1607 Shields River Road, Wilsall, MT 59086

$6,500,000 · Active

MLS #411834

Price

$6,500,000

Status

Active

Bedrooms

3

Bathrooms

2

Living area

2,736 sq ft

Home type

Single Family Residence

Year built

2001

Lot size

320 acres

Full bathrooms

2

Half bathrooms

0

Waterfront

Yes

New construction

No

HOA

No

Levels

Two

County

Park

Garage spaces

0

Annual property taxes

$3,127.94

Subdivision

None

Style

Custom, Rustic

Appliances & Equipment

Dryer · Dishwasher · Range · Refrigerator · Washer · SomeGasAppliances · Stove

Bathrooms

2 total bathrooms · 2 three quarter bathrooms

Bedrooms

3 total bedrooms

Building

Built in 2001 · Living area: 2736.0 · Levels: Two · Construction Materials: WoodSiding

Cooling

CeilingFans

Exterior Features

Patio/Porch Features: Covered, Porch · GravelDriveway · IrrigationSprinklers

Fence

BarbedWire · CrossFenced · LogFence · Perimeter · SplitRail

Fireplaces

WoodBurning

Floors

Hardwood · PartiallyCarpeted · Tile

Heating

ForcedAir · Propane · Stove · Wood

Interior Features

Fireplace · JettedTub · VaultedCeilings · WalkInClosets · MainLevelPrimary

Lot

320 acres · AdjacentToPublicLand

Parking

NoGarage

Pets Policy

Allowed: Yes

Property

Horse amenities: Corrals, StockPens, TackRoom · Other structures: Corrals, Storage · Meadow · Mountains · Rural · River · SouthernExposure · CreekStream · Valley · TreesWoods

Roof

Asphalt · Shingle

Sewer

SepticTank

Utilities

ElectricityAvailable · ElectricityConnected · Propane · SepticAvailable · WaterAvailable · Water Source: Well

Water Features

Creek · RiverFront

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About this home

Ranches like this are rarely sold — they're handed down. Just north of Wilsall with the Crazy Mountains front and center, Meadow Creek 320 Ranch is the real thing: native grass pasture, cross-fenced into multiple pastures for cattle and horses, senior water rights and views that must be experienced in person to fully understand. A gated two-track leads to an authentic 2,700 sf cabin with three beds, two baths and anchored by a floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace and a timber-frame loft. No covenants, no zoning. Shields River Road is paved and county-maintained, so access is easy in every season — an hour to Bozeman through Bridger Canyon, an hour to Livingston down the Shields Valley. It all starts with the water: Multiple springs throughout the property and Meadow Creek is diverted by headgates into the historic Becker Ditch, which carries water across the ranch through a system of laterals. Six active DNRC water rights are tied to the property, headlined by a senior Meadow Creek irrigation right with a May 10, 1890 priority date — backed by an 1898 Meadow Creek right, two 1907 spring rights for irrigation and stock, a 1973 Meadow Creek right and a domestic well at 25 gpm. Seller's interest in the water rights conveys. In Montana, first in time is first in right and an 1890 priority is hard to come by. Native grasses laced with wildflowers, aspen groves that turn gold in September and lush meadows irrigated into the fall. The elk are already here — they work this ground in numbers, with moose, deer and antelope regular company. Upland birds hold in the cover, sandhill cranes work the meadows and hawks and eagles ride the thermals over the creek bottom. Beyond the fence line, the Shields River is minutes away, blue-ribbon trout water on the Yellowstone runs through Paradise Valley, and National Forest trailheads climb into the Crazy Mountains to the east, the Bridgers and Bangtails to the west and the Absarokas to the south. The Crazy Mountains rise straight off the valley floor with nothing in between - they have to be seen in person to be fully understood. This is Montana as it was meant to be. *Interior photos are virtually staged.

Courtesy of Jackie Wickens & Trecie Wheat Hughes Team, Yellowstone Brokers 406-284-5858

Contact LPT Realty at (877) 366-2213 to ask about this home.