Twin Peaks (fictional town)

Twin Peaks, Washington is a fictional town that serves as the primary setting of the television series Twin Peaks, created by Mark Frost and David Lynch, and the associated films Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) and Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces (shot 1991, released 2014).

As established in the original series, the town of Twin Peaks lies "five miles south of the Canadian border, and twelve miles west of the [Washington-Idaho] state line." According to the now-iconic sign in the television show, the fictional town has a population of 51201—the final "1" having been painted on by an unknown figure to make the town seem much larger than its "actual" size. The forest surrounding Twin Peaks has "portals" to extradimensional locations called the "Black Lodge" and the "White Lodge".

The established setting would place Twin Peaks within the Salmo-Priest Wilderness near the small town of Metaline Falls, 100 miles due north of Spokane.

Most of the show's exterior stock footage and establishing shots was shot in the Washington towns of Snoqualmie, North Bend, and Fall City, all around 25–30 miles from Seattle.