About La Pine

La Pine is a city in Deschutes County, Oregon, United States, incorporated on December 7, 2006.

The city is part of the Bend, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,343 (2019) census. La Pine is in an isolated area of Central Oregon, consisting of a loose collection of homes and businesses along U.S. Highway 97 about 30 miles (48 km) southwest of Bend.

La Pine is nestled in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains at the valley of the Little Deschutes River, a tributary of the Deschutes river that provides recreation opportunities such as fishing, swimming, canoeing, tubbing and other leisure activity.

Most of the residents were originally tourist to the area. They came to play (fish, camp, hunt, recreate on ATVs, snowmobiles, skis or horses) and then they moved here to stay. The mantra of ‘come to play and move to stay’ stands alongside the town motto of ‘small town strong’.