Black Ranch, Shasta County, CA

Black Ranch is a magnificent 1,000+/- acre family recreational ranch located northeast of Redding, California, in Shasta County. It features an extensive ranch compound with beautiful homes, a tennis court, a swimming pool, a horse stable, and expansive views of Burney Peak. Black Ranch is a remarkable wildlife habitat bordered by National Forest lands on three sides, providing excellent conservation and recreation opportunities.

The ranch includes productive farmland currently leased to a local cattle rancher, providing annual income to the owners. Over 500 acres of timberland could also be managed for income. Until this year, 130 acres of wild rice and 150 acres of flood-irrigated hay ground were farmed on the ranch. Abundant wetlands and the presence of Burney Creek underscore the valuable water resources and water rights on the property.

The Black Ranch owners had the foresight to join California’s Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Private Lands Management (PLM) Program in 1986. The program offers landowners incentives to manage their lands for the benefit of wildlife. Today, the ranch provides habitat for many important native species, including Columbia black-tailed deer and Rocky Mountain elk.

The ranch is four and a half hours from the San Francisco Bay Area and offers many possibilities. It could serve as a working ranch, corporate retreat, weekend getaway, permanent home, recreational property, or a combination of these uses. With an Architect Digest featured owner’s home and spacious family/guest house, three other dwellings could be utilized for guests, ranch hands, or to generate additional tenant income.

Outdoor recreation is endless: horseback riding, hiking, ATVing, biking on the ranch, or the thousands of acres of adjoining National Forest lands.