Amenities like these are a rare find.
Tucked inside the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area in northeastern Oregon, Grouse Creek Ranch encompasses a 3,280-acre landscape of mountain slopes and lush, tree-lined valleys.
Mild winter temperatures, irrigated hay meadows and vast land capable of supporting up to 805 cow/calf pairs create the perfect environment for year-round cattle ranching. The Imanha River courses through the property for five miles — and together with Grouse Creek and numerous smaller creeks — insures green meadows late into the year.
As a true cattle-recreation ranch, the Ranch’s creeks and rivers offer salmon and trout fishing, while its wooded forests and green meadows offer strong populations of elk, deer, bear and mountain lion, along with grouse, turkey, quail and chukar.
Just a few of the property’s highlights:
- Resources to support year-round cattle — including 400 acres of irrigated alfalfa and lush meadows
- Fencing corrals and barns with capacity to support an 805 cow/calf cattle operation
- Level access to the Imanha River and Grouse Creek — home to steelhead, salmon and trout
- Senior water rights dating from the 1800s
- Two bridges for easy traveling to both sides of the river
- Year-round access inside the ranch through a five-mile county-maintained gravel road
- Renewable lease — offering more than 100,000 acres of grazing rights with the United States Forest Service
- Adjoining hundreds of thousands of acres of national park and United States Forest Service land
- Outstanding hunting, including elk, mule deer, whitetail deer, bear, mountain lion, turkey, blue and ruffled grouse, hun, quail and chukar
- Comfortable owner’s home with separate lodging for hands
- Electricity available to the property through the local power company