Summary:
Corazones Draw Ranch: Spacious Ranch House on 400 acres of Desert Wildlands.
The Space:
Corazones Draw Ranch is a 400 acre wildlife ranch with two homes. This listing is for the ranch and the main home. The second home never rents out separately. If you want to rent both homes, book our "Corazones Draw PLUS" listing.
Lots of acreage to roam and explore. Dozens of Mule Deer visit the wildlife water guzzler and feeding station behind the main house daily. This listing is for the entire Ranch, excluding the separate casita at the top of the hill.
Groups are welcome. Occupancy inside the Ranch House is limited to seven.
RANCH HOUSE DETAILS: The Ranch House has a fully stocked kitchen with a dining area, comfortable living room, an enclosed porch with a bar, a private game shack, two full bathrooms, and three bedrooms. All the beds and linens are brand new as of November 2018. The master bedroom has a king bed and a private bathroom. The second bedroom has a queen bed and a twin bed. The third bedroom has a queen bed.
The enclosed Bar Porch at the Ranch House is an enclosed porch with three screened archways for fresh air. With a bar and a variety of seating options, the porch is a great place to hang out, relax, share meals, or drinks at any time and in virtually any weather.
The private Game Shack at the Ranch House is detached but connected by a semi-enclosed breezeway. This rustic outbuilding has two windows overlooking a feeding and watering area for native wildlife. On most mornings and evenings, guests can watch mule deer and javelina come in for a drink or to feed. It is common to see herds of well over a dozen at a time. Tables, chairs, a small collection of games, and a large drink cooler also make this a great place to hang out. Since it is separated from the main house, it is a great place for night owls to get a little rowdy without worrying about disturbing friends or family sleeping in the main house.
COVERED PARKING: There is covered parking for up to three vehicles and lots of room for additional vehicle or trailers.
EXCLUSIVE RANCH ACCESS: As renters of Corazones Draw Ranch, you will have exclusive access to over 400 acres of private Chihuahuan Desert wilderness. The property includes rugged hills, canyons, wet weather creeks, including the scenic Corazones Draw, and abundant wildlife. Wild game has been protected and provided with year-round water and feed on this property for several years. Deer and Javelina are commonly seen near the house. Aoudad Sheep are occasionally seen in the rugged hills and ridges. Hunting is not allowed.
INQUIRIES WELCOME: Call or email us with any questions. We are eager to know how you would like to use the Ranch and we are committed to exceeding your expectations.
Guest Access:
The entire ranch is exclusively yours during your reservation period. There is a separate casita on the ranch. However, that will remain vacant. It can be included in the reservation by booking our "Corazones Draw PLUS" listing.
The Neighborhood:
TERLINGUA RANCH: Located between Big Bend National Park and Big Bend Ranch State Park and including much of the town of Terlingua, Terlingua Ranch is a private subdivision of over 190,000 acres, divided into 9,500 tracts owned by about 5,000 individuals and crisscrossed by 1,100 miles of dirt and rock roads. Tracts range from five acres to several hundred acres. It is some of the most rugged and scenic land in Texas.
Back in the 1960’s, the Ghost Town and much of what later became “Terlingua Ranch” was owned by racing legend and car designer extraordinaire, Carol Shelby and some of his friends. The decided to promote the area by holding a chili cook-off in the then abandoned Ghost Town. That little stunt of a cook-off grew into CASI (Chili Appreciation Society International) which now hosts nearly 500 chili cook-offs around the nation and internationally, all leading up the championship cook-off every year in Terlingua. Shelby and friends later subdivided the Ranch and started selling it off to hunters and rugged naturalists. Over the decades, the area was reborn and an eclectic community of nature lovers, artists, musicians, adventurers, and folks just wanting to escape from “civilization” has grown and started to resettle this rough country.
People have come and gone. New buildings have risen while others have fallen, Dreams have been realized and others crushed. Through it all, the land remains. The harsh desert and vast openness encourages positive development and slowly swallows up and recovers from past abuses. The old cinnabar mine sites and ranching outposts persist as relics and ghost towns, some redeveloped, some carefully preserved, and others dissolving back into the desert. Abandoned dreams eventually become points of interests for those of us that stumble upon them decades later. Terlingua Ranch is a bizarre mix of old and new, good and bad, growth and decline, all completely unregulated. Modern homes with high values and stunning designs stand beside dilapidated do-it-yourself mistakes and abandoned ruins of the 1800’s and early 1900’s.
The landscape is even more varied than the people and the structures. Rugged mountains, deep canyons, wild arroyos, dry and wet creeks, peaceful valleys, breathtaking badlands, moonscape like mud flats, the remains of ancient volcanoes, and fossilized ancient seabeds. All of it nurturing a vast array of plant life and wildlife. Around every corner and over every hill lies new and unexpected surprises.
The Ranch is now home to a few hundred hardy souls. It is also dotted with a diverse array of vacation rental lodging options and campsites. Like the diverse land, they range in quality, style, value, and price. A few are amazing dream destinations. Some are good places to sleep. Others are the stuff of nightmares. (We don’t manage any in the nightmare category.)
Big Bend Vacation Rentals started out in 2007 and initially managed three of the first four vacation rentals in the Terlingua and Terlingua Ranch area. We now manage dozens out of a couple of hundred options. We represent dozens of property owners and have hosted tens of thousands of guests. You can trust us as managers, and you can rely on the properties that we manage. We have become very selective about the properties and the property owners that we add to our portfolio.
Getting Around:
Corazone Draw Ranch is about a 45 minute drive to the west entrance of the Big Bend National Park.
Other Things to Note:
WATER:
Non-Potable. This property is on a water well. It is not certified as potable. Bottled water is provided for drinking and cooking. Please use this for drinking and cooking. The water from the well is fine for washing dishes, showering, laundry.
Interaction with Guests:
We manage several properties and live several miles away. We are available by phone, text, email, or messages through Airbnb. We are typically only on site for cleaning or maintenance issues.
