McElmo Creek Guest Ranch is a one-of-a-kind gorgeous guest ranch where the desert Southwest meets the lush irrigated cottonwood creek bottoms of McElmo Creek. The owners brought back to life old homestead structures, painstakingly restoring, each designed and furnished to tell its own story. The ranch is complete with water rights and irrigated fields. Once in a lifetime opportunity to own a truly special property. Water Rights Water rights in proportion to the irrigated fields will transfer. The ranch has approximately 52 acres of irrigated fields with plenty of water. In the arid warm climate of the Southwest, it is possible to get 3 cuttings of hay. It will be hard to find another ranch that has improvements as impeccably maintained. The current owners spent the past 15 years rebuilding, restoring, renovating, and adding to the old homestead structures. The quality and attention to detail are apparent in every direction. With a main ranch house, 3 guest cabins/houses, and a reception barn McElmo Creek is set up for numerous operating options. Ranch House 2500 +/- sqft 4 bedrooms 2 baths Settler House 1800 +/- sqft 3 bedrooms 1.5 bath Rock House 1500 +/- sqft 3 bedroom 1 bath Log Cabin 400 +/- sqft 1 bedroom 1 bath Caretaker's Cabin 650 +/- Sqft 1 bedroom 1 bath Reception Barn 1800 +/- sqft Metal open-sided hay barn Corrals Livestock shelters Greenhouse The ranch is an excellent small production agriculture operation that can offer farm-to-table guest ranch operations as well as supply produce and meats to local restaurants. The ranch is capable of raising, cattle, sheep, goats, chickens, and other domestic livestock as well as produce grass and alfalfa hay (approximately 2/tons per acre) and raise multiple crops in a large garden and greenhouse. There are also several types of fruit trees including pear, apricot, and apple trees. The ranch qualifies as organic as no chemicals have been used in 15 years. 2022-04-05
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