No Stock Ranch: Secluded Home w/ Large Porch

Summary:
No Stock Ranch: Two-bedroom two bath vacation home with large porch on a secluded ranch property.
• Comfortable Home on 20 Private Acres
• Amazing Mountain Views from Porch
• Spacious Covered Porch
• Covered Parking and Central Heat & Air

The Space:
No Stock Ranch is a comfortable two-bedroom vacation rental home on a twenty-acre Terlingua Ranch property. Originally built as a retirement home and family retreat, the owner has decided to share it as a vacation rental. Guests are invited to make No Stock Ranch their home away from home in the Big Bend region. Just thirty minutes from Big Bend National Park and the Terlingua Ghost Town.

Located on 20 secluded acres, this property provides a measure of solitude and serenity that is rare in the modern world. Relax on the porch swing while watching the stars or go for a quiet walk through the arroyo, down the ranch roads, or up the scenic hill. Sleep well in the comfortable beds. Share meals prepared in the full kitchen or charcoal grill. Take the short drive to Big Bend National park, the Rio Grande River, or the famous Terlingua Ghost Town.

The full kitchen is stocked with everything the typical family or small group will need for cooking meals or making drinks. There is also plenty of space for putting away your groceries. The kitchen is open to the living room and the dining area, allowing for time together when meals are being prepared. The living room has a large sofa, a relaxing easy chair, and barrel chair, plus a flat screen television with DirecTV.

There are two bedrooms. The master has a king-size bed plus a flat screen television with DirecTV. The guest bedroom has a queen-size bed. There are also two full bathrooms.

The rear deck faces south for sunrise and sunset views and overlooks White Mill Creek. It is partly covered for shade and partly open for enjoying the starry night skies. White Mill Creek is a heavily vegetated arroyo that is mostly dry except for during and after heavy rains. It creates a haven for desert wildlife, including birds, rabbits, mule deer, javelina, foxes, bobcats, and much more. The area around the house is landscaped with native plants and stone walkways. The area is very rugged, so enjoy the diverse terrain but watch your step.

Relax around the house, explore the property, or head out to Big Bend National Park, the river, or the Ghost Town. No Stock Ranch is the ideal home away from home. We’ll be pleased to have you as our guests.

The Neighborhood:
TERLINGUA RANCH: Located between Big Bend National Park and Big Bend Ranch State Park and including much of the town of Terlingua, Terlingua Ranch is a private subdivision of over 190,000 acres, divided into 9,500 tracts owned by about 5,000 individuals and crisscrossed by 1,100 miles of dirt and rock roads. Tracts range from five acres to several hundred acres. It is some of the most rugged and scenic land in Texas.

Back in the 1960’s, the Ghost Town and much of what later became “Terlingua Ranch” was owned by racing legend and car designer extraordinaire, Carol Shelby and some of his friends. The decided to promote the area by holding a chili cook-off in the then abandoned Ghost Town. That little stunt of a cook-off grew into CASI (Chili Appreciation Society International) which now hosts nearly 500 chili cook-offs around the nation and internationally, all leading up the championship cook-off every year in Terlingua. Shelby and friends later subdivided the Ranch and started selling it off to hunters and rugged naturalists. Over the decades, the area was reborn and an eclectic community of nature lovers, artists, musicians, adventurers, and folks just wanting to escape from “civilization” has grown and started to resettle this rough country.

People have come and gone. New buildings have risen while others have fallen, Dreams have been realized and others crushed. Through it all, the land remains. The harsh desert and vast openness encourages positive development and slowly swallows up and recovers from past abuses. The old cinnabar mine sites and ranching outposts persist as relics and ghost towns, some redeveloped, some carefully preserved, and others dissolving back into the desert. Abandoned dreams eventually become points of interests for those of us that stumble upon them decades later. Terlingua Ranch is a bizarre mix of old and new, good and bad, growth and decline, all completely unregulated. Modern homes with high values and stunning designs stand beside dilapidated do-it-yourself mistakes and abandoned ruins of the 1800’s and early 1900’s.

The landscape is even more varied than the people and the structures. Rugged mountains, deep canyons, wild arroyos, dry and wet creeks, peaceful valleys, breathtaking badlands, moonscape like mud flats, the remains of ancient volcanoes, and fossilized ancient seabeds. All of it nurturing a vast array of plant life and wildlife. Around every corner and over every hill lies new and unexpected surprises.

The Ranch is now home to a few hundred hardy souls. It is also dotted with a diverse array of vacation rental lodging options and campsites. Like the diverse land, they range in quality, style, value, and price. A few are amazing dream destinations. Some are good places to sleep. Others are the stuff of nightmares. (We don’t manage any in the nightmare category.)

Big Bend Vacation Rentals started out in 2007 and initially managed three of the first four vacation rentals in the Terlingua and Terlingua Ranch area. We now manage dozens out of a couple of hundred options. We represent dozens of property owners and have hosted tens of thousands of guests. You can trust us as managers, and you can rely on the properties that we manage. We have become very selective about the properties and the property owners that we add to our portfolio. Visit our website at www.BigBendVacations.com.

Interaction with Guests:
We manage several properties and live few miles away. We are available by phone, text, email, or messages through Airbnb. We are typically only on site for cleaning or maintenance issues.