symbolism, psychological dread, and an especially memorable maze. In both versions, however, the Overlook is the story’s defining location.