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  Ranch Kid Camp

  Fun and unique opportunity for youth ages 8-13 years. The goal of this camp is to give town kids the opportunity to experience agriculture in a positive way. Hands on learning will impact them positively for life. Youth will interact with people making a living in agriculture and be able to ask all the questions…

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  COW~girl Retreat

  On our ranch, we work with cattle. It’s not a matter of dressing in boots, jeans, and hat and calling ourselves a cowgirl. It’s not riding a horse in a rodeo (although we do that too). It’s working with the cattle as a livelihood. We enjoy our work (most of the time) and we’d like…

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Tailor Your Perfect Ranch Experience

We love to share the agriculture story and can design a ranch experience to your interests and what is available in season from riding our ranch horses to branding cattle to camping in the Divide to working cattle in the arena to roping to barn kittens and puppies to milking cows to a mare herd running up to you in the middle of a mile square pasture…you really can only imagine this life! We want to share it with you. Whether you bring your own horse or mountain bike or hiking shoes and a camera, come experience it your way! Let us help you build your own custom getaway.

Private Group Offerings

This is where you make a vacation customized for your group. Below are pictures of a group from China that came in 2024.

Click here for a complete list of vacation options and pricing

OPTIONS INCLUDE:

• Ranch Tour of mare & stallion bands
• Homestead History tour
• Overall look at Agriculture tour
• Hiking, Biking, Camping
• Foraging, Shed Hunting, Rock Hounding
• Star Gazing, Birding, Cross Country Skiing

Horseback Riding – Bring Your Own Horse & explore

Would your horse enjoy a vacation too? We have thousands of acres to ride in and endlessly challenging terrain. At night, your horses can rest up in corrals that are nice and close to the house where you will be staying – separate from our regular ranch facilities.

Do you yearn to go somewhere to just breathe?

Breath in fresh air, quiet peace, and nature at your own pace in your own style as guests on Mahlstedt Ranch. This is your opportunity to custom make your vacation. If you prefer to stay in a newly renovated historic ranch house and write a book, you can! If you want to watch or participate in the current farm/ranch activities, you may! Schedule a day of hiking, mountain biking, birding, shed hunting, training your bird dogs, or even bring your own horse to ride the hills exploring at leisure; you can do this.

Enjoy Our Location

We are at the foot of the Divide between the Missouri & Yellowstone drainages on the west side. Homesteaded in 1912, our family cattle and Quarter Horse operation features brush and creek bottoms and moderate badlands. We farm to raise feed for our livestock. Birds and wildlife also benefit from the grains. Out here, land is measured in sections (not acres). A ‘section’ is 640 acres (a square mile). This is your chance to explore miles and miles of sections of land.

Be Peaceful and Remote

We are rather remote so you won’t see many people here, but you will see everything from curlews to hawks to Canadian geese to eagles to pheasant, and kildeer to turkeys and hawks and more. Wildlife include deer, antelope, badger, coyote, fox, pocket gopher, and racoon. You haven’t seen a sunset or sunrise till you have witnessed one in eastern Montana. Our night skies are the biggest and brightest!

Looking for exactly your own peaceful getaway experience?

We’ll happily help you build your perfect western ranch experience. Read on for your more information about the locations you can enjoy here at Mahlstedt Ranch.

Stay in a secluded house at the base of the Divide – JORD’S HOUSE – available outside hunting season

During the winter months we are offering Jord’s House for monthly stays. Here is your chance to escape the world of busyness. Hide away for months to write a book, do research, conduct business away from it all!

Beauty and seclusion are all yours. A spectacular view with no other humans for miles. A perfect location for a family get-away. Plan your family holiday here and go hiking, biking, star gazing, cross country skiing. You will enjoy the rugged beauty while appreciating easier elevation changes than are experienced in the mountains on the western end of the state.

This house features:

• 1 Bathroom
• 3 bedrooms – 1 king on main floor, 4 single (1 bunkbed set), 1 Full
• Living room with large couch
• Blow up mattress
• Refrigerator, freezer, microwave, oven, coffee & maker, kitchen tools, pots & pans
• Large deck with picnic table & bbq grill
• TV, Books, Games, DVD player & movies
• Pets allowed
• Outbuildings for hanging hunting harvests
• Ask about farm fresh eggs & milk and ranch raised beef in season

Our Restored Western Ranch House – HANNAH’S HOUSE – offered only during Hunting season

The original ranch house has been completely renovated. It is fully equipped for a cozy stay on the ranch.

Amenities include:

• Handicap friendly aspects – Outside ramp, Walk-in bathtub
• 3 bedrooms – 1 Queen, 1 Full, 1 Bunk twin/full
• Living Room has a double futon
• All bedding is washed with scent-free detergent
• Refrigerator,Oven, microwave, toaster oven, toaster, coffee & maker, kitchen tools, pots & pans
• WiFi, TV, Books, Games, DVD player & movies
• Pets allowed
• Ask about farm fresh eggs & milk and ranch raised beef in season

*Do you know of someone in ministry or mission work who could benefit from a quiet get away? We offer a number of nights at free & reduced rates depending on availability. Click here for the application.*

Please send us an email using this form, or call Tana at 406.939.1890 to discuss your perfect Ranch Experience.