Stories from Central Oregon

Redmond has personality to spare in the heart of Central Oregon. Throughout the city’s downtown core, visitors walk among stylish brunch spots, old-school boutiques, bustling food-cart pods, and cutting-edge brewpubs.…

Part of what makes Central Oregon so special is the wide variety of landscapes that shaped our beautiful region. It’s possible, for instance, to drive in the shadow of snow-capped…

Prineville was established in 1870—and was initially called just “Prine”—making it the oldest modern city in Central Oregon. It’s easy to see what the first emigrants saw in the land,…

Our mountain forests, sun-kissed high desert, alpine lakes, lazy rivers, and starry night skies provide the perfect playground for enjoying the top things to do in Central Oregon—so we’ve put…

Every year, visitors from around the world arrive in Oregon for weekend trips full of world-class wine tasting amidst stately vineyards and in elegant tasting rooms. On the west side…

In spring, fed by winter snowmelt, waterfalls in Central Oregon reach their thundering peak. Wildflowers bloom alongside trails. The weather is warm enough for shorts, but snow-capped Cascade peaks still…

Tumalo is the kind of town that takes visitors by surprise. Home to just a few hundred year-round residents, the ranching community sits just nine miles north of Bend and…

There are countless beautiful road trips through Central Oregon—but with summer rapidly approaching, we wanted to highlight a few particularly scenic drives you should add to your itinerary this season: