08/05/2022
The Lazy J River Ranch, with 196± acres surrounded by large ranches, a mile of the Jefferson River, and sweeping views of 5 mountain ranges, will beckon the outdoor enthusiast, the seeker of adventure, peace and tranquility.
-- Summer at Lazy J River Ranch, 15 Meridian Road, Three Forks, Montana - 196± Acres - Main Home - Barn - Workshop - Apartment - Temporarily Off Market - https://www.taunyafagan.com/montana-real-estate/ - 406.579.9683 --
Come visit one of Montana’s finest recreational ranches, set in the charming, western town of Three Forks, home to 4 blue ribbon trout rivers, Copper City biking, and Headwaters State Park, and the Lazy J river ranch will leave an indelible mark.
Your Modern Scandinavian complex was specifically designed to connect your soul to nature with seamless indoor/outdoor spaces, trails through rich riparian and wooded areas teeming with upland birds, big game, fox, beaver and private river access to enjoy its boundless beauty.
Whether you’re an equestrian, angler, hunter or just want respite from the world, The Lazy J Ranch will certainly enchant.
Not many places remain where you can live off the land, fish from your shores or saddle up and ride into town for a burger/beer.
No Zoning. No Covenants. Just Freedom. Minutes to Bozeman and our international Airport.
FAVORITE ACTIVITIES FROM THE SELLER
-We ride horses in the round pen, arena, on the property, in the river, and all over neighboring ranches.
-We often push and cut cattle with the neighbors who are all fantastic horsemen.
-We canoe, kayak, float, swim and fish the river all the time.
-We love to put the canoe in upriver and paddle right back to the house.
-We swim over 60 times per summer in our “swimming hole” which is a35-40ft deep spot on the downriver side of our biggest island. The island is sandy.
-We love to go for walks or runs either throughout the property or along the gravel roads with the dogs, watching wildlife and listening to the birds.
-We sit on the patio all the time and watch the deer, pheasants, partridge, and various other critters come into the food plot below the house.
-We plant a huge garden each spring and tend it throughout the summer and harvest it from August to October.
-We have fun canning and pickling as well as eating fresh produce. We get bumper crops of sweet corn and potatoes.
-We hunt whitetails on the property and could hunt pheasants, partridge, wild turkey, ducks and geese.
-We love to ride the ATVs across the bridge into Willow Creek to eat ribs on summer evenings and look at the deer on the way home.
-Willow Creek and Three Forks are still places where we can ride our horses into and through town and tie them up to the rail at places like the Frontier Bar, where the burgers are legendary.
-We love to take drives along the Jefferson and eat at the Lahood Steakhouse on the banks of the river near Cardwell.
-We drive to Whitehall to take in a movie at the old school movie theater.
-We have fun taking the horses up to the To***co Root Mountains and riding trails to high mountain lakes.
-The To***co Roots also have all the hiking, hunting, camping, and various mountain fun you can do.
-We love eating at the Sacajawea Hotel and all the little “hole in the wall” mom and pop places in Three Forks. Great food and happy service.
-The summer rodeos are exciting fun, especially the Three Forks Rodeo.
-During the rodeo, Three Forks has street dances and food vendors and bands all along main street. The street gets blocked off and it is some of the most fun we have had in summer.
-We don’t mountain bike much anymore, but if we did, the Lewis and Clark Caverns single track or the trails at Copper City are fantastic!
-We do love to ride the cruiser bikes up and down the roads and by the river.
-We have had some really fun and memorable parties on the property!
-We hire a food truck and they hook up to the RV site next to the shop.
-We open the shop doors, turn the music on, play volleyball, ping pong, shuffleboard and have a great time.
-We have a ton of dry hickory wood. It’s fun to cook steaks over the woodfire at the firepit and finish the night off with s’mores.
-So much of what we do is about interacting with wildlife and the quiet of the ranch.
-We have few, but fantastic neighbors who give us our cattle fix.
-Everything else we do seems to revolve around nature in all seasons, especially the animals.
-We love the baby season in spring when the cow moose bring their babies through and I particularly love to see the clutches of baby pheasants, wild turkey, and partridge as they learn to fly.
-We don’t have to share the river with very many people and we consider the mountains desolate as compared to the time we spent directly in the Bozeman valley.
-When we want Bozeman, we just hop on the highway and in 30 minutes we get it all... But then we get to come home back here!
-This place is indescribably special, impossible to understand until you live it...
