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CONTACT INFORMATION

Destini Cavalletto *
Venue Manager, Santa Margarita Ranch Headquarters
9000 Yerba Buena, Santa Margarita, CA USA
(805) 540-3214 phone 1
[email protected]
https://historicsantamargaritaranch.com/


Devin Rossi *
Onsite Manager, Santa Margarita Ranch
805-704-0264 phone 1
[email protected]


* key contact

AKA: Historic Santa Margarita Ranch

WEBSITE:
Website
Filming & TV

Keywords: Cabins; Fireplaces; Flooring - Concrete Floors; Gated; Hills; Mountains; Pond / Lake / Koi Pond; Rural; Stables; Stream / Creek; Trees / Tree Canopy / Tree Tunnel; Unpaved Roads; Valleys; Wilderness

General Notes: verified contact 4.22.24 bd / updated 4.25.24 bd

Jurisdictions: SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY FILM COMMISSION - FLICS

Within 30-Mile Studio Zone: N

State Property: N

Closed/Vacant: N

Ownership: private

Last Scouted Date: 4/21/2026
Last Scouted By: Leo Fialho
Last Scouted For: FAM Tour
Verified: 2/26/2026

Location Details

Santa Margarita Ranch

United States / Santa Margarita, California
Location ID: #10050734

A 15,000-acre Ranch located approximately 3 hours north of Los Angeles just outside of San Luis Obispo with easy freeway access. Property is home to a narrow-gauge railroad with multiple historic engines, passenger cars, flat cars, box cars, etc. and a 2-mile train track. Historic buildings include a mission-era structure, 100+ year old barn, adobe ranch house and outbuildings, Wells Fargo outpost building, rustic cabins and a small pioneer village camp. Other amenities include manicured gardens, cattle herds, an operating quarry, Native American structures, stagecoach trails, windmill, a zipline, and much more. The varied landscape offers spacious flat pastures, oak tree dotted rolling hills, dense oak woodlands, pine and sycamore groves, numerous small lakes and ponds, vineyards, creeks, mountains and distant ocean views. There is a 3,400’ paved private airstrip on the Ranch and WWII hangars, as well.

Asistencia Building – Classic barn structure covering a historic stone-and-mortar interior erected in the late 1700s

Ranch House – Historic ranch adobe house with vintage wood exterior

Wells Fargo Building – Quaint adobe with vintage wood exterior, original Wells Fargo stagecoach stop

Pacific Coast Railroad – Charming narrow-gauge railroad with steam-powered engine and vintage restored coaches from Disnelyland

Private Airstrip – Blacktop airstrip for small planes, surrounded by meadownlands; also available for automobile testing and footage

Margarita Vineyard – Picturesque 900-acre vineyard woven through woodlands and open space against an impressive mountain backdrop

Ziplines – Five ziplines spanning more than 4,500 combined feet over valleys, woodlands and vineyards

Rolling Hills – Classic coastal California hills; velvety green in the winter and spring, and golden in summer and fall

Dirt & Paved Country Roads – Miles of backroads spanning a diversity of scenes, settings and backdrops

Location Category:

  • AGRICULTURAL - *;
  • AGRICULTURAL - Barns;
  • AGRICULTURAL - Cattle;
  • AGRICULTURAL - Crops;
  • AGRICULTURAL - Farms / Ranches / Farm Stands;
  • AGRICULTURAL - Flowers / Landscape Plants;
  • AGRICULTURAL - Livestock;
  • AGRICULTURAL - Vineyards;
  • BARS / NIGHT CLUBS - *;
  • BARS / NIGHT CLUBS - Wine;
  • COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES - *;
  • COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES - Event Venues / Conference / Ballrooms / Banquets / Weddings;
  • HOUSES - *;
  • HOUSES - Farmhouses / Rural;
  • INSTITUTIONAL - *;
  • MANUFACTURING & INDUSTRIAL - *;
  • MANUFACTURING & INDUSTRIAL - Mines / Quarry / Quarries / Gravel Pits;
  • NATURAL LANDSCAPES / PARKS - *;
  • NATURAL LANDSCAPES / PARKS - Forests / Woodlands;
  • NATURAL LANDSCAPES / PARKS - Open Terrain / Scenic Vistas;
  • SPORTS - *;
  • SPORTS - Equestrian / Horseback Riding / Polo Fields;
  • STUDIO FACILITIES - *;
  • STUDIO FACILITIES - Movie Ranches;
  • TRANSPORTATION - *;
  • TRANSPORTATION - Aircraft / Airports / Hangars;
  • TRANSPORTATION - Airstrips;
  • TRANSPORTATION - Bridges;
  • TRANSPORTATION - Railroads / Train Stations / Depots;
  • TRANSPORTATION - Roads / Highways;
  • WATER & COASTAL AREAS - *;
  • WATER & COASTAL AREAS - Lakes / Dams / Reservoirs;
  • WATER & COASTAL AREAS - Ponds / Lagoons / Swimming Holes
 
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