The Ragged Edge Ranch
San Simeon, California
SOLD

List Price: $7,750,000
Parcel Size (Acres): 75

This is a truly unique and rare 75 acre oceanfront offering of marine tarraced land with vistas that have breathtaking ocean views and approximately 1466 feet of sandy beach shoreline on the Pacific Ocean... containing the flattest, most usable ranch property on the South Big Sur Coast providing for fabulous building sites.

The world famous 80,000 acre Hearst Ranch and Castle just to the south of the property runs along the coast for 15 miles. There are only approximately 15 homes within a ten-mile radius of the ranch. The famous Ragged Point Inn is just one mile away.

The property is in two parcels of 40 and 35 acres with Highway One bisecting them as an easement. The Sea Otter Preserve begins west of Highway One and the ocean is part of the Monterey Marine Sanctuary preventing offshore drilling. Polar Star Creek runs year round along the Northern boundary and provides irrigation and domestic water for the ranch. The property has large, steep creek escarpments on the North and South sides providing total privacy with Forest Service Land to the East. The irrigated ground (20+/-) acres) could be used to cultivate orchards, avocados, berries, artichokes etc...

The sea coast improvements includes a quaint old immaculately restore Arts and Crafts Bungalow (1000+/- square feet) with two bedrooms, one bath, office, dining room and kitchen. Lush tropical landscaping surrounds the home. Other outbuildings include a rustic utility shed, a 30x40' redwood equipment barn, and a 300+/- square foot hangar/barn with 40' byfold electronic door, main balcony, exercise balcony, storage room, office and half bath.

There are four locations on the property where ther have been buildings in the past including the historic Polar Star schoolhouse near the ocean. Groves of Monterey cypress, Monterey pine, California Bay, Ceanothus and Eucalyptus trees are located throughout the property.

Wildlife includes deer, Roosevelt Elk, wild boar, mountain lions and bobcats. Sea mammals include dolphins, otter, sea lions, elephant seals a whales. Bird life includes turkey vultures, red-tailed hawks, golden eagles, owls, blue herring, snowy egrets, pelicans and seagulls. It is the winter home for many monarch butterflies and one of the few areas where native orchids grow.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime oppertunity to own one of the most spectacular, secluded but not isolated, pieces of oceanfrong acreage to become available in many years.

Offered at $7,750,000.

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