Lot 37

The land here doesn't lie flat and it doesn't fool you. It rolls. From one end to the other the surface gives up about 26 ft of fall, a gentle grade that lets you read the whole shape of the place with your own eyes as you cross it. Tract 37 at Lohn Hollow Ranch runs long and narrow, roughly two and a half times as deep as it is wide, and that shape gives you a run of high ground to work with. This is 14.88 acres of Central Texas ranch land for sale in McCulloch County, and the first thing worth doing on it is standing at the top of the grade and letting your eye follow the slope down.

The higher end is where a person would want to sit. From there the ground eases away below you, and the fall in elevation means water drains off the building bench instead of toward it. That matters when you're picturing a house pad or a weekend cabin. You'll want to walk it in the morning light, when the low sun rakes across the grade and you can see every dip and shoulder in the terrain. Bring boots you don't mind getting into the grass.

Along the west side runs Cow Creek. When we walked it, water was moving in the creek bed, and it shows in the photos. The creek traces the property line rather than cutting across the interior, so the draw and its bank sit right at the western edge of what's yours to enjoy. That low corridor is where the deer and turkey will move through morning and evening, and it's the kind of feature that makes a small tract feel bigger than its acreage. We'll walk the creek with you when you come out, and you can see for yourself what it's doing that day and that season.

Electric has been run out to the boundary and on to the neighboring tracts, which shortens the reach if you decide to bring service to a homesite. Confirm the connection details with us and with the provider before you plan around it. The east side of the tract carries fence along CR 300, where the property fronts the county road for roughly 600 ft. That road frontage on the east is the natural place for a drive to come in, well away from the creek corridor on the far side.

McCulloch County sits at the geographic middle of the state, and this stretch of it, 9 miles out from town, holds the mix people want: rolling native pasture, hardwood draws, and the game that lives in that kind of habitat. Whitetail, Rio Grande turkey, dove, and quail all range across this part of the ranch, and the ranch keeps light restrictions with no commercial operations to crowd you. Lohn Hollow is offered on straightforward owner financing, with as little as 5% down, and the boundaries are surveyed so you know exactly what you're buying.

• Cow Creek along the west line, water flowing when we walked it
• Roughly 600 ft of CR 300 frontage on the east side
• Electric run to the boundary (confirm connection with provider)
• Gentle 26 ft of fall across a long, narrow tract
• Owner financing with as little as 5% down

Come out in fall when the grass has cured and the deer are moving, and we'll take you from the high end down to the creek so you can feel how the ground works. Wear something you can climb the grade in.