Clear Branch Ranch is featured in the Fall 2022 issue of LAND magazine. Click here to find out more.
Nestled in Coryell County, Clear Branch Ranch, which sits just north of Highway 84 and fronts on County Road 267, offers plentiful elbow room close to the heart of metropolitan Texas. The ranch is minutes from Gatesville, about 30 minutes from Waco, and about two hours from both Austin and Dallas.
The Water
The ranch takes its name from the Clear Branch of Coryell Creek, which courses through the ranch for one and a half miles. Both banks lie within the ranch’s boundaries giving completely private access.
The creek has been dammed to create a magnificent 35±-acre lake, which can accommodate a bass boat or wave runners. The lake, stocked with bass, catfish, and perch, has an excellent substructure for maintaining an abundant fishery.
When the creek was dammed, it also created spectacular wetlands habitat adjoining the lake. During the waterfowl season, hunting at the convergence of the lake and the creek is superlative. In addition, waterfowl enthusiasts can set up at one of the 20± stock ponds scattered across the ranch. The ponds attract migrating birds and provide well-placed water for livestock and wildlife.
Four water wells support the improvements throughout the ranch.
The Land
The ranch’s elevation rises from 779± feet above sea level near the main entrance on the south end to 956± feet on the north end. The changing elevation delivers big, sweeping views.
True to the character of the Edwards Plateau, the land is marked by tree-covered canyons and massive rock outcroppings. Pecan trees line the banks of the creek.
Historically, Clear Branch Ranch has been used as a livestock operation. When conditions are optimum, the cross-fenced ranch can carry about 300 momma cows. The current owners diversified by high fencing the perimeter and introducing exotic wildlife. Today, cattle and wildlife, including whitetail deer that have been managed with a MLD Level 3 permit, thrive side by side.
Most of the ranch is native range. Wildlife gravitates to the thick stands of brush scattered strategically throughout the ranch.
The Improvements
The three-bedroom, two-bath main house, built about 10 years ago, epitomizes comfortable, country living. The metal-roofed ranch house is crafted from limestone in the Hill Country vernacular. The ranch’s second home can serve as a home for a full-time manager or as a guest house.
Clear Branch Ranch features three sets of cattle working pens. Ranch infrastructure is rounded out by two multi-use barns.
The Opportunity
With abundant water, eye-catching vistas, hardy native range, and habitat that supports livestock and wildlife, the Clear Branch Ranch is in a class by itself. Don’t miss the opportunity to claim its unique bounty for yourself, your family—and your future.
3,268 Acres
Coryell County, Texas
Harlan Ray • 214-908-7770 • HRay@BriggsFreeman.com
David Burgher • 214-213-8715 • DBurgher@BriggsFreeman.com
BurgherRay.com
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