Location Name - Santa Margarita Ranch
9000 Yerba Buena Ave
Santa Margarita 93453

County: San Luis Obispo
Region: *Central
Location ID: 10050734

Phone 1:(805) 540-3214

AKA: Historic Santa Margarita Ranch

Website:
http://www.historicsantamargaritaranch.com/ (Website)
http://www.historicsantamargaritaranch.com/film-tv/ (Filming & TV)

Email: [email protected]

 
Categories:
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
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
HOUSES - *
HOUSES - Farmhouses / Rural
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

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

Description:
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

General Notes:
verified contact 4.22.24 bd / updated 4.25.24 bd

Jurisdictions::
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY FILM COMMISSION - FLICS

Within 30-Mile Zone: N

State Property: No

Closed/Vacant: No

GPS Source:
Google Maps (interactive), x coordinate: 35.3906950, y coordinate: -120.6120260

Ownership: private

 
Last Scouted For: FAM Tour
Last Scouted By: Leo Fialho
Last Scouted Date: 4/22/2026

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

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

* Key Contact


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