(Bloomberg Businessweek) -- We checked in with Hall & Hall, purveyors of quality rural real estate, on their current premium properties. Here are four of the best:
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Westlands
This 4,600-acre estate in Meeker, Colo., two hours northwest of Aspen, includes an owner’s mansion, guest quarters, a tennis court, and a four-hole golf course designed by Greg Norman. The pinnacle of the $46 million property, though, is the private 5-mile stretch along both forks of the White River, where it’s said 15-pound trout roam more than 30 pools, runs, and channel confluences. For the last three decades, Westlands has belonged to financier Henry Kravis. Brokers: Brian Smith, 970 879-5544; Jeff Buerger, 303 861-8282
Lone Pine Ranch
Near Mendocino National Forest in Covelo, Calif., this $25 million estate includes 26,600 deeded acres across three large ranches. It comes with more than 16 miles of frontage on the Eel River, one of the state’s largest—and least altered—watersheds to which salmon and steelhead migrate from the Pacific. Acquired by stockbroker Dean Witter in 1942, the property contains a 1930s main home, along with plentiful blacktail deer, pigs, bears, and quails. Broker: Bill McDavid, 406 542-3762
Ruby River One and Done
Set in southwestern Montana’s Ruby River Valley, this 400-acre property includes an airy, minimalist 10,000-square-foot home created by Seattle architect George Suyama and designed to maximize the Big Sky views. There’s also an 18-hole putting green and a skeet and pistol range. The $10.5 million estate includes access to both sides of the fabled Ruby River, but there are also three constructed trout ponds, one of which is right outside the door. Broker: Keith Lenard, 406 542-3762
Graystones
Located above the Lehigh River Gorge in the Poconos, Graystones Preserve in Albrightsville, Pa., comes with 3,800 deeded acres and seven residential structures holding 31 bedrooms. The $11.9 million property contains 3 miles of water stocked with large tiger, brown, rainbow, and eastern brook trout and is within easy driving distance of New York City and Philadelphia. With state parks on three sides, whitetail deer, black bears, and turkeys roam the grounds. Broker: Keith Lenard, 406 542-3762
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