For The Right Price, This 1300-Acre Athens Ranch Could Be Yours

As the saying goes, 'Everything is bigger in Texas' and that goes for Texas ranches too! If you're looking for the ultimate in privacy with no neighbors there's a 1300-acre ranch in Athens, Texas could be yours, if you place the right bid.

Before placing that bid though you'll need plenty of financial backing because the property was once on the market for $15,500,000. Yeah, 15.5 million dollars! So they'll most likely be looking for bids in that range and higher.

Sugaree Ranch is again on the market and listed by Icon Global. The brokerage firm began accepting bids on this pristine Henderson County property Monday and will continue until June 3rd.

Highlights of this property include:

• exclusive and private easement access to the Athens Municipal Airport
• two large private clear-water lakes
• swimming holes
• hunting and wildlife
• 4000 sq. ft. lodge
• numerous creeks and streams run through the property
• skeet shooting range
• several shops/barns
• commerical hanger lot option at airport
• horseback/ATV/walking trails
• forest/prairie/farm land

The perimeter of the property has been lined by more than 70,000 pine trees. Icon Global CEO Bernard Uechtritz said in a press release that the property has 'multiple homesite possibilities' and could serve as a ranch compound, a residential subdivision, or a golf course development.

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As a blank canvas, "this ranch ticks all the boxes of solid inherent value while providing exceptional recreation, hunting, and fishing within distinctive Texas ranch lifestyle."

With immediate access to the municipal airport, you and your friends could jet in, park in the hangar and take an ATV through the woods to get to the 4000 sq. ft. lodge.

Sugaree Ranch is located off Hwy 175 and Loop 7 on the southeast side of Athens.