The La Push beach is located on the American Indian reserve of Quileute, about a 20-minute drive from Forks. While driving towards La Push, one can notice the redwood house where Jacob Black lives, practically identical to the one in the movies. You can even rent it for a stay on the reserve. His motorcycle is parked on the property, but, unlike Bella, it’s impossible to borrow it.
The La Push beach is magnificent, a perfect match to the one described by Stephanie Meyer in her first novel. White tree trunks, eroded by sea water, are scattered over the beach. The golden sand is in places covered by flat, polished, black rocks. Majestic rocks with their extremities covered by vegetation surround the beach. The Twilighters (the name given to the Twilight fans) remember them well as they were the setting of Bella’s perilous leap into the sea.
La Push is also the region’s hotspot for local surfers. When the waves are good, the local surfers pull out their boards and head into the water.
The Quileute people are very welcoming and openly accept visitors on their territory. The Twilighters can thus stay at Quileute Oceanside Resort, in any one of its many rooms or one of its cozy beach houses.
The Dazzled by Twilight tour bus doesn’t make it out to La Push, which means that you’ll have to get there by your own means. The Quileute people are also benefiting from the Twilight affect on the region, but would rather not transform their reserve into a full-blown tourist attraction.
The beauty of the La Push surroundings makes it well worth the detour, so much so that one quickly forgets about the Twilight saga.
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