East Rim Ranch - 4970 acres north of Big Bend National Park
4,900+ Acres of Unencumbered Ranch Land + Infrastructure, Near Big Bend National Park and Alpine TX
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Please contact Jesse Pine for more information: 970-379-5551 / [email protected]
East Rim Ranch (ERR) sits at 4,000’ elevation and is located 28 miles south of Alpine, TX on US Hwy 118 in Brewster County. The property lies between Alpine and Big Bend National Park. The ranch is just south of Elephant Mountain, a 27,000-acre wildlife management area owned by the state of Texas and managed by Texas Parks and Wildlife. The ranch consists of approximately 4,970 acres including 2.25 miles of frontage on HWY 118, with major north south creek, rolling terrain with 200-foot-high limestone hills. It is part of the desert grasslands and home to elk, mule deer, blue quail, wild turkey, desert big horn sheep, and scimitar horned oryx. In addition to the 27,000-acre Elephant Mountain preserve, the ranch is surrounded by three large ranches; the O2 Ranch which is 270,000 acres to the south and west, the 45,000-acre Black Mesa Ranch located to the east of ERR, and the 30,000-acre Y-Bar Ranch to the north. The Y-Bar Ranch sold in May of 2026 for $1,500 per acre. These three ranches afford protection, long-term ownership and strong ranch management that will continue to promote good land stewardship in the Calamity Valley.
Investment highlights
- Please contact Jesse Pine for more information: 970-379-5551 / [email protected]
- Entire property includes unrestricted and unencumbered land. All parcels of the property have potential to be developed with limited or no permit & entitlements.
- Wide range of uses for future owner – Glamping accommodations, campground, hunting ranch, guest ranch, private ranch, wildlife viewing, nature conservation.
- Extensive improvements have been made over the last 17 years of ownership – Roads, water wells and water storage, network of water lines, wildlife feeders.
- Existing improvements and no land restrictions allow for short timeline to develop post-closing.
- Limited accommodations surrounding Big Bend National Park, many less than five units and often sold out for months of the year.
- Annual cost of ownership averages $17,300 per year – Annual typical costs: $4,800 neighbor inspections, $6,000 wildlife feed, $5,000 road repair and maintenance, $1,500 property taxes for all 4,970 acres.
- Property has ideal neighbors with limited individual owners and no major changes on parcels in several decades.
- Land values over the last 70 years in this region have steadily increased, doubling in value approximately every 10 years.
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