{"id":479509,"date":"2026-10-28T17:32:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T17:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/479509\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T17:32:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T17:32:19","slug":"hill-country-ranch-with-water-features-bison-lists-for-14m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/479509\/","title":{"rendered":"Hill Country ranch with water features + bison lists for $14M"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Hill Country ranch overflowing with sources of water just listed for $14.25 million. <\/p>\n

Water \u2014 an increasingly scarce resource in Texas \u2014 is plentiful at Buffalo Ridge Ranch<\/a>, a 352-acre property almost 60 miles northwest of Austin and eight miles southeast of Llano. The property also has a managed herd of bison.<\/p>\n

Water features include:<\/p>\n

A seven-acre private lake reaching depths of nearly 40 feetAbout 12,800 combined feet of frontage along three creeks, two natural springs, and two other bodies of waterAn infinity-edge poolA regular water well and solar-powered water well<\/p>\n

\u201cWater is what immediately sets Buffalo Ridge Ranch apart,\u201d Hunter Shannon, listing agent with West & Swope Ranches, said in a press release. \u201cThe combination of a lake this size, multiple creeks, natural springs, and this quality of improvements is something you rarely find on 350 acres in the Hill Country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shannon shares the listing<\/a> with West & Swope Ranches\u2019 Louie Swope.<\/p>\n

Overlooking the lake is a custom-built, 4,500-square-foot home completed in 2018. Improvements made at the ranch since then include a three-bedroom barndominium for guests, a climate-controlled workshop, paved interior roads, and a skeet-shooting range.<\/p>\n

\"Buffalo This patio makes the most of the home’s surroundings.Photo courtesy of West & Swope Ranches<\/p>\n

The three-bedroom, three-bathroom main home occupies one of the highest points of the ranch, which sits atop the Riley Mountains in Llano County.<\/p>\n

A key element of the main house is a mantel in the living area that was crafted from timber reclaimed from an Iowa farmhouse dating back to 1802.<\/p>\n

Half of the roughly 2,000-square-foot barndominium contains cozy living quarters: a king suite, guest bedroom, and bunk room. The rest of the structure serves as a storage barn for ranch equipment, vehicles, boats, and recreational gear.<\/p>\n

The ranch boasts its share of creatures besides bison, including whitetail deer, axis deer, and red deer. The property\u2019s water resources offer opportunities for fishing and waterfowl hunting.<\/p>\n

\"Buffalo Water takes many forms around the ranch.Photo courtesy of West & Swope Ranches<\/p>\n

Mature oak and elm trees blanket much of the ranch, creating a park-like setting and providing a wildlife habitat.<\/p>\n

\u201cBuyers continue to place a premium on ranches with substantial water resources and quality improvements,\u201d said Swope, broker-owner of West & Swope Ranches.<\/p>\n

\u201cBuffalo Ridge Ranch offers both, along with privacy and convenient access to Austin,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a combination that is increasingly difficult to replicate.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Hill Country ranch overflowing with sources of water just listed for $14.25 million. Water \u2014 an increasingly…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":479510,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,4178,15296,4090,16146,20458],"class_list":["post-479509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-hill-country","tag-homes-for-sale","tag-nature","tag-ranch-for-sale","tag-ranches"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/479510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}