Forks, Washington, located on the Olympic Peninsula in the Northwest corner of the Pacific Northwest, is the setting for Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series.
The largest city between Port Angeles and Aberdeen, Forks is close to the Pacific Ocean beaches of Olympic National Park and the Hoh River Rain Forest.Official Site: Forks Washington
A 2,000 square mile area that contains over 200 miles of wild rivers, there are more than 100 miles of saltwater shores bordering the north and west of Forks and the south and east are bordered by alpine meadows and rain forest valleys.Chamber of Commerce: Forks Washington
Attractions
- Olympic National Park
- Rialto Beach
- The Hoh Rain Forest
- Kalaloch Beach
- Lake Ozette
- Cape Flattery and the Northwest Coast
- Lake Crescent
- Sol Duc Falls
Quotes
- "For my setting, I knew I needed someplace ridiculously rainy. I turned to Google, as I do for all my research needs, and looked for the place with the most rainfall in the U.S. This turned out to be the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State. I pulled up maps of the area and studied them, looking for something small, out of the way, surrounded by forest... And there, right where I wanted it to be, was a tiny town called "Forks". It couldn't have been more perfect if I had named it myself. I did a Google image search on the area, and if the name hadn't sold me, the gorgeous photographs would have done the trick."—Stephenie Meyer, author of TwilightStephenieMeyer.com: Twilight