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). 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, curlew 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!
Stay in Our Restored Western Ranch House – Hannah’s House – click here to book
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
Stay in a secluded house at the base of the Divide – Jord’s House – available outside hunting season
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.
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
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 separate from our regular ranch facilities so you don’t have to worry.
Hiking, Biking
Shed Hunting
Star Gazing
Birding
Bird Dog Training
Ranch Tours
Cross Country Skiing
Taylor 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 branding 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!
Please send us an email using this form, or call Tana at 406.939.1890 to discuss your perfect Ranch Experience.