Walton Ranch
Wyoming - Teton County - Jackson
“Seldom do you find such a beautiful ranch with outstanding fishing and hunting opportunities in a desirable area and convenient to a popular town, world class skiing, modern airport, and two national parks. To assemble all of these ingredients can take a lifetime, but now for the first time is available to the buyer who desires a legacy property in one of the most enchanting places on earth and in the most tax-favorable state in the country. Opportunities like this do not come around very often.�
The iconic Walton Ranch in Jackson Hole has come on the market for the first time. Sited along the legendary Snake River and adjacent to the Grand Tetons with views over the entire valley, the 1,848-acre working ranch has its own resident elk herd and fishing access along the Snake River. This naturally preserved setting is surrounded by the grandeur of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks and yet is five miles to downtown Jackson and fifteen minutes to world-class ski resorts and private air service. Home to some of America’s top corporate leaders, Jackson offers a sophisticated mix of restaurants, boutiques and cultural activities. A rare opportunity to own wide-open spaces in one of the most sought-after locations in the world.
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Walton Ranch is situated in an enviable location along three miles of the east bank of the Snake River with year-round paved road access at its south boundary on State Highway 22. The ranch has river bottom at 6,200 ft. up to 7,300 ft. along the West Gros Ventre Butte - the ranch’s eastern boundary - from whose top one can see the entire valley. The Grand Teton Mountain Range lies along the western side of the valley and rises to 13,772 feet providing a spectacular backdrop to the Walton Ranch. With its natural valley formation and unobstructed views, almost any spot on the ranch affords snow-capped mountain vistas. Located at the south end directly off the main access to the ranch is the manager’s housing complex which consists of two homes and a bunkhouse along with several outbuildings, machine shed, hay shed, calving barn, horse barn and complete set of corrals. The owner’s home parcel and the other reserved building sites are served by underground utilities and offer a new owner the best locations on the ranch to build their own ranch history.
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LOCATION AND AREA With a great expanse of public land, including two national parks and three renowned ski resorts, Jackson Hole is a year-round adventure destination. Globally recognized as a sophisticated mountain resort destination for the adventure seeking elite and a rejuvenating retreat for those seeking tranquility, Jackson is home to many of the nation’s top business executives and the domicile of many successful nationally-recognized corporations. Wyoming has some of the most favorable tax and asset protection laws in the nation and Teton County has the highest personal per capita income in the U.S. - surpassing Manhattan. Alongside Santa Fe, Scottsdale, San Francisco, and New York, Jackson is a major center for art and culture and is recognized as the “Art Center of the Rockies.” It has a friendly, laid-back western attitude and enjoys the charm and allure of small-town mountain living influenced by wealth. HISTORY In 1958, successful oil industry geologist Paul Walton and his wife Betty purchased 1,740 acres along the Snake River in Jackson Hole. Together, they created one of the most beautiful, open expanses of private ranch land in Jackson Hole and one of the most exquisite, authentic working ranches in the American West today. In order to protect the unique attributes of the ranch, the Waltons placed the property under conservation easement with the Jackson Hole Land Trust in 1983, marking a historical turning point in private land conservation at the time. The conservation easement gift of the Walton Ranch is the second largest private conservation effort in Teton County history, second only to the Rockefeller family’s gift of Grand Teton National Park.
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RECREATION, WILDLIFE AND FISHING Jackson Hole, surrounded by Teton National Forest, serves as a gateway to the 485 square mile Grand Teton National Park just north of Jackson and Yellowstone National Park which is ten miles north of town. Amateur and professional athletes choose Jackson and its surrounding parks for mountaineering, fly-fishing, white-water rafting, wildlife expeditions, horseback riding, photo safaris, hiking/ camping and scenic car-trips along Route 89, one of America’s most spectacular paved byways connecting the town of Jackson to Teton National Forest and the magnificent Yellowstone National Park. Jackson Hole is located in the middle of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, densely populated with many rare and spectacular wildlife species. In addition to the surrounding mountains and valley, the Snake River watershed is one of the few remaining intact riparian ecosystems left in the U.S. and supports a rare native fishery, undiluted by introduced or exotic species, and is home to the native cutthroat trout. The river supports ideal fishing waters for native and resident trophy rainbow and brown trout, with lake trout found at Jackson Lake. The Walton Ranch has over three miles of the Snake River along its western boundary including approximately one mile of river frontage. OPERATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS Walton Ranch has operated as a cow/calf ranch for many years running 350 to 450 cows. The ranch produces 2,000 tons of premium grass hay on approximately 700 flood-irrigated acres and an additional 190 acres are irrigated via sprinkler. Three wells and several natural springs provide excellent water for livestock and wildlife. Walton Ranch includes a BLM land lease located adjacent to the west property boundary for a total of 40 cattle.
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Walton Ranch is available for the first time inclusive of all real estate, improvements, water and mineral rights. Broker cooperation invited, shown by listing broker only. For further information contact: Ron Morris at 970.535.0881 ron@rmabrokers.com or Billy Long at 970.948.1333 billy@rmabrokers.com
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