Welcome To Forks, Washington
ECLIPSE (Blu-ray)
Release date: December 6th 2010
Certificate (UK): 15
Running time: 121 minutes
Director: David Slade
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Billy Burke, Ashley Greene, Jackson Rathbone, Nikki Reed, Kellan Lutz, Elizabeth Reaser, Peter Facinelli
The city of Forks is home to approximately 3,120 residents and is named after the forks in the nearby Quillayute, Bogachiel, Calawah, and Sol Duc rivers.
Located on Washington State’s Olympic Peninsula, close to the Olympic National Park’s Pacific Ocean beaches and the Hoh River Rain Forest, Forks’ economy depended on the local timber factories but with the industry in steady decline the city has had to rely on the nearby Clallam Bay Correctional Center and Olympic Corrections Center for employment.
In recent years, Forks has become well known, not just because it’s a popular destination for sport fishing or the Olympic National Park, but because its also home to the characters in the Twilight series created by Stephenie Meyer in her novels and vividly depicted in the movie adaptations.
Bryon Monohon, Mayor, City of Forks says of Forks:
For fans looking to see where the locations where some of their favourite scenes were filmed, there’s a lot to see in Forks, such as the Vampire Baseball Field near Quillayute Prairie Cemetery. This is the field where the Cullen family took Bella for a game of vampire baseball during a thunderstorm. As the field is located near the Quillayute Prairie Cemetery, they do ask that visitors are respectful of the area. It is located on the corner of Quillayute Rd. and Mina Smith Rd.
The area has an oceanic climate with a high amount of rainfall, something which is referred to in the books and movies. Storms tend to blow in from the ocean and the elk do have a tendency to tear up people’s yards. But that’s all part of the mystique of such a city, something which Meyer was able to tap into with her novels.
Speaking of how she came to choose Forks as the setting for Twilight, Meyer says:
And if you do manage to make your way to Forks for the Twilight Tour, Hoh Rainforest has to be seen. It’s one of the largest rainforests in the United States and was created thousands of years ago by glaciers. It’s also were Bella confronts Edward about what he really is before seeing him sparkle for the first time.
If you’ve been to Forks, do share your pictures and stories with us!
