A Colorado ranch property spanning more than 1,000 acres with some pretty rare luxuries is waiting for someone to snap it up.
The $45 million West Creek Ranch is situated in the remote community of Gateway, Colorado, part of Mesa County, about five hours west of Denver near the Utah border. It’s composed of three different parcels: one where the main residence sits, one designated as hunting lands, and another for water-based and motorized recreation. Currently owned by John Hendricks, the founder of the Discovery Channel, the property is now on the market with Haley Mirr of Mirr Ranch Group.
When it comes to everyday living, the main home measures in at more than 22,000 square feet, with eight bedrooms and an equal number of bathrooms spread across four levels. Marble archways and custom ironwork frame the grand entryway, which leads into a commodious great room and a formal dining room with landscape views. Other highlights include six fireplaces, multiple wet bars, a two-level circular stone library housed in a stone turret, a private theater, and an art studio. Most unusually, there’s a permanent installation of six rare fossils from animals such as a saber-toothed tiger and a stingray.
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Of course, if you’re splashing out for a ranch, the outdoor offerings are just as important as the indoor luxuries, if not more so, and West Creek really packs them in. The main house is complemented by a resort-style pool and spa that look out on the landscape, and there’s a five-car heated garage for all of your automobiles. Guests can post up in the two-bedroom, one-bath guest house, which sits alongside the creek.
There are professional-grade stables and fenced pastures equipped for both horses and bison, while fishing, hunting, rafting, horseback riding, and more can all be done on-site. Most of the above is pretty standard for a high-end ranch estate, but West Creek outdoes most other spreads with an astrological observatory for stargazing, with the high elevation and dark desert setting making for easy spotting of constellations and planets. For travel to and from the ranch, the Grand Junction airport is just over an hour away. However, if you have access to a small aircraft or helicopter, you can take advantage of the estate’s private grass airstrip and hangar and its adjacent helipad.
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