A few weeks ago, two of Bend Park & Recreation trails experts shared data with its board of directors. More than nine in 10 Bend residents reported that they used a local trail at least once in the ...

Fresh fall snow is coating the high desert trails of eastern Oregon, and few are more beautiful than the Deschutes River Trail in Bend. Found just southwest of town, the trail is nearly nine miles ...

We are certainly spoiled in Bend with the number of parks and green spaces here. With 84 of them spread wide throughout the city limits, you can easily find yourself within a half-mile of a great ...

BEND, Ore. — Some trails in Central Oregon I avoid during summer weekends, knowing they will be too clogged with other bikers and hikers to actually enjoy. The Deschutes River Trail from Meadow Camp ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – An irrigation canal breach on Central Oregon Irrigation District property along the Deschutes River led to some flooding overnight that closed sections of the Central Oregon ...

A fresh coat of fall snow wasn’t enough to open lifts at Mount Bachelor, but it did make scenery particularly beautiful along the Deschutes River Trail in Bend. The November snowfall coated the ...

Bend Park and Recreation District is inviting community members to join its Natural Resources and Trails team with upcoming volunteer project days from May to October. Volunteers are needed to roll up ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The Bend Park & Recreation District is launching a new study to evaluate options for connecting the Deschutes River Trail in southwest Bend and it wants your input. The project ...

CELILO, Ore. — It’s just an abandoned railroad grade for most of the year. But from late March to mid-May, the former railroad route along the east shore of the lower Deschutes River is a great place ...

Central Oregon’s desert is a delirious retreat in spring, when the Deschutes River runs high and the sunny sagebrush hills revel in wildflowers. Today, that charm lures fly fishermen, river rafters ...

From waterfall hikes to riverside concerts, Bend delivers big scenery and even bigger reasons to get outside.