Redmond (Oregon)

Redmond is a town in Central Oregon and a suburb of Bend.

First Presbyterian Church

Get in

Business Highway 97 in Downtown Redmond

By car

Take U.S. Route 97 from points north (such as Yakima) or south (such as Klamath Falls) and State Route 126 from points east or west (such as Eugene).

By plane

See also: Air travel in the United States

• 🌍 Redmond Municipal Airport (Roberts Field RDM  ^IATA) (Terminal Bldg is on the west side of the airport runways. It is accessed via SE Airport way.). is major airport for commercial flights serving Redmond, Bend, Sunriver, Prineville and the surrounding communities in Central Oregon. The airport is in the southeast part of town, southeast of the intersection US Hwy 97 & SR-126 and 16.5 mi (26.6 km) north of Bend along US Hwy 97. It is served by:  

• Compass Airlines & Skywest dba American Eagle : (Los Angeles and Phoenix)
• Alaska Airlines/Horizon: (Portland, Seattle)
• Delta Connection: (Salt Lake City by Skywest and Seattle by Compass Airlines)
• United Express: (Los Angeles & San Francisco by Skywest and Denver by GoJet)

CoBreeze Bus and other bus companies serving the area also serve the airport in addition to the Redmond Transit Hub (see below under 'By bus'). The next nearest airport for commercial flights with additional airlines from more places is at Portland International AirportPDX ^IATA 144 mi (232 km) northwest of town.

By bus

The main bus station for local public transportation (Cascade East Transit) and intercity buses is at the 🌍 Redmond Transit Hub on SW Kalama and Canal (777 SW Kalama). In addition to the Redmond Transit Hub some of the same bus/shuttle companies serving the region make an additional stop at the airport:

• Cascade East Transit, ☎ [phone], toll-free: [phone]. Operates local public transportation and intercity buses to the surrounding cities/towns of Bend, Culver, Madras, Metolius, Prineville, Sisters and Warm Springs from Hawthorne Station. (updated Mar 2019)
• CoBreeze, (bus stops) Redmond Airport and Redmond Transit Hub, ☎ [phone]. Connects Portland to Bend via Portland International Airport, Gresham, Sandy, Welches, Government Camp (Mt Hood), Madras and Prineville. Buses may not make all the above stops regularly but on request in advance of travel. Check with them. 
• Grant County People Mover, ☎ [phone]. Goes east towards Prairie City to Bend through Redmond Airport, Redmond Transit Hub, Prineville, John Day, Mitchell and Dayville. There's another route that goes towards Monument from Dayville. Check schedules. (updated Mar 2019)
• Mt Hood Teleporter, (Bus stop) Redmond Transit Hub, ☎ [phone]. Goes up to Portland through Sisters and Salem via US Hwy 20/SR-22 and I-5 and south to Bend along US Hwy 97. Passengers can transfer to Greyhound, Amtrak and other bus lines in Portland and Salem (updated Mar 2019)
• High Desert Point & Amtrak Thruway (operated by Pacific Crest Bus Lines), (bus stop) Redmond Airport, ☎ [phone]. Connects Redmond Airport to the Chemult Amtrak Station via Bend, Sunriver & La Pine along Hwy 97. Schedules are coordinated with the Amtrak Coast Starlight arrival times in Chemult and tickets can be purchased from Amtrak.com as a Thruway connection to/from the Coast Starlight. Connections to the Eastern Point (to Burns, Ontario and other places along US Hwy 20 in Eastern Oregon) is at Bend Hawthorne Station. Tickets can also be purchased on their website or on Greyhound.com 

Get around

See

View of Smith Rock State Park from Highway 97 in Redmond

• 🌍 Cline Falls State Scenic Viewpoint, ☎ [phone]. A park of 9 acres that is set along the Deschutes River. The park hosts a large lawn surrounded by Ponderosa Pine and Western Junipers and is a popular stop for summer recreation. It's terrain varies from forest like to sagebrush covered. The park is also home to a wide variety of songbirds including Song Sparrows, Canyon Wren and American Dipper. Golden Eagles and Prairie Falcon also make their home here. Free. (updated Mar 2017)
• Smith Rock State Park is a world-famous rock climbing destination known for its sheer basalt cliffs and is generally considered to be the birthplace of American sport rock climbing. There are also miles upon miles of hiking trails that make for excellent vistas within Oregon's Cascade region. Many Western films have been shot here due to its rugged terrain, including Rooseter Cogburn with John Wayne and Katherine Hepburn.
• The Redmond Caves, ☎ [phone]. Consists of a group of five caves that are a part of the Horse Lava Tube System. The caves have a geological age of about 80,000 years and are a popular destination for tourists. (updated Mar 2017)
• 🌍 Peter Skene Ogden State Scenic Viewpoint, ☎ [phone]. A grassy park atop a basalt canyon of the Crooked River. Free. (updated Mar 2017)

Do

Buy

Eat

Drink

• Cascade Lakes Brewing Company - 7th Street Brew House, 855 SW 7th St, ☎ [phone]. (updated Oct 2018)

Sleep

The landmarked New Redmond Hotel at 521 SW 6th St, built in 1928, is still in business today

• 🌍 Best Western Rama Inn, 2630 SW 17th Pl, ☎ [phone], fax: [phone]. 
• Motel 6, 2247 South US Route 97, ☎ [phone], fax: [phone]. 

Go next

• Bend
• Crater Lake National Park

Routes through Redmond

Yakima ← Madras ←	N  S	→ Bend → Klamath Falls
Eugene ← Sisters ←	W  E	→ Prineville → Ends at