{{short description|Luxury resort in Oregon}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} frame|right {{Location map |USA |relief = 1 |label = <small>Sunriver<br/>Resort</small> |lat = 43.87 |long = -121.45 |caption = Location in the United States |float = |background= |width = 220 }}
'''Sunriver Resort''' is a luxury resort and residential community in central Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The resort is located at the edge of the high desert, just east of the Cascade Range, in Sunriver, {{convert|15|mi}} south of Bend and {{convert|180|mi|-1}} south-southeast of Portland. The common areas throughout the Sunriver resort community are managed by the Sunriver Owners' Association. The elevation of the resort is {{convert|4190|ft|-1}} above sea level.
==History== thumb|220px|Former officers' mess at Camp Abbot, built 1943-1944 and today's "Great Hall" Sunriver's land used to be a lake bed, which dried out and became a meadow. It was a meeting place for Native Americans living in the area and was later adopted by settlers, trappers, and explorers, including Peter Skene Ogden, Kit Carson, and John Fremont, who led expeditions along the Deschutes River in the early-to-mid-19th century.<ref name="hist">{{cite web|url=http://www.sunriver-resort.com/resort-history.php |title=Resort History |publisher=Sunriver Resort |access-date=2009-05-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090108021330/http://www.sunriver-resort.com/resort-history.php |archive-date=January 8, 2009 }}</ref> In 1943, the meadow was claimed as a training ground for combat construction battalions of the U.S. Army and was established as Camp Abbot. Construction was started on the camp in November 1942 and it officially opened when Colonel Frank S. Benson assumed command on May 12, 1943.<ref name=srhistory>{{cite web|url=http://www.sunriver-resort.com/assets/pdfs/presskit-sunriverhistory.pdf|title=Camp Abbot-Sunriver's Proud Roots|accessdate=October 14, 2015}}</ref><ref name=nmom>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-GtWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uPYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6542%2C2980705 |newspaper=The Bulletin |location=Bend, Oregon |last=Hopper |first=Ila |title=New buildings, old memories mark reunion |date=May 30, 1977 |page=3}}</ref><ref name=cahbrlf>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CEBYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7vYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6045%2C3510177 |newspaper=The Bulletin |location=Bend, Oregon |title=Camp Abbot had brief life |last=Rede |first=George |date=March 22, 1978 |page=82}}</ref><ref name=cawnre>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4cA9AAAAIBAJ&sjid=g4YDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7076%2C4655310 |newspaper=The Bulletin |location=Bend, Oregon |last=Nielson |first=Jeff |title=In 1943, Camp Abbot was no resort |date=May 10, 1993 |page=B1}}</ref> It closed soon after D-Day in July 1944 and most of the buildings were razed.<ref name="srhistory"/><ref name=mamoth>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Q70zAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EvcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2844%2C6314817 |newspaper=The Bulletin |location=Bend, Oregon |title=Memories are made of this: Camp Abbot reunion scheduled |date=April 19, 1977 |page=4}}</ref> The officers' club, constructed from native logs and stones,<ref name=nmom/> was left standing and is now the "Great Hall," used for meetings and weddings.<ref name=mamoth/><ref name=ca50tb>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=08A9AAAAIBAJ&sjid=g4YDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4389%2C556937|newspaper=The Bulletin |location=Bend, Oregon |title=Camp Abbot's 50th to be feted |date=April 22, 1993 |page=B2}}</ref> Following the war, the land returned to use as a cattle ranch until the mid-1960s.<ref name=srvrerg>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=S-5VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=g-EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3978%2C1489378 |newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard |last=Kortge |first=Carolyn |title=Sunriver |date=July 7, 1985 |page=1E}}</ref>
