Rd Johnson City, TX 78636

This is a truly special offering and a chance to own a feature of the Texas Hill Country that generations of both Texans and the Indigenous would be able to recognize. Sitting in the shadow of Monument Hill, this Western Knob of the Peaks Ranch stands alone at 1,760' of elevation and draws the eye of any traveler headed south into Blanco County. This is the edge and the visible beginning of the geologic structure that rises out of the Pedernales River Valley defining the topography between Johnson City and Blanco. Once you have seen the outline against the horizon it becomes a reliable point you can find whether you are in Cypress Mill, Sandy Road or over 30 Miles away in the Big Creek Ranch subdivision of Kingsland. From its peak you can watch the weather roll in from miles away in any direction, but don't let the one of a kind view keep you from looking down. The massive deposits of colorful flint on top of the mountain and the exposed oyster bed about halfway down tell a story of time, pressure, erosion and a shallow inland sea that covered this part of the country during the Cretaceous Period about 100 million years ago. Your imagination can run wild thinking about Comanche warriors sitting up here knapping flint from this safe vantage or touching a pearly oyster fossil coming out of the hill that has been sitting in that spot since the time when Dinosaurs ran the show. The peak itself divides the 175.75 Acres and the ranch has great topography and elevation change giving the Ranch 3 distinct areas; the front, the back and the mountain in the middle. This makes the ranch feel so much bigger than its 175.75 Acres. Although a shared access off of Flat Creek Road gets you into the Ranch, both tracts have 150' of road frontage allowing an owner to not be encumbered by county restrictions. Just before the gate into the property you hit the lowest elevation of the ranch (approx. 1,420') and quickly start climbing up and around the foothills on the freshly built ranch roads weaving through beautifully manicured bottom land and around your private lake. Drainage and layout was thoughtfully incorporated into the roads and while a side by side or an ATV would feel more at home on the ranch, a Tesla sedan would have no problem comfortably making the drive up the mountain. Once on the back of the ranch the dirt highways give way to a more rugged experience. While the roads on the back of the ranch are also in great condition, the gentle slopes from the front are replaced by tight turns and climbs in and out of drainage and on top of smaller hills that are more suited for high clearance and short wheelbase vehicles. This part of the ranch backs up to the famed 5,500 acre Bamburger Ranch Preserve (Selah) ensuring that what you see and experience will be the same for future generations giving you the best possible neighbor. When navigating the back of the ranch it is so quiet and peaceful it seems impossible that you are only 3.5 miles from Downtown Johnson City. The corridor between Johnson City and Fredericksburg is one of the highest concentrations of wine, food, entertainment and Texas culture the Hill Country has to offer. The landscape, topography and location of this Ranch is the entire package and cannot be replicated. If the Ranch you are looking for needs to be something special you have to come take a look, or every time you head south from Round Mountain on 281 the horizon will remind you of what could have been.