Ohio Creek Elk Ranch

Listing Price: $2,195,000

Ohio Creek Elk Ranch is located near Gunnison, Colorado, in the picturesque Ohio Creek Valley.  The property consists of 372 acres providing a perfect mix of aspen and pine trees with lush open meadows.  The ranch borders the famous West Elk Wilderness and provides the outdoorsman with out-the-door hunting and fishing opportunities.  The majority of the ranch is currently in a conservation easement with Colorado Open Lands; however the use of the ranch for building homes, livestock and recreational enjoyment is not as limited.  A property of this size with access to the Gunnison National Forest and the West Elk Wilderness is certainly a rare find.  Ohio Creek Elk Ranch is surrounded by beautiful snow-capped peaks and breathtaking views of the Anthracite Range, Carbon Peak and the Castles.  This Colorado ranch for sale provides endless opportunities for recreational enjoyment and is a sanctuary to elk, deer and the other wildlife.

Ohio Creek Elk Ranch consists of 372 acres and provides endless opportunities for recreational enjoyment.  Although 320 acres of the ranch is in a conservation easement with Colorado Open Lands, the use of the ranch for building homes, livestock and recreational enjoyment have few limitations.  There are numerous building sites ideal for a large owner’s residence. The ranch provides a great mixture of meadow, aspens and timber as well as varying elevations.  This is an excellent habitat for elk, deer and the other wildlife that frequent the property.  An additional 35 acres with a tremendous building site can also be purchased from the seller for $450,000.

Ohio Creek Elk Ranch has fishing opportunities both on the ranch and within walking distance.  Castle Creek and several great fishing reservoirs and ponds in the national forest are just off the property.  The ranch has very good water rights.  Reservoir rights in Silka Reservoir on the property are included.  In addition, there are ditch rights in the Highline and Acme ditches that will be conveyed a sale.

Many have said that this property “hunts a lot bigger than the acreage!”  With access off the property into the West Elk Wilderness, hunters can hunt as far and as long as desired.  The property is located in Game Unit 54, and this area is considered by many experts to be one of the best elk and Mule deer hunting regions in the state.  Well known for big Mule deer bucks, hunters travel to Gunnison from around the world every year to stalk Mule deer.  Serious hunters looking for the trophy hunt of a lifetime have rated this area at the top of their list.  Elk hunters also flock to the Gunnison area.  Colorado is the only state where elk licenses are available over-the-counter right up to the day of hunting season and over-the-counter bull elk tags are available for second and third season for this property.

A property of this size with access to the Gunnison National Forest and the West Elk Wilderness is certainly a rare find.  Ohio Creek Elk Ranch is surrounded by beautiful snowcapped peaks and breathtaking views of the Anthracite Range, Carbon Peak and the Castles.  This Colorado ranch for sale provides endless opportunities for recreational enjoyment and is a sanctuary for elk, deer and the other wildlife.