Rocking Chair Ranch

For over seven decades, this large western Montana ranch has been under the careful stewardship of a multi-generational ranching family. With over 11 square miles of diverse terrain, it is home to a productive cattle operation that is situated on an exceptionally beautiful piece of the earth, including riparian meadows, irrigated fields, rolling rangelands and conifer forest. There are over two and one-half miles (measured “on the meander”) of both banks of Flint Creek, a trout fishery with excellent populations of brown trout. Elk, deer and other wildlife are commonplace on the uplands of the ranch. You’ll need to lift your jaw from your lap while taking in the views that grace this ranch. Philipsburg, literally across the road from the main entrance, has an impressive array of services for holding a population of less than a thousand people. You will find a grocery, restaurants, a brewery and even a nostalgic candy shop. The well-preserved historic buildings along Broadway Street feel like an old western town because it is an old western town. You’ll need to go to Missoula for an international airport, but that is only an hour away with no mountain passes to grapple with. Philipsburg also has its own paved and lighted airstrip where private aircraft can land on a 3,600-foot runway. Downhill skiing is less than thirty minutes from the front door at Discovery Basin Ski Area, located just above Georgetown Lake. The lake is a popular place for water skiing and other summer water sports, as well as snowmobiling and ice fishing in the winter. The legendary Rock Creek, home of The Ranch at Rock Creek, along with multiple trailheads into the Anaconda Pintler Wilderness, are also located less than thirty minutes from the property. There are no trade-offs to be made in buying this ranch because it has quite literally everything that is on almost everyone’s wish list for a ranch in the Rocky Mountains. The Facts: ~7,230± acre mix of irrigated bottom ground, improved pasture and expansive native range ~471± irrigated via two center pivots and flood with priority dates as far back as 1869 ~Balanced 350 AU black angus cattle operation ~Stock water is provided directly from the source and via a network of springs and tanks ~900± ton average annual yield of grass hay and alfalfa ~Full suite of operational improvements, including corrals, calving facilities, scales, equipment storage, and shops ~Historic five-bedroom, three-and-one-half-bathroom ranch home situated near the ranch headquarters ~Approximately two-and-a-half linear miles of both sides of Flint Creek, an extraordinary, semi-private trout fishery offering riffles, undercut banks and drop-offs ~Over-the-counter Hunting District 210 has a significant population of resident elk, whitetail, and mule deer ~Conservation easement on the lower ranch with the native range unencumbered ~Philipsburg locale provides some of the best four-season recreation in the state, including Beaverhead-Deer Lodge National Forest, additional fishing in renowned Rock Creek, skiing at Discovery Basin, and recreating in nearby Georgetown Lake and East Fork Reservoir ~Adjacent to the historic town of Philipsburg ~One hour, fifteen minutes to Missoula; two hours, fifteen minutes to Bozeman