Bend City is a former settlement in Inyo County, California.

[1] Founded in the 1863, Bend City was originally a mining camp.

[1] Bend City was the site of the first county bridge spanning the Owens River.

[1] The 1872 Lone Pine earthquake changed the course of the river away from the townsite, which had already declined.

[2] Bend City is a California Historical Landmark number 209, assigned on June 20, 1935.