With its roots in timber and ranching, Prineville, Oregon first boomed in 1917 when it built the country’s first and only municipally-owned railroad. Today, Prineville is a highly desirable place to live, thanks to its envied location in the middle of paradise.
The local economy is fueled by both small businesses and marquee names, including social media giants Facebook and Apple which both have built large data centers near Prineville’s airport. And downtown Prineville is made for strolling, with welcoming shops, cafés and diners and other local businesses. The Bend/Redmond Airport, just 18 miles away, offers direct flights to Portland, Seattle, Salt Lake City, Denver, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Phoenix and Scottsdale, Arizona. Prineville Airport, located on the city limits, is a public general aviation airport with two runways for private charter flights, company planes, air taxi flights, and helicopters. St. Charles, a top-rated hospital and medical center is 5 minutes away. Elementary, middle and high-schools are a few minutes drive away. Prineville is just 36 miles from Bend, 30 miles from Madras and 18 miles from Redmond. Prineville’s location just off the beaten path means its small town charm endures, making it the hidden gem of Central Oregon. About Central Oregon Prineville resides in Central Oregon, surrounded on all sides by natural wonders, including Crooked River, the Ochoco and Cascade Mountains, Smith Rock, and the Prineville and Ochoco Reservoirs. Prineville is the perfect base camp for all kinds of outdoor pursuits, including hiking, fly fishing, mountain and road biking, rock climbing, hunting, rodeo, rockhounding, horseback riding and golf. The high-desert climate means days are more often sunny than not -- more than 200 a year. And Prineville enjoys milder winters than its neighbors just west, so you’ll have easy access to snow sports—snowmobiling, snowshoeing and both Nordic and Alpine skiing—without as much snow shoveling. Source: IronHorse Prineville Why Prineville?
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Crook County Courthouse
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