Anceney Ranch
Listing Price:
$8,500,000
The Anceney Ranch is where the wild places are. This sporting property does not know other land lacks ¾ mile of the trout-filled Gallatin River. It makes no apologies for the two crystal-clear spring creeks, nor for its exceptional positioning away from road noise and between the river and the forest. This place awakes with the young bald eagles in their nest every morning. They bid farewell to the bugling bull elk as he herds his cows out of the Anceney meadow, up the spring-fed ravine, and into the thick timber of the Gallatin National Forest to bed down for the day. This wild place is blessed with 3 residences, and large spring-fed pond with even larger rainbow and brown trout, and a location 15 minutes from the slopes of Big Sky and 45 minutes to Bozeman culture and its convenient airport. The coveted Anceney Ranch is now available for purchase.
The Anceney Ranch sits on 83+/- deeded acres and includes 35.8 acres of mixed tree cover with aspen, pine and spruce. The property features 44 acres of pasture, sage land and meadows with two spring creeks and a 7-acre spring-fed pond. The ranch offers 3 acres of building sites with existing improvements.
The ranch hosts a 2,355 sqft main residence on two stories with a finished basement. This log home was built in 1927 and remodeled in 1950. Over the years, decks, patios, terraces and the attached garage have been added to the existing structure.
The log guest cabin is sited just feet from the Gallatin River and encompasses 1,088 sqft with a 182 sqft porch that was built in 1963. The property also features a caretaker’s residence or guest house built in 1992 with a two story wood frame. The caretaker’s dwelling offers 900 sqft per floor.
It is not uncommon to see moose, mountain goats, elk, Bighorn sheep, deer, bear, wolves, coyotes and eagles frequenting the area around Big Sky. Bird watchers and naturalists will be astounded at the area’s diversity.
Yellowstone Park and the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem are some of the nation’s best places to find protected animals like Grizzly bears, lynx, wolverines and wolves. This is truly a wild area with an incredibly diverse array of wildlife. There may be no better place to observe and photograph wildlife.
Anceney Ranch boasts over ¾ mile of one of Gallatin River frontage and also features a 7-acre spring fed pond onsite.
According to many knowledgeable trout fishermen, Bozeman and the Gallatin Valley are the center of angling activity in Montana. Residents and visiting anglers know the importance of having the Madison, Gallatin, Jefferson and Missouri less than twenty minutes from the property. Within an hour from the property the list of great fisheries grows and includes much of the greatest trout water in the world. Some highlights on this list of the area’s rivers and creeks include the Beaverhead, Big Hole, East Gallatin, Yellowstone, Ruby, Shields and all of the smaller creeks that feed these rivers. Don’t forget about the fee-fishing spring creeks in the Gallatin Valley and the Paradise Valley when you are in the mood for an angling challenge.