La Pine State Park | |
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![]() La Pine State Park in 2011 | |
Type | Public, state |
Location | Deschutes County,Oregon |
Nearest city | Bend |
Coordinates | 43°46′34″N121°31′44″W / 43.7762305°N 121.5289161°W /43.7762305; -121.5289161[1] |
Operated by | Oregon Parks and Recreation Department |
La Pine State Park is astate park along theDeschutes River in theU.S. state ofOregon, administered by theOregon Parks and Recreation Department. The closest town isLa Pine, 5 miles north-east of the park.
The park offers year round camping, cabins, a pet exercise area, a picnic area, as well as a day use area with easy access to boating and wading along the Upper Deschutes River.[2] Within the park is aponderosa pine nicknamed "Big Tree". At nearly 162 feet tall and estimated to be almost 500 years old, it is believed to be the largest ponderosa pine in the world.[3]
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