Castle View is a small town in Maine, near Castle Rock. The town is situated "about sixty miles" from Lisbon, Maine. According to Gwendy's Button Box, it is reachable from Castle Rock via Route 117, Pleasant Road, and on foot via the Suicide Stairs that lead to Castle View Recreational Park. The novella also states that Dark Score Lake is located nearby.
In 1960, Dennis Lachance was buried in Castle View Cemetary after he died in a car crash.
In the 1970s, Gwendy Peterson regularly went up the Suicide Stairs between Castle Rock and Castle View as a way to exercise.
Amanda Debusher lives in a "weather-tight Cape Cod between Castle View and the Harlow Deep Cut."
In 1999, Patricia McFarland's parents and brother stayed in a hotel in Castle View while the Castle County police searched for Trisha.
In 2009, Don and Petra Anderson threw a surprise party at The Birches in Castle View for their parents' twenty-fifth anniversary.
Appearances[]
- Needful Things
- The Body
- Bag of Bones (mentioned)
- The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
- Riding the Bullet (mentioned)
- Lisey's Story
- A Good Marriage
- Gwendy's Button Box
- Elevation
- Gwendy's Final Task