Tumalo State Park is a wonderful recreation area only 7 miles northwest of downtown Bend where you can camp, swim, fish, and hike. Don’t confuse this with the hike called Tumalo Falls or Tumalo Mountain, which are both in totally different places, but also near Bend. Tumalo State Park is right on the Deschutes River which is lined with reeds and beautiful red bushes as well as large ponderosa pines.