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Drake Park and Mirror Pond, Bend, OR

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Sports & Outdoors

Drake Park and Mirror Pond

Long-standing downtown riverside park in Bend with open lawn, river access, and an outdoor stage.

777 NW Riverside Blvd, Bend, OR · Bend, OR

About Drake Park and Mirror Pond

A longtime downtown gathering spot in Bend beside the Deschutes River. The park has a strip of riverfront, wide grassy areas, river access, an outdoor stage, and public restrooms. The Deschutes River Trail runs through it, and two public artworks stand on the grounds. A 2023 project rebuilt the trail and beach near Galveston Avenue.

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What's around here?

The closest stops to Drake Park and Mirror Pond, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.

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    High Desert Food Trail

    No admission fee

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    Transit: reachable by public transit

    0.3 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing

  • Museums
    History Buff

    Deschutes Historical Museum

    Under $25

    Local history museum in a restored 1914 schoolhouse covering Central Oregon's pioneers, tribes and logging past.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    0.3 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums

  • Sightseeing
    Outdoor Adventure

    Bend

    No admission fee

    Central Oregon hub for outdoor adventure, craft breweries and high desert scenery along the Deschutes River.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    0.5 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing

  • Sports & Outdoors

    Tumalo State Park

    Check prices

    A central Oregon state park on the Deschutes River, about four miles north of Bend, offering camping, river access, picnic areas, and trails.

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  • Sports & Outdoors

    Petersen Rock Garden

    No admission fee

    A roadside rock garden and museum between Bend and Redmond, built from local stones by Rasmus Petersen, with a resident peacock flock.

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  • Sports & Outdoors
    Outdoor Adventure

    Newberry National Volcanic Monument

    Under $25

    Explore lava flows, a cinder cone, a lava tube cave and two caldera lakes on a volcano south of Bend.

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