Sidewinder, Colorado

Sidewinder is a fictional town featured in the Stephen King novel The Shining as well as the 1980 film adaptation of King's book, The Shining, directed by Stanley Kubrick and the 1997 television miniseries, The Shining. Sidewinder is located in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado not far from the Overlook Hotel. The Torrance family drove through Sidewinder on their way to the Overlook. After being snowed in, Wendy Torrance maintained contact with the local Forest rangers, who were based out of Sidewinder. It is also the hometown of Annie Wilkes, the antagonist of Stephen King's novel, Misery.

Films that take place in

 * Doctor Sleep
 * Misery
 * Shining, The (1980)
 * Shining, The (1997)

Books that take place in

 * Doctor Sleep (novel)
 * Shining, The (novel)