480 Acres of Recreational Land & Farm for Sale in Burlingame, Kansas

This property is three contiguous quarter section parcels with a great mixture of farmland, pasture and some of the best wildlife habitat in the area. It's hard to find a property that is big enough to be your own neighbor, have agricultural income and have year-round world class hunting and recreation....welcome to the Switzler Creek 480 Ranch.

Land

This is just a beautiful parcel with everything you need to grow world class bucks. The property has a great mixture of tillable farmland, food plots, hay meadows and water that flows through the property in timbered creek bottoms. There are protected pockets of food that are connected by the ravenous creek beds and stands of tall timber. There are well worn travel corridors connecting all of these spots where the deer have beaten trails that rival what you typically see from generations of cattle.

The creek beds drain into a number of ponds and wetland areas that attract migrating ducks and geese. The hay meadows sit among the hillsides and provide a picturesque setting of the red and golden colors of native grasses against the backdrop of walnut, oak, elm and cottonwood trees.

Electric power is located nearby and several good options for build sites.

Recreation

This property is a recreational home run. The timbered creek beds, food sources and cover provide everything that Kansas game animals are drawn to. This property holds the giant whitetail bucks that Kansas is known for, along with turkey, quail, waterfowl, dove and furbearers. All throughout the property, everywhere you look there are tracks, scrapes, rubs and sign of the wildlife that make Switzler Creek 480 Ranch home. If that isn't enough, you can keep yourself busy in the summer months too, as the ponds are also full of largemouth bass and other Kansas game fish.

This property has had very little hunting pressure over the years and it is ready to go. As a turn-key property, you can get in early and start supplemental feeding and be ready to climb into your stand this fall.

Agriculture

There are all kinds of agricultural possibilities with this property. There are 226 acres of fenced pasture with good water for grazing, there are 100 tillable acres that are typically planted to wheat and beans, there are 150 acres of hay meadows that is cut annually into large round bales, and finally, the property has a proven history of producing quality walnut timber cut for lumber.

Water/Mineral Rights & Natural Resources

The water rights and mineral rights are both set to convey to the buyers.

Region & Climate

This ranch will experience all four seasons and have variety in the weather. The summers can be hot with temperatures able to reach 100 degrees and the winters can be cold with temperatures dipping at or below zero degrees, although average daily temperatures are more mundane. Spring and fall are typically very enjoyable and make for a great time to be outside. The area gets an average of 38 inches of rain and 17 inches of snow each year. The sun shines bright an average of 210 days per year.

Location

Located only 12 miles from Topeka, Kansas, the property is easy to get to with road access on both the north and east. Topeka is the capital of Kansas and has all city amenities including hospital/medical care, hotels, restaurants, grocery stores, big box stores and entertainment.

The property is also one hour and fifteen minutes from the west side of the Kansas City, KS metro and less than 2 hours from Wichita, KS.