From Forks to Volterra: A Traveler’s Guide to the Real-World Sets of Twilight

The Twilight saga may have wrapped its final credits more than a decade ago, but the places where Bella, Edward, and Jacob came to life still draw pilgrims by the carload. If you’re planning your own road trip to the Pacific Northwest—or just curious how movie magic remapped the map—here’s where to find the real spots behind the films.

Start in Portland, Oregon. The Cullen family’s glass-and-steel home, known as Hoke House, sits at 3333 NW Quimby Street, tucked into the hills near Forest Park. It’s a private residence, so visitors are asked to stay at the edge of the driveway. About 45 minutes north, in St. Helens, the house at 184 S 6th Street served as Bella’s home in the first movie. The good news: you can actually rent it on Airbnb.

For the forest scenes—Edward’s treetop runs and the meadow confession—head to Silver Falls State Park near Silverton, Oregon. The famous vampire baseball game was shot at a private waterfront site called The Shire, near Skamania Island on the Washington side of the Columbia River. Tours are suspended as of 2026, but you can still see Multnomah Falls in the background of that scene.

The La Push beaches? Don’t head to the real La Push in Washington. Instead, go to Indian Beach in Oregon’s Ecola State Park for the first film’s origin-story scenes. The cliff-diving sequence in New Moon was filmed at Incinerator Rock in British Columbia’s Pacific Rim National Park Reserve.

Italy fans take note: Volterra is real, but New Moon’s Volturi scenes were shot in Montepulciano, Tuscany. The tourist office there even offers Twilight-specific guides. Other far-flung locations include Baton Rouge and New Orleans for Breaking Dawn, and the fictional Isle of Esma was brought to life in Partay, Brazil. For a final eerie touch, the newborn-vampire lake scene in Eclipse was filmed at Sasamat Lake in Belcarra Regional Park, Canada—and yes, you can swim there.