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