Geography
Bend sits on the boundary of the Eastern Cascades Slopes and Foothills, a Level III ecoregion designated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the U.S. states of Oregon, Washington, and California, and the Deschutes River Valley, a Level IV ecoregion within the Blue Mountains Level III ecoregion. The Deschutes River runs though Bend where it is dammed forming Mirror Pond. Bend's elevation is 3,623 feet (1,104 m).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 32.2 square miles (83 km2), with 32.0 square miles (83 km2) being land, and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km2) (0.68%) water.
Inside the city limits is Pilot Butte State Scenic Viewpoint, an old cinder cone. Bend is one of three cities in the continental U.S. (with Portland, Oregon and Jackson, Mississippi) to have an extinct volcano within its city limits. It is reached by U.S. Route 20.
A lesser known characteristic of Bend, the Horse Lava Tube System enters and borders the eastern edge of the city.
Just south of Bend is Newberry National Volcanic Monument on U.S. Route 97.
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