Crosswater Homes for Sale

Crosswater is a private, gated golf community inside Sunriver, Oregon, about 15 miles south of Bend. It sits on roughly 600 acres of woodlands, meadows, and wetlands at the confluence of the Deschutes and Little Deschutes rivers, at about 4,160 feet of elevation. Sunriver Resort assembled the land, a former cattle-grazing parcel known as Big Meadow, in the early 1990s, then built the course and the surrounding home sites around the river corridor.

The community is organized around the Crosswater golf course, designed by Robert E. Cupp and opened in 1995. It plays to a par of 72 and measures 7,683 yards from the back tees, with a course rating of 76.5 and a slope of 145. The fairways and greens are bent grass, set in a heathland-style layout. When it opened in 1995, it was the longest course in the United States.

The course has hosted national competition. Crosswater held The Tradition, a senior major on the Champions Tour, from 2007 through 2010, and has served as a site for the PGA Professional National Championship in 2001, 2007, 2013, and 2017. In 2025 the USGA selected Sunriver Resort to host four future championships, including the U.S. Mid-Amateur in 2031 and the U.S. Junior Amateur in 2036, both scheduled to be played on Crosswater. The course also carries recognition on Golf Digest's America's 100 Greatest Public Courses list.

Crosswater was certified as an Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary in 1999, a designation tied to how the course was built around the natural site. The development restored riverbanks along the property and preserved native fescue grasses, ponderosa pines, and riverine habitat rather than clearing them.

Owning a home in Crosswater connects you to both the private club and the wider Sunriver Resort. Membership provides access to the Crosswater golf course and the resort's amenities, and the community's location along the rivers and within Sunriver puts trails, fishing, and the rest of Central Oregon's high-desert recreation close at hand. Home sites here tend to be large, with many backing to the golf course, the river corridor, or open meadow.

Inventory in a community this size moves slowly, and well-positioned river or fairway lots draw steady interest. If you want to see what is currently available in Crosswater, or understand how a specific home is priced against recent sales, reach out and our team will walk you through the current listings.