One of largest ranches in California – 25,000 acres in Sierra foothills – listed at $21 million

In what is believed to be the third-largest ranch property offering in California, nearly 25,000 acres in the southern Sierra foothills has hit the market at $21 million. Elliott Land and Cattle Ranch borders Sequoia National Park and stretches westward from the Kaweah River to Highway 245 in Tulare County, taking in stunning scenery, rolling countryside and mountainous grazing land. “The sheer size of this Sierra foothills treasure with its diverse topography, great access, plentiful water and forage gives almost unlimited opportunity to create your dream of the perfect western cattle ranch,” according to the property listing. Listing agent Alan Drew of La Tierra Home and Ranch said “the diversity of topography, habitat, recreational possibilities ... just the variety of possibilities in general, the views , the wildlife” make the property unique. The property includes ranch headquarters with employee residences, horse and hay barns, shops, pastures, paddocks and corrals. The ranch has historically carried 1,000 mother cows year-round. “From a livestock point of view, it’s about the variety and of forage,” he said. “The difference in elevation provides for different timing of forage growth.” Rolling oak woodland and grassland extend in elevations from 4,069 feet at Shadequarter Peak down to 1,000 feet around Cottonwood Creek, according to the listing. The abundant water throughout the ranch comes from year-round and seasonal creeks, springs, ponds and wells...MORE