Start from 30 curated places around Pendleton, OR, then choose the recommendations that fit your guests.
Restaurants & cafés
Hamley Steakhouse & Saloon
Western steakhouse in a restored 1869 building with a hundred-year-old mahogany bar and a longhorn mounted on the wall. The steaks are the order, but the saloon room and the saddlery-shop western decor are a big part of why people come.
Virgil's At Cimmiyotti's
A classic supper-club steakhouse running since 1959, dim and red-leather inside, the kind of place locals book for anniversaries. Prime rib, rack of lamb, and steak diane are the long-standing reasons to come.
Trails & outdoors
Pendleton River Parkway
Flat paved path running about three miles along the south bank of the Umatilla River straight through town. It is the everyday walking-and-biking route locals use, passing several parks with river and birdlife along the way.
Pendleton Adventure Trails Recreation Area
A 290-acre system of dirt trails on the grassy hills just northwest of downtown, with roughly eighteen miles of loops rated easy to advanced. It is where locals go for a real hike or mountain-bike ride with Blue Mountain views.
Things to do
Pendleton Underground Tours
The guided crawl through downtown's tunnels and hidden card rooms doubles as the town's most memorable rainy-day outing. Part history lesson, part theater, with restored speakeasy and bordello rooms below the sidewalks.
Wildhorse Resort & Casino
Tribal resort east of town run by the Confederated Tribes, with a Class III casino floor, bowling, a cineplex, arcade, and two golf courses. The all-weather entertainment complex when you want options under one roof.
Landmarks & sights
Pendleton Underground Tours
Guided ninety-minute walk through the tunnels and basements under downtown, where Chinese laborers lived and Prohibition-era card rooms and a bordello hid from view. The restored Cozy Rooms and the old ice-cream parlor are the parts people remember.
Pendleton Woolen Mills
The working blanket mill a mile from downtown still spins raw wool into the trade blankets and shirts the name is known for. The free weekday tour walks you past the looms with the machines running, which is the whole point.