Old Yella Dog Ranch
A classic ranch where early wagon trains traveled the historic Applegate-Lassen Emigrant Trail, the 820-acre Old Yella Dog Ranch offers privacy and ample water with 250 acres of flood irrigated meadows, year round springs and a 5-acre, spring fed pond.
Situated in a spectacular setting on the edge of the Black Rock Desert in Long Valley, Old Yella Dog Ranch offers picturesque topography improved with 3 homes and outbuildings and views reminiscent of a time gone by.
Encompassing the historic ghost town of Vya, Nevada, Old Yella Dog Ranch presents a gentlemans ranch, an income producing vacation rental, and a low-maintenance cattle operation seasonally grazing 90 to 150 cows.
Abundant, flowing water exists on Old Yella Dog Ranch through assigned water rights and is supplied via a large, spring-fed pond and multiple springs.
The large, 5-acre pond is spring fed and it, along with o...
The large, 5-acre pond is spring fed and it, along with other year-round springs, flood irrigate 250 acres of meadows. One of the springs is dedicated to the Old Yella Dog Ranch House and overseers mobile home. Another spring provides water to the Owners Residence. Both the Ranch House and Owners Residence each have a 1,400 gallon water storage tank equipped with an electric pump.
Old Yella Dog Ranch has been developed as a working ranch with seasonal cattle grazing lease, typically running 90-150 cows. Upgrades to the existing water system could allow for potential pasture of up to 400 acres.
Additional income is generated through a year-round log cabin vacation rental plus RV sites with water and electricity hook ups. Average annual income is $12,000 to $18,000.
There is an unfinished structure west of the Old Yella Dog Ranch compound as well as an active water hydrant, domestic water rights, two septic systems, and a nearby electric distribution building with electric meter.
Old Yella Dog Ranch is improved with two 21st Century Log Homes, custom dog runs and shelters, four outdoor water hydrants, a workshop, horse corrals and shelters, 40+-foot round pen, storage trailers and ranch equipment.
The owners residence is a 1,500 square foot, 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom log sided home, custom built in 2010. The second log home, used as a vacation rental, also comprises 1,500 square feet and sleeps up to 6 persons. It is a 1.5-story, 2 bedroom + loft, 1 bathroom, fully furnished home with two porches and an attached dog run.
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Positioned east of Surprise Valley on State Route 34, the Old Yella Dog Ranch is situated in Long Valley approximately 215 miles north of Reno, Nevada and 25 miles east of Cedarville, California. Surrounded by BLM and vacant land just north of Highway 8A East, the Old Yella Dog Ranch encompasses the history laden ghost town of Vya, Nevada and a portion of the historic Applegate-Lassen Emigrant Trail. The California border is 11.5 miles east, and the Oregon border is 35.2 miles north.
Air travel is available approximately 23.5 miles from the Ranch at a small municipal airport in Cedarville, California with a single paved runway. Domestic and international flights are available through commercial airlines at Reno-Tahoe International Airport.
The United States Postal Service no longer delivers to Vya, Nevada, so mail is picked up at the Cedarville, California Post Office, about half hour from the Ranch. In Cedarville you will also find a gas station/convenience store, market, feed store, restaurant and hotel, among other small town amenities. Shopping and other services typically available in larger towns and cities are found 2.5 hours northwest in Klamath Falls or 3.75 hours south in Reno, Nevada.
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