Twin Peaks (fictional town)
Twin Peaks, Washington is a fictional town in the U.S. state of Washington, serving as the primary setting of the television series Twin Peaks, created by Mark Frost and David Lynch, and the 2017 revival Twin Peaks: The Return. It was also featured in scenes in the 1992 movie Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me and the feature-length deleted scenes compilation, Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces. Places commonly shown within the series include the Double R Diner, The Great Northern Hotel, The Black Lodge, and The White Lodge.
"The Great Northern Hotel" redirects here. For the hotel in Queensland, see Great Northern Hotel, Townsville.FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper states, in the pilot episode, that the town of Twin Peaks is "five miles south of the Canadian border, and twelve miles west of the state line". This places it in the Salmo-Priest Wilderness. Lynch and Frost started their location search in Snoqualmie, Washington, on the recommendation of a friend of Frost. They found all of the locations that they had written into the pilot episode.[2] The towns of Snoqualmie, North Bend and Fall City – which became the primary filming locations for stock Twin Peaks exterior footage – are about an hour's drive from the town of Roslyn, Washington, the town used for the series Northern Exposure. Many exterior scenes were filmed in wooded areas of Malibu, California.[3] Most of the interior scenes were shot on standing sets in a San Fernando Valley warehouse.
The Great Northern Hotel[edit]
Much of the series takes place in The Great Northern Hotel.[1] The lead character, FBI Agent Dale Cooper, is a resident of the hotel for the length of the original series.[5][6][7][8][9]
The exterior of The Great Northern Hotel is the Salish Lodge in Snoqualmie, WA.[1] (In 1988, the building was completely remodeled and reopened as the Salish Lodge.)[10] The lodge that inspired The Great Northern Hotel is the Kiana Lodge in Poulsbo, Washington.[7] The Kiana Lodge was built in the late 1920s and is furnished with alder bentwood pieces dating from that era.[7]
The hotel is owned by Ben Horne, a business associate of Leland Palmer; the death of his daughter Laura Palmer is the catalyst for the series.[11]