The Ponderosa Ranch, Estate of the Day

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Oct 14th 2006 at 1:05PM

If the cowboy in you has always wanted your own dude ranch but you are looking for a place that isn't in Montana or Wyoming then welcome to the Ponderosa. The Ponderosa Guest and Cattle Ranch in Oregon has everything from a 5000 foot paved landing strip to a 7000 sq ft log built lodge with commercial kitchen, log cabin guest facilities with eight buildings and 24 private master suites. The ranch is 30,000 acres of continguous deeded land, with an additional 90,000 acres of lease allotments.

People have come to the ranch for years to get the cowboy experience moving cattle (over 4,000 head) and riding all day, while still being able to retire to a soft bed each night. And the website for the ranch promises that this particular area of Oregon has sun 300 days per year. This large ranch is listed at $32 million. After the jump, cowboys at work and play.