Texas Ranches

State park.

Accomodates 700 during day, eight in the ranch houses, 30 in bunkhouse (15 men/15 women), and 360 in primitive camping areas for overnight lodging. Offers trail rides, cattle drives, birdwatching, geology seminars, biking, tours, hiking, landing strip, and photography demonstrations.

Guest and resort ranch.

Accomodates 50 during the day and overnight. Offers horseback riding, hunting, vehicle tours, fishing, birdwatching, rifle range, hiking, massages, stargazing parties, paddleboats, a spa, and swimming.

Rock-climbing ranch.

Offers tours on 28,000-acre ranch with 4,000-year-old Indian rock carvings, native plants, and wildlife as well as lunch on the cliffs overlooking the Pecos River. Rock climbing with bolted routes available. Reservations and four-person minimum required for tour.

Working ranch.

Accomodates 3,250 during the day. Offers hayrides, exotic animals, Indian maze, lake walk, and rattlesnake pit. Customized group activities for all ages.

Working and hunting ranch.

Accomodates 250 during the day, and 15 overnight (four-room bed-and-breakfast). Offers year-round hunting excursions (minimum of eight for group rate), ranch tours, camping, and clay target course. Hunting packages and catering available.

Hunting ranch.

Accomodates 18 overnight (three houses). Sixth-generation family ranch (220 square miles) offers custom adventures. Activities include bi-yearly roundups, camping, birdwatching, wildlife viewing, trail rides, and hiking.

Working cattle and guest ranch.

Accomodates seven overnight in three-bedroom house. Offers hiking, biking, and birdwatching. Fresh milk and eggs available from farm animals. Cattle working and horse breaking may be viewed.

Tour ranch.

Offers driving tours and guided hikes, ancient petroglyphs, wind-carved Precambrian sandstone, rock hunting, and working talc mine. Home of the movie set remains of Dead Man’s Walk, a Larry McMurtry TV miniseries, and an 1880s homestead used in filming of Blue Sky.

Camping ranch.

Relax and unwind after a day of hiking mountains. Eight rustic buildings of four rooms each. Located at the foot of White House Mountain. Secluded RV hookups and old-fashioned campsites.

Camping ranch.

Fourth-generation ranch family offers a primitive campground and cabin that sleeps 10. Twelve RV hookups and showers available. Hiking trails, rock hunting, and rock shop. Historical tour of ranch history in on-site museum. The ranch is the only known source of red plume agate in the world.