Worth the ride near Bend, OR
We list 8 places worth riding to around Bend, OR, across views, food, and coffee.
Views
Paulina Lake
Viewpoint
A winding two-lane road leads to a volcanic caldera lake in Newberry National Volcanic Monument.
Devils Lake
Viewpoint
A turquoise roadside lake on the Cascade Lakes Scenic Byway, a favorite stop on the loop out of Bend.
Pilot Butte State Scenic Viewpoint
Viewpoint
A paved one mile road climbs a cinder cone to a full circle view from Mount Bachelor to Mount Hood.
Dee Wright Observatory
Viewpoint
Stone lookout at the McKenzie Pass summit, ringed by lava fields with views across the Cascades.
Food
Suttle Lodge & Boathouse
Food
Lakeside lodge and restaurant on Highway 20 near Sisters, where riders looping through Central Oregon stop.
Jake's Diner
Breakfast
Breakfast from 6am daily with a big lot on Highway 20, so a group can eat early and head east with the sun behind them.
Sno Cap Drive In
Food
Pan-fried burgers and milkshakes since the 1950s, a popular stop on rides through Sisters.
Coffee
Sisters Coffee Company
Coffee
Fuel up from 6am, about twenty miles northwest of Bend, before the McKenzie Pass and Santiam roads start.