Vandevert Ranch is a low-density gated community sixteen miles south of Bend, Oregon.   Twenty ranch owners share 350 acres of common land on both banks of the Little Deschutes River and hold about 50 acres in individual lots.

The sixteen custom homes built on the ranch have been designed by leading log home architects of the West and Northwest.

This web site is for the information and enjoyment of the owners, their guests, and all those associated with the ranch.  The ranch is rich in its history, its environment, and in opportunities for recreation.  The web site also provides information for buyers and builders.

The photo at right was taken by Roger Vandevert in 1976. Tom McNellis, great-grandson of William Plutarch Vandevert, visited the ranch as a boy in the fifties and sixties. Tom writes:

"This old photo brought back some great memories of the dusty old cinder stone road leading from Highway 97 into the Ranch.  As young boys, all of us would get so excited once we hit this road on our long trips down there.  We just couldn't wait to run up to the old rock pile and hunt for arrow heads or go fishing down the Little Deschutes or explore the old house.   There were millions of things to do there and we just couldn't wait to get started.  Sometimes, Grandpa would sit with us in his old lawn chair in front of the big picture window of the little house and tell us stories about when the Indians would come to visit them many years before.  Just being there was like taking a step back into a much more wonderful time in America."