In 1965, Donald V. McCallum (1918–1987), a Portland attorney, and John D. Gray (1919–2012), founder of Omark Industries,<ref name=grposs>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CgFYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JvcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2804%2C4812374 |newspaper=The Bulletin |location=Bend, Oregon |title=Great possibilities seen for river area |date=March 16, 1966 |page=5, sec. 3}}</ref><ref name=sabusosr>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lwg0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=v_cDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4180%2C2082867 |newspaper=The Bulletin |location=Bend, Oregon |title=Suit asks breakup, sale of Sunriver properties |date=May 19, 1972 |page=1}}</ref><ref name=srsdsp>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=W25YAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3fcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2593%2C6809811 |newspaper=The Bulletin |location=Bend, Oregon |agency=Associated Press |title=Sunriver stock dispute decision favors Gray |date=September 28, 1975 |page=1}}</ref><ref name=srreseye>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ctY9AAAAIBAJ&sjid=wYYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6337%2C7075189 |newspaper=The Bulletin |location=Bend, Oregon |last=Freeman |first=Mike |title=Sunriver resort sale eyed |date=September 29, 1992 |page=A-1}}</ref> bought the land and planned to build a luxury resort on it. Their idea was to create a resort and residential community with a focus on maintaining the integrity of the environment, including creating a finite number of home sites.<ref name="hist"/><ref name=bigyr>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4v1XAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CfcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3797%2C955578 |newspaper=The Bulletin |location=Bend, Oregon |title=1969 to be big year at Sunriver |date=March 12, 1969 |page=9}}</ref> The first home site at Sunriver was sold on June 28, 1968,<ref name=srsttml>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HTBYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NvcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3461%2C3222804 |newspaper=The Bulletin |location=Bend, Oregon |title=Sunriver sales tops $2 million |date=August 2, 1968 |page=a}}</ref> and ground was broken on the resort's lodge in mid-August,<ref name=srludcn>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KDBYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NvcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6168%2C3970859 |newspaper=The Bulletin |location=Bend, Oregon |last=Yates |first=Bill |title=Sunriver Lodge under construction |date=August 15, 1968 |page=1 }}</ref> which opened in September 1969.<ref name=vtnsrl>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mihYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HvcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2914%2C1882416 |newspaper=The Bulletin |location=Bend, Oregon |last=Morgan |first=Peter |title=Visitors tour new Sunriver Lodge |date=September 22, 1969 |page=2}}</ref> The resort that McCallum and Gray established was bought in 1993 by Sunriver Resort Limited Partnership,<ref name=lafmcom>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3JtTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lYYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2971%2C3220278 |newspaper=The Bulletin |location=Bend, Oregon |last=Freeman |first=Mike |title=L.A. firm completes Sunriver purchase |date=June 3, 1993 |page=b-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wYVTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gYYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6582%2C998489 |newspaper=The Bulletin |location=Bend, Oregon |last=Pinkerton |first=Dave |title=Sunriver not a mystery |date=August 29, 1993 |page=E-1}}</ref> who began an extensive capital improvement program.
==The Resort== thumb|The Sunriver Lodge thumb|The Sunriver Homeowners' Aquatic and Recreation Center Sunriver Resort offers a variety of accommodations, including luxury guest rooms and suites, as well as 400 vacation rental properties. It has five dining areas, three tennis facilities, family recreation, and is home to the Sage Springs Club and Spa. The resort has over {{convert|44600|sqft|m2|-1}} of meeting and banquet space.
The resort is home to three golf courses: Meadows, Woodlands, and Crosswater. Crosswater, named one of "America's 100 Greatest Courses" by Golf Digest, was the home of the JELD-WEN Tradition, a major championship on the Champions Tour from 2007 to 2010. The Meadows golf course was designed by acclaimed architect John Fought and the Woodlands golf course was designed by the renowned architect Robert Trent Jones Jr.
The region's primary winter attraction, Mount Bachelor ski area, is about 20 minutes away by vehicle.
== References == {{Reflist|2}}
== External links == *[https://www.sunriverresort.com Sunriver Resort] *[http://www.sunriverchamber.com/community/history.aspx Sunriver Area Chamber of Commerce] *[http://ea.pomona.edu/wp-content/uploads/YOCUM-Thesis-Final2.pdf ''Environmentally Conscious Design: A Case Study of Sunriver, Oregon''] *[https://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-29348-john_gray_the_quiet_lion_dies_at_93.html ''Willamette Week'': John Gray (1919–2012)]
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