Painted Meadows Ranch
Wyoming - Goshen County - LaGrange
Just outside of the quaint town of LaGrange is the Painted Meadows Ranch which consists of 1,310 total acres. A charming, two-level, 4,000 square foot home is completely modernized with numerous upgrades including exterior deck and patio area with water feature and adjacent three-car garage. The ranch is fenced and cross-fenced and includes 800 ft. of steel pipe corrals, livestock handling facilities, horse and cattle barns, hay storage and shop. The ranch has three wells with underground pipeline for stock water. The owner has run 80 pair with supplemental feeding and has put up 25 bushels to the acre of wheat. There are many opportunities on this well kept ranch for the small operator, horse person or just great country living.
Location and Area:
The Painted Meadows Ranch is located approximately 58 miles northeast of Cheyenne, in Goshen County; the County Seat is Torrington - 31 miles north. The western boundary of the ranch is on the Albin/LaGrange Highway with the town of Albin just 18 miles south. The ranch is convenient to the Colorado Front Range, 90 minutes to Fort Collins, and 21/2 hours to Denver. Commercial air service is available in Cheyenne or Scottsbluff, Nebraska – just 45 miles northeast and more frequent flights are available from Denver International. Torrington, a town with one of the best livestock markets in the country, has all services with a broader assortment in Cheyenne, the State Capital, including dining, retail/commerce, medical services/ hospital, entertainment and is host to the world’s largest outdoor rodeo, Cheyenne Frontier Days, held every July. Wyoming is the least populated state in the nation with a low cost of living and no state income tax.
Property Description:
Painted Meadows Ranch consists of 1,310 total acres, 1,101 deeded acres and 209 state leased acres. The ranch is 2 miles north to south and a mile wide. The ground is flat to rolling with views of the Sixty-Six Mountain to the north and Bear Mountain to the west. The ranch is fenced into nine pastures of primarily four strand barb wire fence and has 50 acres in wheat strips which yield 25 bushels to the acre with the balance in native grass. The ranch has several windbreaks with tall ponderosa pine tree stands along with trees around the improvements.
Improvements:
The main house at the Painted Meadows Ranch was originally built in 1970 and has since been expanded and completely remodeled in 2004 - consisting of 4,000 square feet on two levels. The home’s exterior is stucco and has a lifetime steel roof color matched to the adjacent 50’ x 30’ garage with concrete floor and electric doors. A large, Timber Tek plank deck and patio area with a water fountain feature are ideal for outdoor enjoyment. The main level has a large mud room with bathroom and storage area that joins an open kitchen area with breakfast nook and adjacent laundry room. The kitchen has a modern antique-styled stove and all newer appliances. This level has a large master bedroom, full bath with steam shower and juccuci tub. There is another bedroom and bath along with a living room with rock fireplace and a 24’ x 20’ vaulted-ceiling family room with propane fireplace that is finished with tongue-and-groove and exposed pine beams. The lower level of the home has one bedroom with full bath, an office finished with reclaimed barn wood and a Dutch door, a living room with pellet stove and a grill area and recreation/fitness room.
The home is heated by propane and electric baseboard with on demand hot water tank and the living and family rooms have air conditioning. The house is on well water with septic and leach field. Painted Meadows Ranch has 3 wells with underground pipeline for stock water in all pastures. Internet service is provided by DSL.
The ranch has excellent outbuildings consisting of a 40’ x 70’ multi-use barn with water and electricity that includes two enclosed stalls, a calf warmer attached to one stall, and indoor hay or vehicle storage with two gated doors that lead outside; a 32’ x 120’ multi-use barn with three open stalls, wood floor with tack room, two grain-storage rooms, new automatic waterer, and three feed bunks with exterior access via four large exit doors. The largest door opens to two large continuous pipe corrals - one with new cattle handling facilities including working alley, two holding pens, squeeze frame, palpation cage, squeeze chute and head catch with water and electricity to all areas. In addition, there is a 30’ x 40’ Quonset built shop with concrete floor, 220 power, large overhead electric door, two main doors and water hydrant. All buildings have telephone service.
Recreation and Operations:
The Painted Meadows Ranch is only a few miles from the Hawk Springs State Recreation Area and Reservoir - known for fishing and abundant water fowl habitat. There are antelope and whitetail deer that travel through the ranch regularly as well as many species of migratory birds. The ranch has been owner-operated as a cattle ranch and horse breeding facility running 80 pair; selling off the calves and foaling horses on the property. Painted Meadows Ranch is a quality property; is small but well-planned, well cared for with good improvements and offers a new owner many possibilities to operate it as they see fit.