RATING: ♦♦♦
- Dates: May 19, 2019 – Jun 2, 2019
- Length of stay: 14 nights.
- Cost per night: $0.
- Discount: Thousand Trails Membership.
- Hookups: 30 amp and water, but no sewer. There is a dump station.
- Site number/quality: #J5. Level and roomy site on wide gravel pad with picnic table. Many tall pine trees for shade.
- Park Quality: Better than average Thousand Trails campground. Clean and generally in good shape. Our site had a new picnic table and fire ring. The park is located in a very scenic area on the bank of the Little Deschutes River. Mount Bachelor, which is a major ski destination only 25 miles away, provides a magnificent backdrop, and was still covered in snow in May.
- Access: Easy access about 2 miles off U.S. 97 between the towns of La Pine and Bend OR, each of which is about 15 miles away to the north and south.
- Connectivity: Verizon-OK, AT&T-Strong, and T-Mobile-OK.
- Return yes/no?: Yes.
- Notes: We visited the towns of Sunriver, La Pine, and Bend. This part of Oregon is in the midst of volcanoes, both ancient and active. We drove up to the Newberry Volcano National Monument which is nearby.
- Website: Bend-Sunriver RV Campground
