It's 'Twilight' Time in the Pacific Northwest

It's 'Twilight' Time in the Pacific Northwest
November 10, 2009 06:08 AM

FORKS, Wash. -- They're called "Twi-hards," fans so avid about Twilight that they hit the road to find trails traversed by the fictional Bella Swan and her vampire love, Edward Cullen.

While the series' second book New Moon, opening as a movie Nov. 20, makes a detour into Tuscany, the majority of Twilight's lovestruck action takes place in the Pacific Northwest. Tiny Forks, Wash., (pop. 3,192) has seen visitation jump 600 percent since Stephenie Meyer's first teen-vampire novel was released in 2005, says Marcia Bingham, director of the Forks Chamber of Commerce.

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We're reveling in it," Bingham says of the fan attention. "And they don't complain about the rain!"

Here are some places to sink your teeth into Twilight:

Forks, Wash.

This logging town on the Olympic Peninsula is considered Vampire Central. A free map outlines Twilight touchstones such as Forks Community Hospital (check out Dr. Cullen's parking spot) and Forks High School. Tours are conducted by Dazzled by Twilight. For those staying in Seattle (3½ hours away), Kimpton hotels have packages that include a day-long trip to Forks.

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