Lot 59

Some land sells on drama. Tract 59 at Lohn Hollow Ranch sells on being easy to use, 10.24 acres of level McCulloch County ranch land for sale roughly 9 miles north of Brady, with a graded dirt ranch road already in across the top and shade over most of the acreage. There is nothing here you have to fix before you can enjoy it. Simple land, honestly priced, for the buyer who wants exactly that.

Start with how it lies. About 3 ft of fall from one end of the tract to the other, which in practical terms means flat. You can set a camper, a pad, a barn or a stock pen wherever the trees allow instead of wherever the slope permits, and you won't be building up one side of a slab or cutting a switchback to get a trailer where you want it. Rain moves off slow across land like this, so the grass stays green into summer and the mesquite and oak hold their color. Easy on a truck. Easier on your knees.

About 1,250 ft of existing dirt ranch road sits on the tract, tracking east to west along the top end. It's bladed and wide, with the caliche showing white along the shoulders, and it's the reason you can get a full-size truck to the tract without cutting a lane first. That road is also the natural spine to build from: park at the top, push a mowed trail south into the timber, and you've opened the interior with an afternoon's effort. The deed and plat govern how the tract is reached, so let us show you on paper exactly how it all ties together before you decide.

Wire is up along the north side, roughly two fifths of the perimeter all told. Take it as a head start on containing livestock rather than as a survey line, because the recorded survey is what governs where the corners actually fall, and we'd rather tell you that plainly than let a fence post do the talking. A power line follows the same alignment at the top of the tract. What it would take to bring service to a cabin or a pump is a question for the utility, and we'll point you to the right person to ask.

The timber here is classic for this part of Texas: live oak and post oak mixed with mesquite, elm, hackberry and cedar, thick enough in stretches that you lose sight of the road 80 yards in, thinner in patches where the grass fills the gaps. Whitetail bed in that kind of thicket and step out into the grassy openings at dusk. Dove cut across the clearer patches in September. McCulloch County sits near the middle of the state, in the transition where the rolling ranch land of Central Texas starts to break, and the quiet out here in the mornings is the real amenity.

The rules on this ranch are few and written to protect what you buy, with no outfitting for pay allowed by any neighbor. Boundaries are surveyed, the tract is sold as its own deeded parcel, and owner financing is one of the ways buyers take it down, with the full terms printed beside this listing. We'll answer the well and septic questions honestly, which means telling you what to verify and with whom.

Wear boots you don't mind scuffing on caliche, and plan on late spring if you can, when the native grasses are up and the oaks are in full leaf. We'll meet you at the road on the north end, follow it west to east so you can see the whole frontage, then step off south into the timber and find your building spot together.