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A Golf Lover's Paradise in Sunny Sunriver, Oregon Cost-of-Living:  Above the National Average Sunriver Resort is a luxurious mountain retirement and resort community that was established in 1968 and is located 15 miles south of Bend and 150 miles southeast of Portland.  People of all ages come to Sunriver for vacation, but property owners ages are primarily in the 40s, 50s and 60s.    Sunriver is known primarily for its three separate, 18 hole golf courses, Crosswater, Woodlands and Meadows, which have hosted a combination of more than 20 championship tournaments, professional and amateur, since 1999.
	Sunriver sits on 3,300 acres and is home to 1,800 residents.  It is made up of  interrelated villages that include private, commercial and resort properties.  Home types include condominiums, single-family homes and some very large, gorgeous villas in the $1,000,000 range and up.  Homes start at around $315,000 (for three bedrooms, two baths and 1,900 square feet).  The average price is $430,000, and sizes range from 1,000 square feet to more than 6,000 square feet.   The community likes to compare itself to Tahoe or Vail but without the real estate costs, at least not yet.
All homeowners automatically become a member of the Sunriver HOA, an organization that oversees all development within Sunriver's planned community (fees cover road maintenance, security and amenities).  The group also sponsors a wide range of activities for residents, including yoga classes, bridge clubs, Spanish lessons and fishing excursions, as well as organizing planning and design committees, finance committees and environmental committees.   Annual events include a chili cookoff, a home and garden fair, a triathlon, a pancake breakfast, a music festival, a fireman's ball, a Halloween party, Oktoberfest and a Santa's Village.   There are also 30 miles of paved walking and bicycling trails in and around the community, as well as opportunities for horseback riding, ice skating, tennis, racquetball and dog sledding!  There is a fitness center (membership required) and also a nature center.  Mt. Bachelor is 18 miles to the west and provides downhill and cross country skiing, as well as hiking, camping and stream fishing opportunities.  In short, there is plenty to do.  The business park section of Sunriver has two grocery stores as well as churches, beauty salons, gas stations, boutiques, professional services, a library and a post office.  St. Charles Medical Center, a full-service medical facility and trauma center, is located in nearby Bend.  The Sunriver Service District provides fire and police services.   Redmond Airport has direct flights to Portland, Seattle, Salt Lake City and San Francisco.  Oregon receives a lot of rain, but this community is nestled at the foot (on the dry side) of the Cascade Mountains, receives less than 20 inches of precipitation annually, has more than 225 days of sunshine annually and provides year-round  opportunities for golf and other recreational endeavors.  That's not to say that it can not get chilly here.  January's average high temperature is 39 degrees and summer brings temperatures in the high 70s and low 80s but with very little humidity The average age is 55 years old, and the residents primarily come from within the state, although seniors from California and Washington also call Sunriver home.