Eagle Crest Resort

Eagle Crest Resort is a 1,700-acre resort and residential community on the east slopes of Cline Buttes, roughly 6 miles west of downtown Redmond, structurally complex in the same way this platform's research has treated Arkansas's Hot Springs Village or Utah's Promontory: rather than one simple community, Eagle Crest comprises three genuinely distinct major housing developments. The Ridge at Eagle Crest Owners Association is the largest, with over 1,700 home sites along the Cline Buttes. The original, east-side development -- governed by the Eagle Crest Master Association (ECMA) -- includes several sub-associations: the Estate Homesite Owners Association (EHOA, 182 homes across two gated neighborhoods adjacent to the resort core) and River View Vista Estates (RVVE, 47 units built directly along the Resort Golf Course or the Deschutes River canyon), among others. The Falls at Eagle Crest is a distinct, age-restricted (55+) enclave of 203 homesites with its own private clubhouse and fitness center, layered on top of full resort access.

Across all three developments, this research independently confirmed -- from the resort's general materials and, separately, from sourcing specific to The Falls 55+ community -- that Eagle Crest levies two distinct, mandatory ongoing costs on every homeowner: a Master HOA fee (which varies by neighborhood, covering roads, gated security, and common areas) and a separate, also-mandatory Recreation Membership that bundles golf privileges together with sports-center and other amenity access. This is a materially different, and stronger, access model than most other Bend-area candidates in this batch (where club membership is confirmed optional): Eagle Crest homeowners cannot opt out of paying for golf-inclusive recreation access, even though this research could not find a published current dollar figure for either the Master HOA fee or the Recreation Membership.

Golf itself spans three courses: the Resort Course (Gene Mason design, the original course, running along the Deschutes River canyon rim through the original Eagle Crest development), the Ridge Course (John Thronson, 6,927 yards, opened amid native juniper with Cascade views), and the Challenge Course (John Thronson, 1999, a shorter par-63 popular with beginners and families). Home prices across Eagle Crest's various products run from roughly $200,000-$350,000 for 1-2 bedroom condos up to $400,000-$600,000+ for single-family homes, with an overall median sale price across all home types around $787,000 as of April 2026 reporting -- though this figure blends products across all three developments and should not be read as specific to any one of them.