Property Overview
Tucked into the folds of the exquisite Laramie Mountains of Converse County, Wyoming, Creek Bend Ranch is the kind of property that makes you slow the truck and take it all in. Spanning approximately 480± acres along a paved stretch of State Highway 93, this complete recreation ranch pairs productive ground with something increasingly rare: the chance to hunt and fish on your own land.
LaPrele Creek, a true Platte River tributary and fishery, winds 1.3± miles through the property, joined by two more perennial creeks and nine ponds and reservoirs. That water provides irrigation, fills periodically stocked reservoirs holding rainbow and brown trout up to six pounds, and draws tremendous whitetail and mule deer, along with elk, antelope, and upland birds. Elk Hunt Unit 7, notoriously hard to draw, affords the ranch two landowner tags.
The ranch is as productive as it is beautiful; irrigated, sub-irrigated, and dryland hay meadows anchor the operation. The ranch comfortably carries about 170 AUMs of summer pasture and roughly 70 animal units through fall and winter.
At the center sits a beautifully restored 1868 homestead, a warm 3,300± square foot log home with a vaulted 2021 great room addition, wide-planked fir floors, and full solar power with grid and generator backup. A nicely finished second home, a working barn complex, and a leveled site ready for a future hay barn complete the improvements.
A flexible conservation easement covers about 240± acres, leaving more than half the ranch, including all lands around the existing improvements, free for new construction while offering potential tax benefits to a new owner.
Just 25± minutes from Douglas, an hour from Casper, and 3± hours from Denver, Creek Bend Ranch delivers privacy, productivity, and easy access in one self-contained Wyoming property.
Creek Bend Ranch can be purchased separately or in conjunction with the varied terrain and topography of LaPrele Ranch.
**One of the sellers is a licensed Wyoming real estate broker.
Property Facts
- Approximately 480± acres in Converse County, Wyoming, with frontage on paved State Highway 93
- 1.3± miles of LaPrele Creek, a Platte River tributary; three perennial creeks and one intermittent creek in all
- Nine ponds and reservoirs, periodically stocked with rainbow and brown trout up to six pounds
- 220± acres of hay fields, consisting of flood and pivot irrigated, sub-irrigated, and dry land
- About 170 AUMs of summer pasture; roughly 70 animal units through a typical five-month fall and winter season
- South-facing exposure means hay rarely needs to be fed
- Tremendous whitetail and mule deer hunting in Hunt Unit 65; elk, antelope, and upland birds are also on the ranch
- Two landowner tags which may be used for deer, antelope, or a combination
- Restored 1868 homestead of about 3,300± square feet; four bedrooms (or three plus an office), 1.75 baths, and a 2021 great room addition
- 100% solar with full grid and generator backup
- Nicely finished second home (the “Guard Shack”), barn complex with shop, and a leveled site ready for a hay barn
- Conservation Easement: About 240± acres with reserved building rights and potential tax advantages; land around existing improvements remains free for new building
- Existing financing potentially assumable by a qualified buyer; ranch management may remain under separately negotiated terms
- Ranch equipment available for purchase under a separate agreement
