The Gold Bar Ranch is also home to some of the best outdoor off-road recreation in the state of Arizona. Whether your preferred method of exploring the outback is a horseback ride, your ATV’s or mountain bikes, the Gold Bar Ranch provides miles and miles of trails and dirt roads to discover. The truly western aficionados will appreciate the Gold Bar Ranch because it still an active cattle ranch.
You can take lessons on how to rope a cow and practice on the static roping targets. Whether young or old, adventuresome or simply interested in the storied past of one of Arizona’s great western towns, the Gold Bar Ranch is the perfect place to beat the heat of the Arizona desert. The year round temperatures are considerably milder than the warmer Phoenix area and the town’s backdrop against the foothills makes for pleasant winters as well. The Gold Bar Ranch is the perfect place to camp and get away from hectic pace of meetings, phone calls and emails. The Gold Bar Ranch’s biggest asset is its hardworking cowboys and cowgirls. They are invaluable in providing safe, interesting rides to some of Arizona’s most important historical sites and landmarks in the area. They are very friendly and always enjoying sharing the details of what it is like to work on a real cattle ranch. You can even rent and sleep in the old ranchhand bunkhouse, which has been converted into a very comfortable bed and breakfast facility.
