910 Acres of Recreational Land & Farm for Sale in Montello, Nevada

This ranch is located at the foot of Pilot Peak a historical monument in the High Desert used by early day settlers to find their route west. The ranch has a total of 909.651 deeded acres. At the base of Pilot Peak there are 320 acres which is fenced and has approx. 80 acres of irrigated lands on it with 37 acres of Surface water rights and underground well permit for 130 acres. A new center pivot was installed in February 2022. Irrigation water comes from a deep well and Shell Creek. A reservoir is used for storage and well water is pumped into it and another pump set up to pump out of it to the two wheel lines now. There are three homes plus an older more historic residence. The irrigated fields are fenced with high Elk fencing to keep local Elk out. There are another 589.651 deeded acres we call the North Farm located approx. 8 miles North of the Bar O Ranch. This farm is is fully water righted and has three center pivots served by 4 wells. A new well has been drilled and services the new pivot now planted into a Grass/alfalfa mix. Approx. 330 acres are now seeded into a grass/alfalfa mix that can be grazed or hayed. The ranch has two BLM grazing permits with 291 aum's in the summer use 5/16 to 10/31 in the Lucin allotment and 839 winter use 10/1 to 2/28 and 53 winter use 3/1 to 3/31 also in the Pilot Valley Allotment. If you're mainly interested in Winter range we understand the BLM would be supportive of converting the summer aum's in the Lucin allotment to winter use. There is additional Winter aum's in the JP allotment which has a 19 year lease with option with 395 aum's from 11/1 to 2/28 each year. The lease also includes 294 aum's from 5/16 to 10/31 in the Lucin/Pilot Allotment.

Owner rates it as 300+ AU with potential for more. If you pastured some of the pivots you could certainly run 450+ head on a year around basis.

The summer use could be balanced with the winter use by concentrating on more irrigated pasture on the ranch and by pasturing irrigated fields. Put up enough hay to feed the cattle under irriated pasture.

The ranch has good corrals, a hay barn, several barns/sheds, a older shop and two newer shops. There are 3 homes on the ranch all in living condition and in good to excellent shape. If you don't need all the homes there should be a good chance of renting them out. The North Farm has a 32'x72' Machine shop/storage building on it.