Wallace Creek Ranch is a rare, large landholding on Colorado's Western Slope - 1,440+/- deeded acres paired with roughly 5,000+/- leased acres and three BLM grazing allotments, offering the kind of scale, live water, and public-land access that rarely comes to market. Wallace Creek winds nearly a mile through the property, Spring Creek crosses it, and a stocked pond anchors the upper end, feeding roughly 350+/- irrigated acres via side-roll sprinklers, a big gun, a center pivot, and flood irrigation (water rights include 1st priority 5.8 CFS, 2nd priority 2 CFS, and 6 CFS high water; buyer to confirm shares, decree, and priority dates). The ranch currently supports approximately 140 animal units May through December alongside hay production under a ranch tenant - a turnkey operation for a buyer who wants working income from day one. Tenant-owned USFS grazing permit offered separately. Elevations climb from 5,700 to 6,600 feet across level pasture, rolling foothills, and a cottonwood-lined creek bottom studded with oak, pinon, and juniper - terrain that offers multiple homesites with sweeping Western Slope views. For the sportsman, this is trophy country: located in GMU 42 with over-the-counter 2nd and 3rd rifle elk tags and a history of six landowner buck tags annually, the ranch sits along heavy elk and mule deer migration routes and hosts black bear and turkey. Nearly two miles of BLM boundary and White River National Forest just a half-mile south open up public land far beyond the fence line. Year-round access comes via County Road 306, with electric service at the road and internet available through satellite, fiber, or fixed wireless - remote enough to feel like your own world, close enough to live in it: Rifle is 15 minutes away, with Glenwood Springs and Grand Junction under an hour. Whether the vision is a working cattle operation, a private hunting retreat, or a legacy family compound, Wallace Creek Ranch delivers the water, the wildlife, and the wide-open Western Slope scale to make it possible.
Wallace Creek Ranch is a rare, large landholding on Colorado's Western Slope — 1,440+/- deeded acres paired with roughly 5,000+/- leased acres and three BLM grazing allotments, offering the kind of scale, live water, and public-land access that rarely comes to market. Wallace Creek winds nearly a mile through the property, Spring Creek crosses it, and a stocked pond anchors the upper end, feeding roughly 350+/- irrigated acres via side-roll sprinklers, a big gun, a center pivot, and flood irrigation (water rights include 1st priority 5.8 CFS, 2nd priority 2 CFS, and 6 CFS high water; buyer to confirm shares, decree, and priority dates). The ranch currently supports approximately 140 animal units May through December alongside hay production under a ranch tenant — a turnkey operation for a buyer who wants working income from day one. Tenant-owned USFS grazing permit offered separately. Elevations climb from 5,700 to 6,600 feet across level pasture, rolling foothills, and a cottonwood-lined creek bottom studded with oak, piñon, and juniper — terrain that offers multiple homesites with sweeping Western Slope views. For the sportsman, this is trophy country: located in GMU 42 with over-the-counter 2nd and 3rd rifle elk tags and a history of six landowner buck tags annually, the ranch sits along heavy elk and mule deer migration routes and hosts black bear and turkey. Nearly two miles of BLM boundary and White River National Forest just a half-mile south open up public land far beyond the fence line. The landowners have consistently captured 6 landowner tags per year for family and friends. Year-round access comes via County Road 306, with electric service at the road and internet available through satellite, fiber, or fixed wireless — remote enough to feel like your own world, close enough to live in it: Rifle is 15 minutes away, with Glenwood Springs and Grand Junction under an hour. Whether the vision is a working cattle operation, a private hunting retreat, or a legacy family compound, Wallace Creek Ranch delivers the water, the wildlife, and the wide-open Western Slope scale to make it possible.
cren #834469
May 7, 2026
Listed
$3,300,000
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Buck Mesa Ranch is a rare Western Slope offering combining a genuine agricultural grazing operation, live water, and trophy big game country across 550± deeded acres in Garfield and Mesa Counties. Sitting just half a mile from the White River National Forest, the ranch delivers a modest cow/ calf operation, productive ground, and recreational depth that's increasingly difficult to assemble in a single Colorado offering. Approximately 215± acres of irrigated pasture and hay meadows anchor the working side of the ranch, supported by water rights from Wallace Creek and a working irrigation system that includes side-roll sprinklers, one big gun, a center pivot, and flood irrigation in select areas. Ranch elevations range from 5,700 to 6,600 feet, climbing from cottonwood-covered creek bottoms through cedar, piñon pine, open pastures, and oak, making for prime elk and mule deer habitat. Topography is a balanced mix of level, sloped, and rolling ground — opening up multiple potential building sites with commanding views of the White River National Forest, the Bookcliffs, and the surrounding valley. Buck Mesa Ranch sits within Game Management Unit 42, qualifying for over-the-counter elk tags during the 2nd and 3rd Rifle seasons and eligible for landowner deer vouchers annually. As hunting seasons progress into October and November, heavy migration pushes elk and mule deer onto the ranch through this corridor, with both Spring Creek and Wallace Creek channeling wildlife to this ranch. Spring turkey hunting along the creek bottoms is exceptional, and the ranch offers strong populations of quality mule deer. Critically, the ranch is unencumbered by conservation easements, preserving full optionality for the next owner. Whether held as a working cattle operation, a private hunting and recreation property, a multigenerational legacy hold, or a strategic land investment, Buck Mesa Ranch delivers the rare combination of productive agriculture, live water, and diverse acreage in a single contiguous block.
GJARA #20211531
Oct 29, 2021
Sold
$4,500,000
Apr 6, 2021
Listed
$4,600,000
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Rural Zone
The Rural Zone District is comprised of the County’s rural residential areas, agricultural resource lands, agricultural production areas, and natural resource areas. Uses, densities, and standards established for this zone district are intended to protect the existing character of the area from uncontrolled and unmitigated residential, commercial, and industrial use. The zone district provides for the use of natural resources, recreational development, rural residential, and other uses.
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1/10 Flood Factor
Minimal risk of a flood reaching the building in the next 30 years
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0.93% chance of being in a wildfire in next 30 years
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7 days above 89° expected this year, 18 days in 30 years
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Minimal risk of severe winds over next 30 years
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1 unhealthy days expected this year, 1 days in 30 years
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Parachute, CO • 81635
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