Twilight Filming Locations in 2026: What Closed, What Survives, What Became an Industry

The Twilight map broke into three tiers, and most fan guides still describe the old one. As of July 2025, the forest where Edward delivered "the world's most dangerous predator" is closed to the public after vandalism. Meanwhile Bella's actual house sells out its booking calendar a year ahead on a quarterly release schedule, and two whole festivals — one in Forks, one in St. Helens, the Oregon town that stood in for Forks on screen — have grown up around the films. Here is the 2026 state of every major location: what closed, what still works as a casual stop, and what has become an industry.

Bella's House Is Real — and Booked Into Next Year

The house used for Bella Swan's home in the first film stands in St. Helens, Oregon, and since 2018 its owners have run it as "The Twilight Swan House," a vacation rental restored to match the film down to the green kitchen cabinetry and the purple bedroom. It is the one place in the franchise where you can sleep inside a set.

Which is why booking it works like concert tickets. Dates are released quarterly at 10:00 AM Pacific: the April 2026 release covered early 2027, the July 2026 release covered spring 2027 — and sold out — and the next drops come October 1, 2026 and January 1, 2027 for the rest of that year. There is a two-night minimum, no waitlist, and selected dates aren't held in a cart, so slow checkouts lose the room. If a stay is the goal, put the release date in your calendar and treat it like an on-sale.

Forks High Is in Kalama — Until the Sequels Left the Country

The school where Edward stops the van is Kalama High School in Kalama, Washington, which supplied both the famous parking lot and the cafeteria scenes in the first film. By New Moon, production had moved and Forks High became David Thompson Secondary School in Vancouver, British Columbia — so Kalama's claim is specifically to the first movie's most replayed moments. It is a working public school, not an attraction: visit outside school hours or on weekends, photograph the parking lot, and leave the campus to its students. There is no fee and no gift shop — which is exactly its charm.

The Diner Still Serves Bella's Booth

Carver Cafe in Carver, Oregon — Bella and Charlie's diner — is a working local restaurant, not a set: the striped curtains and window booths still look the way they did on screen, and fans routinely ask for Bella's booth with their meal. Keep an eye on the counter in the film itself — that's where Stephenie Meyer sits with a laptop in her blink-and-miss cameo. Order lunch, take the booth photo, tip like a guest.

What Closed, and What You Can Only See From the Street

The forest on Stone Cliff Inn's land above the Clackamas River hosted three of the first film's signature beats — the "dangerous predator" boulder scene, the "personal brand of heroin" tree, and "so the lion fell in love with the lamb." For years the owners let fans walk it free, with plaques quoting the script at each spot. That era ended: a July 2025 update confirms the area is closed to the public due to vandalism. The plaques, the boulder, the eroded stump where fans posed — all of it is now behind a private-property line, and the closure is a direct consequence of how some visitors treated the privilege.

The Cullen house — the Hoke House in Portland — remains a private family residence: photograph it from the sidewalk, nothing more. And the View Point Inn in Corbett, where the prom scene was shot, was damaged by fire in 2011 and has since been restored.

The Free Tier Is the Underrated One

Two of the film's most recognizable frames cost nothing and close to no one. Multnomah Falls, in the Columbia River Gorge, appears in the opening scenes. And "La Push" beach — where Bella first hears about "the cold ones" — is really Indian Beach in Ecola State Park on the Oregon coast, one of the most photogenic public beaches in the state. Both absorb crowds better than any private location, and both are worth the stop with or without the vampire context.

The 2026 Calendar: Two Festivals, One Truck Museum

Forks, Washington — the real town, where nothing was filmed — has built the saga's biggest annual event anyway. Forever Twilight in Forks runs September 10–13, 2026, with saga actors Ashley Greene, Jackson Rathbone and Erik Odom appearing; entry to the festival itself is free, panels and parties are ticketed, and the full-access VIT pass runs $825. Year-round, both of Bella's trucks sit at the Forks Timber Museum and Visitor Center, and the Forever Twilight in Forks Collection displays saga props and costumes. Forks is a five-hour drive from the Oregon locations — it is its own trip, not an add-on.

St. Helens, meanwhile, leans into October. The Spirit of Halloweentown festival — built on the town's history as the filming site of Disney's Halloweentown and of the Twilight scenes shot here — put its 2026 tickets on sale August 19. Walking the town square is free; general-admission passes cover the haunted house, exhibits and a filming-location tour train, celebrity photo ops start at $85 and sell only online, and parking passes run $25 in advance. If you want the Swan House and a Halloween atmosphere in one trip, this is the season to aim for — just remember the house itself books out long before October.

Planning the Trip by Tier

The efficient version: a one-day Portland-area loop covers Kalama High School, Carver Cafe, Multnomah Falls and the St. Helens riverfront, with the Hoke House as a drive-by — all free except lunch. Add Indian Beach if you extend to the coast. The Swan House is a separate project that starts with a calendar alarm on release day, and Forks is a pilgrimage weekend, best timed to the September festival. What no longer belongs on any itinerary is the Stone Cliff forest — and its closure is the practical lesson of the whole map: the locations that survive as destinations are the ones whose visitors behaved like guests.