DESCRIPTION

Some ranches reveal themselves all at once. Turkey Creek Ranch takes a little more time.

Across 400+/- acres in Kimble County, elevated oak-covered ridges gradually fall toward a deep hardwood valley, where more than a half mile of Red Creek winds through the ranch beneath limestone bluffs, mature pecans, and towering native oaks. Natural springs, clear pools, productive soils, and dramatic elevation changes create a property that feels noticeably different every time the terrain turns.

The ranch is ag-exempt and unrestricted, giving future ownership tremendous freedom in how the property is used and improved. It is equally easy to imagine the ranch as a private family retreat, serious hunting property, working ranch, or long-term legacy holding built around one of the property's many elevated homesites.

But the water is what keeps drawing you back.

Summer days naturally migrate toward the creek, where limestone ledges overlook cool swimming holes and shaded pools beneath mature hardwoods. Fall brings hunting across the ridges and creek bottoms, while quieter weekends might be spent fishing, hiking, exploring the bluffs, or simply sitting beside the water long after everyone intended to head back to the house.

Turkey Creek Ranch offers the kind of combination increasingly difficult to assemble in the Hill Country: meaningful live water, privacy, varied terrain, strong wildlife habitat, productive land, and enough acreage to truly disappear into it.

Location

Turkey Creek Ranch is located near the historic community of London in Kimble County, one of the Texas Hill Country's longstanding ranching regions.

The property fronts County Road 372, providing convenient year-round access while maintaining the quiet and seclusion expected from a ranch of this size. Large neighboring ownerships help preserve the surrounding views, dark skies, wildlife habitat, and rural character.

Junction is approximately 22 miles away, providing access to grocery stores, restaurants, Kimble County Hospital, feed and ranch supply stores, fuel, and other everyday services. Mason is approximately 28 miles away, while Fredericksburg is roughly 64 miles from the ranch, offering additional dining, shopping, wineries, and Hill Country amenities.

Electricity is available in multiple portions of the property, creating flexibility for a future main residence, guest accommodations, barns, or additional ranch infrastructure.

The property is also unrestricted, allowing the next owner to shape Turkey Creek Ranch around their own vision rather than work within someone else's limitations.

Landscape

One of the most compelling qualities of Turkey Creek Ranch is the contrast between its upper country and the Red Creek valley below.

Approximately 180 feet of elevation change carries the ranch from roughly 2,080 feet down to 1,900 feet, creating rolling ridges, broad views, limestone bluffs, draws, and fertile creek bottoms.

The higher portions of the ranch are classic Hill Country. Native grasses stretch across gently rolling country dotted with live oaks, while elevated points provide long views across the surrounding ranches and down toward Red Creek.

What is particularly notable is the quality of the soils. Productive topsoil extends well beyond the valley floor and can be found even across portions of the higher ridges, giving the ranch an unusually strong agricultural component for terrain of this character.

Descending toward Red Creek changes the experience completely.

Massive Bur Oaks, Red Oaks, Spanish Oaks, pecans, cedar elms, and other mature hardwoods gather along the valley floor, creating a lush canopy around the creek. The deeper soils and increased moisture support a landscape that feels cooler, greener, and more secluded than the open ridges above.

These fertile bottoms offer potential for food plots, orchards, wildlife plantings, or future drip-irrigated agriculture, while the surrounding tree cover provides excellent habitat and privacy.

Few things define Turkey Creek Ranch better than this transition—from wide-open Hill Country ridges to a heavily timbered creek valley in a matter of minutes.

Water Features

Red Creek is the centerpiece of Turkey Creek Ranch.

The property offers more than a half mile of ownership on both sides of the creek, creating a private water corridor through the heart of the ranch. Multiple natural springs contribute to the system, with an additional spring located in the southeastern portion of the property.

The creek moves through limestone formations and mature hardwoods, creating a succession of pools, shaded stretches, rock ledges, and natural gathering places along the water.

Concrete dams have been strategically incorporated into the creek system to enhance its recreational value, backing water into deeper pools that lend themselves to fishing, swimming, and simply spending time beside the creek. The improvements complement the natural terrain rather than overpower it, allowing the water to remain the visual focus.

A summer afternoon here can mean swimming beneath limestone bluffs, fishing beneath overhanging hardwoods, exploring the creek with the kids, or finding a quiet pool where several hours seem to disappear.

Existing groundwater infrastructure further supports the ranch and provides additional options for future improvements, livestock, wildlife management, and ranch operations.

Improvements

The existing improvements are intentionally modest, allowing the natural character of Turkey Creek Ranch to remain front and center.

Two established hunting blinds and two feeders are already positioned on the property, providing immediate use for a new owner interested in hunting and wildlife management. Additionally, a water well located on the ranch provides any necessary water for wildlife or future improvements.

The ranch is predominantly low fenced, while more than two sides are already bordered by high fencing. This configuration provides flexibility for the future, whether ownership chooses to maintain the ranch primarily as a free-ranging wildlife property or further develop a more intensive game-management program.

With electricity available in multiple areas and numerous elevated locations overlooking the creek valley, the ranch offers several excellent possibilities for a future headquarters or family compound.

Wildlife

Turkey Creek Ranch offers outstanding hunting supported by water, varied terrain, productive soils, mature hardwoods, and extensive native habitat.

Wildlife commonly found throughout the ranch includes:

• Native Whitetail Deer

• Occasional exotics including axis and blackbuck

• Aoudad

• Rio Grande Turkey

• Feral Hogs

The creek valley naturally functions as an important wildlife corridor, while the wooded draws, open ridges, native grasses, and surrounding cover provide feeding, bedding, and travel areas throughout the property.

The variety of terrain also keeps the hunting experience interesting. One morning may be spent glassing an open hillside for whitetail, while another begins deep in the hardwoods listening for spring turkey or watching exotics move out of the creek bottom.

Hunting is only one part of the recreational appeal. Fishing, swimming, hiking, exploring the limestone formations, wildlife viewing, and simply spending time along Red Creek give Turkey Creek Ranch something to offer in every season.

Use & Potential

Turkey Creek Ranch has the versatility to become several different things depending on the next owner's priorities. The productive soils and open portions of the ranch support agricultural and livestock use, while the creek corridor, springs, hardwood cover, and native habitat create an excellent foundation for hunting and wildlife management. Its unrestricted status, available electricity, established access, and numerous elevated building sites also make the property well suited for a custom residence or multigenerational family compound overlooking the valley.

The ranch is large enough to provide genuine privacy and room to roam while still being manageable enough for a family to use regularly. A future owner can continue enjoying the property largely as it sits or gradually enhance the water, wildlife habitat, agricultural areas, and improvements over time.

Summary

Turkey Creek Ranch offers 400+/- acres of exceptionally diverse Kimble County country centered around more than a half mile of both sides of Red Creek.

Natural springs, recreational pools, limestone bluffs, productive creek bottoms, elevated oak-covered ridges, mature hardwoods, abundant wildlife, existing ranch infrastructure, and unrestricted ownership come together in a property equally suited for recreation, hunting, agriculture, and long-term family ownership.

The character of the ranch is found in its contrasts. Wide Hill Country views give way to deep timbered valleys. Dry limestone ridges descend toward clear water and towering pecans. A morning spent hunting the upper country can turn into an afternoon swimming or fishing beneath the bluffs.

For the buyer looking for a place where family recreation and serious ranch ownership can comfortably coexist, Turkey Creek Ranch offers the land, water, privacy, and freedom to create something that can be enjoyed for generations.

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