Nearest Communities to Bend,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Bend, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Bend:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Bend.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Bend is located in Deschutes County and is the County Seat.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Deschutes County: Crook, Harney, Jefferson, Klamath, Lake, Lane & Linn.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 30 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Bend. Of these communities, 8 are located in counties other than Deschutes County.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home county for Bend (which is Deschutes County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Bend
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Deschutes County (where Bend resides)
- County Website: www.co.deschutes.or.us/
- County Seat for Deschutes: Bend
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Oregon
- Deschutes County
- From Family Search:
- State of Oregon
- Deschutes County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Oregon
- Deschutes County
- Nearest Communities to Bend ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Bend.
- Deschutes River Woods
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deschutes River Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deschutes River Woods
- Deschutes River Woods is located in Deschutes County
- Tumalo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tumalo
- Tumalo is located in Deschutes County
- Deschutes Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deschutes Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deschutes Junction
- Deschutes Junction is located in Deschutes County
- Deschutes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Lava
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Sunriver
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunriver
- Sunriver is located in Deschutes County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sunriver <4>
- Alfalfa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfalfa
- Alfalfa is located in Deschutes County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alfalfa <4>
- Cline Falls ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cline Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cline Falls
- Cline Falls is located in Deschutes County
- Plainview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest) - Redmond
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Redmond have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redmond
- Redmond is located in Deschutes County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34,293 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Redmond <4>
- Cloverdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cloverdale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Cloverdale is located in Deschutes County
- Prineville Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prineville Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prineville Junction
- Prineville Junction is located in Deschutes County
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- Three Rivers
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Three Rivers have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Rivers
- Three Rivers is located in Deschutes County
- Lower Bridge ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower Bridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Bridge
- Lower Bridge is located in Deschutes County
- Sisters
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sisters
- Sisters is located in Deschutes County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,811 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sisters <4>
- Terrebonne
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrebonne
- Terrebonne is located in Deschutes County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Terrebonne <4>
- Stearns
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south) - Millican ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast) - Indian Ford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Ford
- Indian Ford is located in Deschutes County
- Elk Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west) - Black Butte Ranch
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Butte Ranch
- Black Butte Ranch is located in Deschutes County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Black Butte Ranch <4>
- La Pine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Pine
- La Pine is located in Deschutes County
- Estimated population in 2015: 1,777 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for La Pine <4>
- Three Rivers
- Crook County
- County Website: www.co.crook.or.us/
- County Seat for Crook: Prineville
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Oregon
- Crook County
- From Family Search:
- State of Oregon
- Crook County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Oregon
- Crook County
- Nearest Communities to Bend ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Bend.
- Powell Butte
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Butte
- Powell Butte is located in Crook County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Powell Butte <4>
- O'Neil
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast) - Forest Crossing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Crossing
- Forest Crossing is located in Crook County
- Prineville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prineville
- Prineville is located in Crook County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,305 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prineville <4>
- Roberts
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jefferson County
- County Website: www.co.jefferson.or.us
- County Seat for Jefferson: Madras
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Oregon
- Jefferson County
- From Family Search:
- State of Oregon
- Jefferson County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Oregon
- Jefferson County
- Nearest Communities to Bend ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Bend.
- Crooked River Ranch
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked River Ranch
- Crooked River Ranch is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crooked River Ranch <4>
- Opal City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north) - Geneva ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Geneva is located in Jefferson County
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bend) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bend. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.0603, Longitude: -121.3024 |
| <2> | Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking. We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |