Thousand Trails Bend-Sunriver RV Campground

We stayed at Thousand Trails Bend-Sunriver RV Campground in Bend, Oregon. (Campground Reviews listing.)

Dates:

  • Check in: 2022-06-29
  • Check out: 2022-07-05
  • 6 nights

Weather:

  • Partly sunny, drizzle
  • High temps ranging between 66-84°F, lows around 44-53°F
  • A little afternoon wind
  • A couple of afternoon thunderstorms

Noise:

  • No road or train noise
  • Some neighbor noise (kids and dogs)

Site:

  • #A4, back in, gravel
  • Needed to disconnect toad; parked in front of coach
  • Somewhat level
  • Very large site: about 65 feet long by about 60 feet wide
  • Partial hookups:
    • 50 amp power somewhat conveniently located
    • 65 PSI water pressure; not very conveniently located
    • No sewer connection
  • Picnic table, fire pit

Internet (in usage priority order):

  • T-Mobile: 18-25 Mbps down, 9-14 Mbps up, 80 ms ping
  • AT&T: 8 Mbps down, 2 Mbps up, 32 ms ping
  • Verizon: 27 Mbps down, 15 Mbps up, 29 ms ping
  • Starlink: not used
  • Campground Wi-Fi: not used

Amenities:

  • Garbage dumpster
  • Two pools, closed
  • River
  • Various games

Here’s the review Jenn wrote on Campground Reviews:

Sites: Good, Amenities: Bad

The amenities are definitely tired and in need of upgrades and refurbishment, but the campsites are all nestled amongst the pines which is nice. We were able to snag one of the very limited 50 amp sites, which was a bonus. Our site was also quite large. After I cleaned up all the trash left by previous campers, it was quite a nice spot. Not having a sewer connection is the main limiting factor for us, so rather than stay two weeks, we only stayed six days. Even still, the next time we want to visit Central Oregon, we’ll be back. We camped at Bend-Sunriver RV Campground in a Motorhome.

The RV park map; it’s a little hard to tell the blue 50 amp sites from the green 30 amp sites, but the 50 amp ones are limited to the lower-right corner of the map:

Map

Our site:

Our site

Our site

Our site

Our site

Our site

Our site

Fire pit:

Fire pit

We got a harness for Paladin, and have been getting him used to wearing it. During this stay, we briefly took him outside for the first time. Unsurprisingly, he was somewhat freaked out by the experience. We’ll do more practice later:

David and Paladin

David and Paladin

David and Paladin

We added another National Park sticker for Crater Lake:

National Park stickers

Burger and chips:

Burger and chips

Toasting marshmallows:

Toasting marshmallows

S’mores:

S'mores

A squirrel visiting our site:

Squirrel

Squirrel

Also a rabbit:

Rabbit

Let’s look around. The entrance:

Entrance

A little lending library:

Library

Town marshal decoration:

Town marshal

Lightfingers Lew:

Lightfingers Lew

Blacksmith:

Blacksmith

Seating area:

Seating area

Country store:

Country store

Store

Store

They have a propane tank, but no longer fill propane for guests:

Propane

Wild rabbits:

Rabbits

Horseshoe pits:

Horseshoes

Pond:

Pond

Mini golf:

Mini golf

There are a couple of swimming pools, but both are empty (and have been for some time, by the sounds of things):

Empty swimming pool

Closed swimming pool

Other RVs, yurts, and cabins:

Other RVs

Other sites

Other sites

Other sites

Other sites

Neighboring site

Rabbits:

Rabbit

Rabbit

Little Deschutes River snakes by the park:

Little Deschutes River

Little Deschutes River

Little Deschutes River

Mountain

Little Deschutes River

Little Deschutes River

Me following our coach when leaving:

Our coach

A line for the dump station; since there was no sewer connection, we (and others) wanted to dump our waste tanks before leaving:

Dump station line

The dump station:

Dump station

Exiting:

Exit