Twelve parks in Bend, from Drake on Mirror Pond to Shevlin’s nearly 1,000 acres, plus six nearby.
A 13-acre downtown park on Mirror Pond, the calm stretch of the Deschutes River. It has paved riverfront paths, open lawn, an outdoor stage, and a river access beach rebuilt in 2023.
A 22-acre park on the Deschutes River near the Bill Healy Bridge, on the Deschutes River Trail. It has a lumber-mill themed playground, a small bouldering area, a beach, a boardwalk, and a small boat launch at the south end.
A park on the Deschutes River next to the Old Mill District, with open lawn and paved and unpaved paths. It has several river access points, including access points added at the south end in 2024, and a fenced off-leash dog area with river access on the east side.
A large park on both sides of the Deschutes River north of downtown, linked by a footbridge. It has paved and unpaved trails, picnic tables, open grass, and river access, and is a listed stop on the Oregon Cascade Birding Tour route.
A regional park of nearly 1,000 acres west of downtown, along Tumalo Creek. Trails include a 6-mile loop on the canyon rim and a 2.5-mile creek trail, plus picnic sites, a fishing pond, and Aspen Hall.
One of Bend's oldest parks, a 5.5-acre riverfront park just north of downtown. It has a formal rose garden, a covered group picnic area, open lawn, and a Deschutes River Trail path along the river.
A 37-acre park in southeast Bend that opened in 2022. It has a playground, a seasonal sprayground, Bend's first park bouldering area, an off-leash dog area with an agility course, and paved and soft-surface trails.
A 159-acre community park in northeast Bend with sports fields, pickleball courts, a disc golf course, and a stocked fishing pond. It also has an all-abilities playground, trails, and a 14-acre off-leash dog area. The pond is not the Deschutes River, so river_access is false.
A 4.7-acre park on the Deschutes River across from McKay Park. It has open lawn, a picnic shelter, a community garden next door, and two accessible river entry points for wading, floating, paddleboarding, and kayaking.
A park on both sides of the Deschutes River at the end of NW First Street, used as a river access point for canoes and kayaks. The Deschutes River Trail runs through it between Sawyer Park and Pioneer Park, and there is a natural play area made from logs, stumps, and boulders.
A 114-acre state park on a cinder cone that rises about 500 feet above Bend. Trails and a seasonal summit road lead to the top, with views of Bend and Cascade peaks including the Three Sisters, Mount Jefferson, and Mount Hood.
A state park on the Deschutes River northwest of Bend, with a day-use area, a campground with tent and RV sites and yurts, and a 2.4-mile segment of the Deschutes River Trail. The day-use area has picnic sites and a wading area on the river.
Outside Bend proper — still worth the drive.
A 641-acre state park where tuff and basalt cliffs rise above the Crooked River. It is used for rock climbing, hiking, and mountain biking, with trails including the River Trail along the river and the Misery Ridge Trail to a viewpoint.
A 9-acre day-use park on the east side of the Deschutes River, about four miles west of Redmond off Highway 126. It has an open picnic lawn and fishing access to the river; Cline Falls itself is just north of the highway, outside the park boundary.
A linear park and trail system in a shallow volcanic canyon that runs through Redmond. A paved trail of about four miles follows the canyon floor, with side paths, a disc golf course, and a dog park along its length.
The downtown park in Sisters, two blocks south of Cascade Avenue between Elm and Fir Streets. It has a covered gazebo, a barbecue and picnic area, playground equipment, restrooms, and an open lawn used for concerts and the Sisters Farmers Market.
A state park on the Upper Deschutes River northeast of La Pine, with a campground, cabins, and about 14 miles of trails on both sides of the river. Its day-use areas include a river swim beach (no lifeguard) and a short paved trail to Big Tree, a ponderosa pine about 500 years old.
A 14.85-acre park along Ochoco Creek in Prineville, described by the city as its most popular park. It has a large children's play structure, a covered picnic shelter, tennis and basketball courts, pickleball courts, an outdoor amphitheater, and an accessible fishing platform on the creek.
From the listings, not a count of this page.
Includes the Deschutes parks plus Shevlin on Tumalo Creek. Pine Nursery has a fishing pond, not a river.
Pilot Butte’s playground belongs to the neighborhood park at the base, not the viewpoint.
Oregon State Parks sticker or buy a day permit on site. Dollar amount was not posted on the pages we checked, so it is not printed here.
East-side lot and trails stay open. The park is not closed.
Shevlin is not an off-leash area. Use the dog-parks guide for the nine BPRD yards that are.
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