Western US ranch four times bigger than New York City goes on sale for $79.5M

Daily Mail​

15 hours ago

Here's a home where the Buffalo roam — but you're going to need about $80 million of you want to join them.
A giant Western ranch four times bigger than New York City and twice the size of London has hit the market.
Central Wyoming 's sprawling Pathfinder Ranches totals over 916,000 acres and includes fully working cattle ranches, a main lodge, and a church.
The main home has original hardwood floors, stone and wood walls, and beamed ceilings, and is for sale with local luxury realtor Michael Swan from Swan Land Company.
The price tag is a cool $79.5 million.
'The sale of Pathfinder Ranches represents an unprecedented opportunity to own and operate one of few remaining large cattle operations in the American West,' Ryan Lance, President of Pathfinder Ranches, told the Daily Mail.
'Pathfinder represents a piece of our country's pioneering spirit and a chance to make a real contribution to both modern ranching practices and conservation.'
The ranches span four counties and cover around 1 percent of Wyoming.
The land is nestled between the Ferris, Pedro and Green mountain ranges, and it counts the Pathfinder Reservoir and a section of the Sweetwater River as part of its property.
The property is one of the largest working ranches in the Rocky Mountains.
The ranch is also home to the nation's first habitat conservation bank for sage-grouse — the largest ever approved by the US Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service.
The nine-bedroom, 7.5-bath lodge was designed with an open layout, a full bar, a game room, gourmet kitchen, and floor-to-ceiling windows that frame the Ferris and Pedro Mountains.
The land hosts 12 ranches in total, hosting approximately 3,400 cows, 180 bulls and 130 saddle horses.
The listing reads: 'Pathfinder Ranches is a testament to stewardship.
'Past stewards have worked this ground, building healthy soil, nurturing wildlife habitats, and protecting fragile species such as the greater sage-grouse through thoughtful grazing practices and regenerative efforts.
'This property is a true king maker.'
The listing continues: 'The next owner will inherit a legacy, with the chance to make a lasting impact on the land, the industry, the culture, and the state of Wyoming; to experience the simple wealth of clean air and wide-open spaces; and to immediately take their place among the major players in the cattle world.'
The ranch's broker, Scott Williams, said a ranch like this is not built overnight, but 'takes generations of grit, vision, and dedication.'
'This legacy property is about impact on the land, the industry, the culture, and the state of Wyoming,' he said.
Pathfinder is larger even than the fictional 'Yellowstone' Dutton Ranch from Taylor Sheridan's famous television series, which is somewhere between 775,000 to 825,000 acres.
Meanwhile, another Wyoming ranch with ties to Ernest Hemingway listed in early June.
Set against the stunning Bighorn Mountains, the ranch Hemingway used as a writer's retreat was listed for $29 million.
The historic Spear Ranch, which dates back to the 1800s, is celebrated for its tranquil seclusion, breathtaking vistas and deep ties to both literary and Western heritage.
It spans over 300 acres of pristine landscape and includes a 7,500-square-foot New England–style main residence, multiple guest cabins and a collection of rustic outbuildings.
A nearby guest retreat is where Hemingway sought solitude and completed the first draft of A Farewell to Arms in 1928.
Ranches are all the rage in recent months.
In New Mexico, a ranch more than half the size of the state of Rhode Island recently sold after being listed for a nine-figure sum.
The 540,000-acre Great Western Ranch was put on the market for $142 million in 2024 by the Horton family, the development dynasty that spent the last decade building the mammoth property.
In July, the asking price had dropped to $115 million, but the actual selling price remains unclear.