La Pine, Oregon: groceries, hardware and urgent care south of Sunriver

La Pine at a glance: population, elevation and the drive from Sunriver

La Pine is a city of 2,512 people at the 2020 census, incorporated on December 7, 2006, about 30 miles southwest of Bend on U.S. Route 97. Wikipedia lists its elevation at 4,229 feet; the city's own page says 4,236 feet and puts the greater La Pine area at just under 20,000 residents. The city calls itself the youngest city in Oregon. Highway 97 runs north to south through the whole town.

The house is in the Three Rivers area near Sunriver. The site states the drive to Sunriver Resort as about ten minutes and five miles; it gives no drive time to La Pine, so use the Rome2rio figure from Sunriver as the upper bound. Three Rivers, Oregon explains where the house sits.

Groceries in La Pine: Grocery Outlet on Highway 97

The grocery stop in La Pine is Grocery Outlet Bargain Market at 51420 U.S. Highway 97, which opened in February 2017. The Bend Bulletin's opening story also named Ray's Food Place and Shop Smart as other grocery stores in 2017, plus several smaller markets and convenience stores, and a Dollar Tree in the same building as Grocery Outlet. Prices and hours are not listed here: check the store before a big run.

For a group of 30, La Pine is the top-up run, not the first one. The first load for the 12-foot dining table and the kitchen usually comes from Bend, where Costco, Trader Joe's, Fred Meyer and Whole Foods are. The Sunriver Country Store covers the essentials closer to the house. Where to eat near Sunriver covers the grocery run and the restaurants in one place.

Hardware in La Pine: Ace Hardware and Building Supply on Huntington Road

La Pine Ace Hardware and Building Supply is at 51615 Huntington Road, La Pine, OR 97739. Its online listing shows grills and outdoor cooking, charcoal, wood and pellets, grill accessories, kitchen tools, coolers, chainsaw and lawn-mower accessories and Champion generators, with store pickup offered. For a long stay at the house, that is where a forgotten grill accessory or a cooler might come from without a drive to Bend.

The house supplies a large gas grill on the covered deck, four 8-foot picnic tables, about 16 folding chairs and some folding tables. Bring your own water toys and PFDs; none are provided. This page cannot confirm that any item is in stock.

Urgent care in La Pine: St. Charles on Huntington Road

St. Charles runs La Pine Urgent Care at 51781 Huntington Road, La Pine, OR 97739, phone (541) 907-7050. Its page lists hours of 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, with special hours posted for some days. It is staffed by physicians, physician assistants, family nurse practitioners, registered nurses and X-ray technicians, and it offers an online tool to check wait times before you leave. It is an urgent care clinic, not an emergency room.

A group of 30 with children, grandparents and a disc golf course has reason to know this address before anything happens. Put it on the fridge at the house with the clinic's phone number. For an emergency, call 911. The site gives no distance from the house to the clinic, so allow the Sunriver-to-La Pine figure of about 25 minutes.

Quail Run Golf Course: the public 18 in La Pine

Quail Run Golf Course in La Pine is a public 18-hole course, par 70, designed by Frank Hummel and opened in 1991, according to the course listing on golfn.com. The course's own site was not opened for this page, so rates, yardage and the season are left out here. For a group that wants a round without a resort tee sheet, it is the public course in La Pine; the Sunriver Resort courses and the Bend courses are compared in golfing near Sunriver and Bend.

Back at the house, the 6-hole disc golf course, bocce and the yard games take the people who did not get a tee time. The covered hot tub and the dock on 450 feet of Deschutes frontage handle the afternoon.

La Pine State Park and the Little Deschutes: the rivers near La Pine

La Pine State Park is on the upper Deschutes River, about 5 miles from La Pine per Wikipedia and about 8 miles north of town per Visit Central Oregon, and it is home to the Big Tree, a ponderosa pine about 162 feet tall and almost 500 years old, believed to be the largest ponderosa in the world. The park offers camping all year and cabins. Fees, trail lengths and dog rules are in La Pine State Park.

The Little Deschutes River runs through La Pine itself and offers fishing, swimming and canoeing, per Wikipedia. It joins the Deschutes near Sunriver, per Wikipedia. The same Deschutes passes the private dock at the estate, where small boats can be hand-launched; the Big River boat ramp, a public put-in, is 2.5 miles up the road. Dock fishing is subject to seasonal regulations. The Deschutes River near Sunriver covers the public launches, including Big River.

La Pine Frontier Days and Rodeo: confirm the dates

The City of La Pine lists La Pine Frontier Days & Rodeo as a multi-day event. The city's page, when opened for this guide, still showed the 2017 schedule, running from 7 a.m. on July 1 to 11 p.m. on July 4, so confirm the current year's dates with the organizer before building a weekend around it. A group staying at the house over the holiday should also remember that fires are seasonal: there are no fires June through September, so the fire pit is closed in July.

Quiet hours at the house run 9 PM to 8 AM, which matters after a rodeo night. The music policy applies too. No amplified music: no DJs, no subwoofers, no professional music setups. Live music ensembles and small Bluetooth speakers are fine. If unsure, please ask.

Getting between Sunriver, Three Rivers and La Pine

Drive. Rome2rio puts Sunriver to La Pine at 16.5 road miles and about 25 minutes by car, and it lists no direct bus between the two. The only transit it shows is a Highway 97 Connector bus paired with a taxi, which is not practical for a group. Chief Paulina Drive, the shared dirt road to the house, has families and pets on it, so drive slowly on the last stretch. The house has parking for up to 15 vehicles, with room for vans and trailers, so the La Pine run can be one car while the rest of the group stays on the river.

Gas stations and other stores are not covered here. Arrival routes from Portland, Eugene and the Redmond airport are in getting to Sunriver.

Where to stay near La Pine and Sunriver with a large group

Stay at Deschutes Riverfront Retreat, an 11-bedroom, 6-bath estate in the Three Rivers area near Sunriver that sleeps up to 30, with a maximum of 24 adults. The six-bedroom Lodge sleeps up to 18 and can be booked on its own; the five-bedroom Cottage, a 1960s fishing and logging cabin with a wood stove, comes only with the full estate. The two buildings sit side by side on three acres with 450 feet of private Deschutes River frontage and a private dock.

The Lodge has two large living areas with stone fireplaces, a 12-foot dining table, a pool table, ping pong, an arcade and 200MB WiFi. Outside are a covered hot tub, a 6-hole disc golf course, bocce, a seasonal fire pit and four 8-foot picnic tables. Parking holds up to 15 vehicles. The renter must be 30 or older, every booking has a 2-night minimum with no day rentals, and occupancy limits are enforced because the home is on well and septic.

Booking direct on this site saves the service fees that Airbnb and VRBO charge, and the live calendar on Book Now shows the current rate for your dates. The bed-by-bed plan for 30 is on large group rentals near Sunriver, and the floor plans and 3D tours are on the whole estate page.

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