Sunriver Resort is a luxury resort and residential community in central Oregon

Central Oregon

Central Oregon is a geographic region in the U.S. state of Oregon and is traditionally considered to be made up of Deschutes, Jefferson, and Crook counties. Other definitions include larger areas, often encompassing areas to the north towards the Columbia River, eastward towards Burns, or south...

, in the Pacific Northwest

Pacific Northwest

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 region of the United States

United States

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. The resort is located at the edge of the high desert, just east of the Cascade Range

Cascade Range

The Cascade Range is a major mountain range of western North America, extending from southern British Columbia through Washington and Oregon to Northern California. It includes both non-volcanic mountains, such as the North Cascades, and the notable volcanoes known as the High Cascades...

, in Sunriver

Sunriver, Oregon

Sunriver, Oregon is a private planned resort community in Deschutes County, Oregon, United States. It is part of the Bend, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area...

, 15 miles (24 km) south of Bend

Bend, Oregon

Bend is a city in and the county seat of Deschutes County, Oregon, United States, and the principal city of the Bend, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area. Bend is Central Oregon's largest city, and, despite its modest size, is the de facto metropolis of the region, owing to the low population...

 and 180 miles (290 km) south-southeast of Portland

Portland, Oregon

Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

. The Sunriver Resort Hotel is managed by Destination Hotels & Resorts

Destination Hotels & Resorts

Destination Hotels & Resorts is a privately held lodging management company headquartered in Englewood, Colorado. With 30 independent, luxury and upscale hotels, resorts and golf clubs, Destination Hotels & Resorts is the fifth largest independent hospitality management company in the...

. The common areas throughout the Sunriver resort community are managed by the Sunriver Owners Association. The elevation of the resort is 4190 feet (1,277.1 m).

History

Sunriver's land used to be a lake bed which dried out and became a meadow. It was a meeting place for Native Americans

Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples in North America within the boundaries of the present-day continental United States, parts of Alaska, and the island state of Hawaii. They are composed of numerous, distinct tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of which survive as...

 living in the area and was later adopted by settlers, trappers, and explorers, including Peter Skene Ogden

Peter Skene Ogden

Peter Skene Ogden , was a fur trader and a Canadian explorer of what is now British Columbia and the American West...

, Kit Carson

Kit Carson

Christopher Houston "Kit" Carson was an American frontiersman and Indian fighter. Carson left home in rural present-day Missouri at age 16 and became a Mountain man and trapper in the West. Carson explored the west to California, and north through the Rocky Mountains. He lived among and married...

, and John Fremont, who led expeditions along the Deschutes River in the early-to-mid-19th century.
In 1943, the meadow was claimed as a training ground for combat construction battalions of the U.S. Army

United States Army

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 and was established as Camp Abbot

Camp Abbot

Camp Abbot was a United States Army training center located south of Bend, Oregon, United States. The center was used to train combat engineers during World War II. A large part of site has now been developed as Sunriver Resort. The rest has been incorporated into the Deschutes National Forest. ...

. It closed soon after D-Day

D-Day

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 in 1944 and most of the buildings were razed. The officer's club, constructed from native logs and stones, was left standing and is now used for meetings and weddings.
In 1965, Donald V. McCallum, a Portland attorney, and John D. Gray, founder of Omark Industries, bought the land and planned to build a luxury resort on it. Their idea was to create a resort and residential community with a focus on maintaining the integrity of the environment, including creating a finite number of home sites. The first home site at Sunriver was sold on June 28, 1968. The resort that McCallum and Gray established was bought in 1993 by Sunriver Resort Limited Partnership, who began an extensive capital improvement program.

The Resort

Sunriver Resort offers a variety of accommodations, including luxury guest rooms and suites, as well as 400 vacation rental

Vacation rental

Vacation rental is the renting out of a furnished apartment or house on a temporary basis to tourists as an alternative to a hotel. The term vacation rental is mainly used in the US. In Europe the term villa rental or villa holiday is preferred for rentals of detached houses in warm climates...

 properties. It has five dining areas, three tennis facilities, family recreation, and is home to the Sage Springs Club and Spa. The resort has over 44600 square feet (4,143.5 m²) of meeting and banquet space.

The resort is home to three famous golf courses: Meadows, Woodlands, and Crosswater. Crosswater, named one of "America's 100 Greatest Courses" by Golf Digest

Golf Digest

Golf Digest is a monthly golf magazine published by Condé Nast Publications in the United States. It is a generalist golf publication covering recreational golf and men's and women's competitive golf. Condé Nast Publications also publishes the more specialized , and Golf World Business. The...

, and is the new home of the JELD-WEN Tradition

The Tradition

The Tradition is one of the five major championships recognized by the U.S.-based Champions Tour, the world's leading tour for professional golfers aged fifty and older. The inaugural event was staged in 1989.Unlike the U.S...

, a major championship on the Champions Tour

Champions Tour

The Champions Tour, a golf tour run by the PGA Tour, hosts a series of events annually in the United States and the United Kingdom for golfers 50 years of age and older. Many of the PGA Tour's most successful golfers have gone on to play on the Champions Tour.The Senior PGA Championship, founded in...

 played in August. The Meadows golf course was designed by acclaimed architect John Fought

John Fought

John Fought III is an American golf course architect and professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour, Nationwide Tour and Champions Tour....

 and the Woodlands golf course was designed by the renowned architect Robert Trent Jones, Jr.

Robert Trent Jones, Jr.

Robert Trent "Bobby" Jones, Jr. is a noted golf course architect. He is the son of legendary golf course designer Robert Trent Jones and the brother of golf course designer Rees Jones....

External links

• Sunriver Resort