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The Baker Ranch, encompassing 1,280 private deeded acres, is located 45 minutes north of Reno, Nevada, and is easily accessible off Highway 395, one hour from Reno Tahoe International Airport. The property includes irrigated cropland, meadows, and rangeland. The headquarters compound features the historic ranch home and various outbuildings, with mature cottonwood trees highlighting the landscaped and irrigated grounds. The main residence is a well-maintained 4,200 sq. ft. home with 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms, originally built in the 1870s and remodeled in 2010. It includes a large, open country kitchen with a center island and a Wolf range with double ovens. Additional improvements include an approximately 1,100 sq.ft. bunkhouse/caretakers home with 3 bedrooms and 1 bathroom, and a 900 sq.ft. hillside cowboy cottage with 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, and a full kitchen. Other structures include a large historic turn-of-the-century barn, tack room, pump house, a 2-stall metal stud barn, and a drill-pipe corral system with a hydraulic squeeze chute. There are two 30’X100’ metal hay barns, each storing approximately 200 tons of hay, a 6-stall metal horse barn, along with a large shop/equipment building. Farming and cattle operations include 70 acres under Valley pivot irrigation and 120 acres under wheel lines, yielding an average of 600 tons of hay annually. Water resources include 3 agricultural wells and 3 domestic wells. A year-round creek provides gravity flow water to the main headquarters for supplemental irrigation. The cattle operation includes approximately 40 pairs, 4 bulls, replacement heifers, and feeders. The ranch historically has been a 100 head operation. The ranch features an abundance of water including domestic wells, irrigation wells, a small reservoir, and creek-fed year-round stock water with over 2,000 ft. of PVC water lines buried 3-4 ft. deep irrigating the immediate ranch compound. Potential uses include a wedding venue and various special events. The Baker Ranch can be easily managed and operated by one or two good on or off-site ranch hands.