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The Stanley Hotel

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Colorado Experience: The Stanley Hotel

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Discover Colorado’s haunted Stanley Hotel in Estes Park for a night of scares and history

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The True Story Behind "The Shining"

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Colorado Experience: The Stanley Hotel - Web Extra

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Haunted Colorado: Ghost stories from the Stanley Hotel

The Stanley Hotel is a 142-room Colonial Revival hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, United States of America. Approximately five miles from the entrance to Rocky Mountain National Park, the Stanley offers panoramic views of Lake Estes, the Rockies and especially Long's Peak. It was built by Freelan Oscar Stanley of Stanley Steamer fame and opened on July 4, 1909, catering to the American upper class at the turn of the century. The hotel and its surrounding structures are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.