La Pine State Park | |
Map: | Oregon#USA |
Map Width: | 220 |
Type: | Public, state |
Location: | Deschutes County, Oregon |
Coords: | 43.7762°N -121.5289°W |
Coords Ref: | [1] |
Operator: | Oregon Parks and Recreation Department |
La Pine State Park is a state park along the Deschutes River in the U.S. state of Oregon, administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. The closest town is La 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 a ponderosa 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]