Lot 61

Come out here on a spring morning, before the heat sets in, and you'll hear the country before you see much of it. Mesquites hold their shape against a pale sky. The mockingbirds get going. This is Tract 61 at Lohn Hollow, 13.42 acres of Hill Country transition ranch land for sale in the geographic center of Texas, up in the ranching land nine river-country hills worth of quiet from town. Stand still a minute. You feel how flat and easy this piece lies under your boots.

The tract barely moves. Somewhere around 13 ft of fall from one end to the other, which means you're not fighting the terrain when you plan a homesite, a barn, or a set of pens. That flatness is the whole character of the place. A dirt ranch road already crosses the top of the tract, east to west, better than a thousand feet of it, tracking the fenceline the way ranch roads do. You can drive it as it sits or improve it to suit you. Either way, the hard work of getting a road onto the property is mostly done.

Fence stands on the top and the west side, roughly three-fifths of the perimeter. The upper run is 4 ft net wire with a barbed topper, the sort of fence that turns stock and holds up to weather. Where the survey line actually falls is a matter for the plat and the title work, and we'll go over that with you, but the fence gives you a working sense of two sides before you ever set a corner pin.

Your way in sits at the southeast corner, where the tract meets the cul-de-sac on the new ranch road. It's a clean, simple entrance, nothing you'll have to engineer. Turn off the ranch road and you're on your own dirt.

As for what grows here, the northwest corner carries a few thin cedars and the rest is mesquite and brush, thick enough to hold wildlife and thin enough to work. The soil is forgiving in this part of the county, and a place like this cleans up without much of a fight. Run a shredder through it and you'll see the shape of your pastures fast. Leave a stand of mesquite for shade and the birds and you've got habitat and a building spot both.

McCulloch County land like this reads plain on paper and better on foot. Electric is available in the area, which you'll want to confirm with us for this particular tract, and the restrictions here are kept light, with no commercial operations working against you. Owner financing is on the table with as little as 5% down, and the full terms sit right beside this listing.

Come look in spring or early fall when the walking's good. Wear boots you don't mind in the brush. We'll drive you in off the ranch road, show you the entrance corner, and walk the fenceline road with you end to end.