Lazy C Ranch Bandera County, Texas

Details & Features

The Lazy C Ranch stands as one of the Texas Hill Country’s truly irreplaceable legacy holdings, an intact Sabinal River Valley estate preserved through generations of stewardship. Encompassing ±705 acres just outside Utopia, the ranch offers a desirable convergence of protected live water, dramatic elevation change, and turnkey luxury improvements within one of the region’s most storied valleys. Preserved under continuous family ownership for nearly four decades, the ranch represents the largest remaining contiguous tract of the original 30,000+ acre Gideon Thompson pioneer holdings. Among Thompson descendants, this valley has long been considered the most beautiful and most diverse part of Texas.

Location:

• One hour and thirty minutes to San Antonio and Airport
• Two hours and forty-five minutes to Austin
• Five hours and thirty minutes to Houston
• Six hours to Dallas

Acreage:

• ±705 acres of river-fed, wildlife-rich terrain

Improvements:

• Main Home: 3,451 sqft, 3BR/3BA
• Guest Cabin: 1,974 sqft, 3BR/1BA
• River Lodge: 1,692 sqft, 3BR/2BA
• Poolside Cabana: 1,803 sqft, 2BR/2BA
• Pool and hot tub
• Sports court
• Sauna and full gym
• Hangar and grass airstrip

Recreation & Wildlife:

• Kayaking, hiking, swimming, and tennis
• Whitetail deer, axis, aoudad, turkey and dove
• Guadalupe, spotted, and largemouth bass

Water Access:

• One mile of protected Sabinal River frontage
• Rock bottom swimming hole on the Sabinal River
• Four water wells
• Stock tanks for wildlife

Utilities & Services:

• Starlink Internet serving the main compound

Taxes:

• 2024: Approximately $18,000 (1-D-1 Wildlife Exemption)