315 Acres in Palestine, TX - $1,699,000

The BGT Ranch is an impressive 315 acre property tucked in the beautiful rolling hills of East Texas. The ranch is located halfway between Houston and Dallas & is located minutes from the Palestine & Buffalo communities. The property encompasses a remarkable hilltop home with beautiful views surrounded by tall hardwoods and plush pastures. Other improvements include separate guest quarters perfect for family gatherings & entertaining, horse stalls, equipment barn and much more. The ranch has over 5,000 feet of paved County Road frontage and is perimeter fenced and as well as cross-fenced for rotational grazing opportunities. The roads and trails within the property allow good access to the interior of the ranch. The land offers tons of diversity including creeks, great elevation change, improved pastures, natural standing pines & mature hardwoods. The property has outstanding hunting opportunities with great wildlife habitat including wooded creek bottoms and numerous flooded timber areas. These flat creek bottoms are loaded with wildlife and offer unlimited supply of resources for trophy whitetail & migratory waterfowl. The balance of the acreage is composed of a healthy blend of pines & other hardwood species along with nice pasture areas for grazing opportunities & future food plot locations. This is a one of a kind property and perfect opportunity to own a turn-key ranch genuinely unlike any other

LOCATION:

The Ranch is located in central quadrant of Anderson County minutes from the community of Palestine. The ranch is located on CR-2904 which is just 4 miles west of Hwy 79 down FM-645 towards Tennessee Colony. The ranch is approximately 1hour 30min from Dallas & Bryan/College Station and 2 hours from Houston.

SURFACE WATER:

Town Creek flows through the eastern boundary of the property with approximately 2.0 miles of frontage. The creek is backed up in some locations creating some small tanks and holding areas. There are 2 additional draws or tributaries that flow into Town Creek and one small spring that feeds one of the marsh areas on the ranch. There are multiple ponds & tanks scattered throughout the property. All of them seem to hold fish varying from crappie, bass, catfish and bluegill. There are also numerous bottoms areas and flooded timber along Town Creek that make for some excellent duck hunting opportunities.

RECREATION/HUNTING:

This ranch is well suited for the avid outdoors-man, equestrian enthusiast, hunter or gentleman rancher. With an abundance of trails for riding horses, great duck hunting in one of the many ponds or creek bottom areas, and excellent cover for wildlife and deer. Game such as whitetail deer, feral hogs and waterfowl are common. The owners have seen plenty of migratory waterfowl on the ranch as the property lies roughly one mile north of Big Lake Bottom WMA & Trinity River. Mallards and Wooduck feed among the abundant acorns during the fall and winter months.

LAND:

The land is approximately +/-315 acres and has a wonderful mix of improved pastures, native pastures and wooded areas. The property is perimeter fenced and has cross fencing throughout numerous pastures for rotational grazing opportunities. As mentioned above, the land & terrain offer tons of diversity throughout including great elevation change, gentle rolling hills, and flat topography. There is a good stand of natural pine and hardwood timber blended within the rolling topography. In addition, the ranch has various wooded creek bottoms and blocks of timber that provide great wildlife habitat. Average of 150 round bales per year on 2 cuttings.

MAIN HOME:

2,166 Square Feet

Built in 2012

3 bedrooms & 2 1/2 Bathrooms

Community water

Outdoor kitchen

2 HAVC systems

2 water heaters

Granite counter-tops

Hardwood and tile flooring

Stainless Appliances

RANCH IMPROVEMENTS:

3 outbuildings which includes one 6 stall horse barn

Water well feeding outbuildings

Horse walker with power

2 field line septic tanks

3 bedroom/2 bathroom guest house