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Bull Bend is located along the Deschutes River just below the Wickiup Reservoir Dam.
Bull Bend Campground offers a great location for fishermen. Fishing access is best found along the banks or using a non-motorized boat. Motorized boating is not permitted in the area.
Bull Bend Campground can accommodate RV, trailer or tent-campers; however, electric and water hookups are not available. The campground does not have running water. All sites are equipped with a picnic table and fire pit. Vault toilets are available.
Bull Bend Campground is located on a small peninsula lined by the Deschutes River.
Visitors can explore wilderness areas, rivers, lakes and reservoirs, and hundreds of miles of hiking trails. Newberry National Volcanic Monument offers a glimpse into Central Oregon's rich geologic history. Travel 25 miles to Lava Lands Visitor Center to explore exhibits at the interpretive center, attend a ranger talk, take in scenic views from the top of Lava Butte and travel one-mile underground through Lava River Cave. Travel 30 miles to Newberry Caldera to visit Paulina and East Lake, Paulina Peak and Paulina Falls. Bull Bend Campground offers easy access to the Cascade Lakes Scenic Byway which weaves through multiple high lakes with views of South Sister, Broken Top and Mt. Bachelor.
From Bend, OR: Travel 26.8 miles south on Highway 97 to Wickiup Junction, then 10.5 miles west on County Road 43, turn left on the 100 road. There is a sign there for Bull Bend. Follow the 100 road south approximately one mile and turn left at the sign which directs you to Bull Bend. Travel east about 1.5 miles until the road dead ends. Make a left and then in about a quarter mile you will turn right into the campground.
Nice looking campground but it sucks it’s not first come first serve when the only spots open are reserved and no one is even in them. Seems like a waste. It’s a long drive to find out there’s nothing available.
Beautiful campground! The family loved floating around the bend, getting out and starting again. It got to the point that the kids floated with their PFDs and no tubes/rafts. Very peaceful.
The road in is dusty and rough, but can be traversed in an RV if you go slow. A rustic campground in a beautiful bend of the Deschutes, with large brown trout reportedly "right there" in the river (I haven't fished it).
No water on-site and no RV dump, so come with a full fresh-water tank and empty holding tanks. $10 per night, half off for America The Beautiful Pass holders. Quiet except for traffic on the road across the river. No lights anywhere so night skies are very dark and the stars are crisp.
I love this place! A beautiful location in a perfect setting having the Deschutes river wrap around the campground. As other reviewers have mentioned there is no water here (except for the river wrapping around the campground).
They take reservations now which spoils it a bit for me but floating around the bull bend on my floatie makes all my worries wash away.
This place it's a jewel! Very quiet and beautiful, I enjoyed the river, the only thing it's that I reserved my spot with one month of anticipation and when I came there were some guys that made "a mistake in their reservation" and wanted to give me $30 to share the place, it was anoying for me because I was tired of traveling and wanted just enjoy but eventually they went and I can have and amazing camping! Love it!
