unincorporated community
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and
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
(CDP) in
Deschutes County
Deschutes County ( ) is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 198,253. The county seat is Bend. The county was created in 1916 out of part of Crook County and was named for the Deschu ...
, in the
U.S. state
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of
Oregon
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. The community lies along the west bank of the
Deschutes River
The Deschutes River ( ) in central Oregon is a major tributary of the Columbia River. The river provides much of the drainage on the eastern side of the Cascade Range in Oregon, gathering many of the tributaries that descend from the drier, easte ...
southwest of Bend.
Century Drive Highway, part of the
Cascade Lakes Scenic Byway
The Cascades Lakes Scenic Byway (Forest Route 46) is a National Scenic Byway in central Oregon in the United States. It runs for in the rugged country of Deschutes and Klamath counties on the east side of the Cascade Range. It offers partic ...
, connects Bend to Seventh Mountain. From Seventh Mountain, the byway runs west to Mount Bachelor and its
ski area
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. The CDP is closely associated with the
Seventh Mountain Resort
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Seventh may refer to:
* Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution
* A fraction (mathematics), , equal to one of seven equal parts
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, which includes 21 lodging buildings with more than 200
condominium
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s.
As of the 2010 Census, the population was 187, over an area of .
Demographics
Education
It is in the
Bend-La Pine School District
Bend-La Pine Schools is a school district in the U.S. state of Oregon that serves the cities of Bend and La Pine in Central Oregon and the surrounding area, including Sunriver. The district has an enrollment of more than 18,000 students, and ...
. Zoned schools are: W. E. Miller Elementary School, Cascade Middle School, and Summit High School.
Deschutes County is in the boundary of
Central Oregon Community College
Central Oregon Community College is a public community college in Bend, Oregon. It primarily serves residents of Deschutes, Jefferson, and Crook Counties. Its service district also includes portions of Klamath, Lake, and Wasco counties.
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