Some rivers are scenery. The North Platte is a working partner. It waters the hay, holds the trout, draws the deer down out of the uplands, and once pulled a hundred thousand wagons west past the very bluffs that frame this ranch. Outpost Ranch puts more than two miles of it inside your fence line.
Located between Guernsey and Lingle in southeast Wyoming, Outpost Ranch is 7,589± total acres (5,331± deeded, with adjoining BLM and State leases fenced into a single operating unit), offered at $9,750,000.
A river you can build a business on
Water defines this property. Beyond the two miles of North Platte frontage, the ranch runs on a deep bench of infrastructure: electric wells, windmills, solar wells, and two irrigation wells feeding 210± acres under a pair of center pivots. All permitted and adjudicated water rights owned by the sellers transfer at closing.
The hay base and the river bottoms anchor a cattle operation that has historically carried about 250 cow calf pairs, with the flexibility to run yearlings instead. Underpasses beneath both the railroad and the highway let cattle move between pastures without ever touching a traffic corridor, a detail any operator will appreciate the first time they trail pairs in the rain.
Two years of serious reinvestment
The current owners did not list a tired ranch. Over the past two years the property has seen 16.5 miles of new fence, a new 40 by 60 heated shop with three overhead doors, serviced and improved wells across the ranch, new motors and casing on the irrigation wells, and new pivot packages on both circles. The 2,500± square foot main home was updated with new windows, flooring, paint, exterior doors, and a new roof. A second home, built in 2020 with three bedrooms and two baths, gives the ranch genuine flexibility for on-site help or guests. Both are move-in ready.
The recreation is not a footnote
Plenty of working ranches claim recreational value. This one earns it. The northern uplands hold mule deer and antelope, with the occasional elk passing through. The river corridor carries whitetail, turkeys, waterfowl, and upland birds through the seasons. And the North Platte itself offers brown trout, rainbow trout, walleye, and channel catfish. Guernsey State Park, with its boating and camping, is minutes away.
Land with a guest book
Five miles down the road, Oregon Trail emigrants stopped at Register Cliff and carved their names into the limestone so the wagons behind them would know they had made it that far. Fort Laramie National Historic Site, the great resupply post of the 1800s, sits a short drive east. Very few properties anywhere in the West let you run cattle on ground this connected to the country’s story.
Straight talk on the 2024 fire
In July 2024, wildfire burned an estimated 50 to 70 percent of the timber north of the highway. The sellers responded the way good stewards do: they rested every affected acre for the 2024 and 2025 grazing seasons and treated a large portion of the ranch with Rejuvra to strengthen native forage and suppress cheatgrass. Portions of the burned country are already providing grazing and wildlife habitat, and buyers are encouraged to walk it and judge the recovery for themselves.
The investment picture
Outpost Ranch fits a wide range of buyers: operators who need the grass and the hay, recreational buyers who want the river, 1031 exchange investors on a clock, and long-term holders who understand what live water in a historic corridor does over decades. Conservation easement and carbon sequestration enrollment offer further optionality, and existing management could potentially transfer with the sale for a seamless transition.
Come walk it
Guernsey is five miles away, Cheyenne is 102, and Denver is 201, with year-round access off Highway 26. The full package, including maps, soil reports, and the complete brochure, is available at RanchandRec.com
Jeff Garrett, #1 Properties Ranch & Recreation. Call 308.672.6334 or email jeffgarrett@ranchandrecreation.com. We will leave no stone unturned.
All acreage figures are approximate and obtained from county assessor records; the property is sold by legal description. Offering subject to errors, omissions, prior sale, change, or withdrawal without notice. Carrying capacity varies with weather and management; buyers should verify all information to their satisfaction.