Dakota Ranch - Wyoming, Platte County, Wheatland

The Dakota Ranch has is a picturesque ranch with the Laramie River and numerous creeks and rich rolling grasslands, set at the base of the Laramie Mountains just west of Wheatland, Wyoming. It has excellent access, only three hours north of Denver, and presents an unprecedented value for asset preservation in today’s market. It is a prime, sporting ranch with ideal habitat for trophy elk and mule deer, and also offers fly-fishing along one mile of a private stretch of the Laramie River and two additional miles on the adjoining public land.

The ranch consists of approximately 4,220 deeded acres with leases on adjoining public lands including 640 acres of Wyoming State Lands, 80 acres of Bureau of Land Management lands, and 480 acres on the Medicine Bow National Forest. It has a varied topography ranging between cottonwood lined river corridors and creeks to rolling grassy hillsides with ponderosa pines.

The Dakota Ranch is conveniently located in southeast Wyoming and provides easy access to nearby towns and regional airports: A short drive from Wheatland, WY, Interstate 25, and Phifer Airfield with private air service including a 5,900 foot paved runway with jet fuel; 180 miles from Denver, Colorado; 70 miles from Cheyenne, Wyoming; and 100 miles from Casper, Wyoming.


The area is also reach in pioneer history as the Oregon, Mormon and Immigrant Trails all passed in this area around the North Platte River. You can find hand carved inscriptions of early immigrants in the sandstone cliffs at Register Cliff near Guernesy and deep ruts carved by thousands of wagon wheels that passed through.


Wheatland, Wyoming with a population of approximately 3,500 is the county seat for Platte County. The town offers a number of grocery stores, restaurants, hotels, banks, hospital, vetinary services, farm equipment dealers and feed stores. It is conveniently located just miles from the ranch along Interstate 25.


The Wheatland area receives approximately 13 inches of rainfall per year and averages 41 inches of snowfall. There are generally 230 sunny days per year and high temperatures range from 89 degrees in July to 41 degrees in January.