Fish, shoot, ride, swim, and play polo at your very own Texas getaway.
The opportunity to live large — and in charge — awaits you in small-town Navasota, Texas (population 8,969). There, you’ll find the thoughtfully designed Whitehall Ranch, a 656-acre with lush coastal Bermuda grass and native pecan trees stretching across rolling pastures that await just beyond the understated gate. Keep going and the grounds unfold further with live spring-fed creeks lined with ferns and wildflowers, oak-filled savannas, and towering East Texas pines. In fact there are three distinct ecoregions represented here — post-oak savannah, blackland prairie, and piney woods — making it a truly one-of-a-kind landscape.
But the abundance of nature is only one of the perks. This is also a sleep-a-crowd destination thanks to the presence of three cottages (all have two bedrooms, one bath within 961 square feet), a guest house (two bedrooms, two baths within 1,525 square feet), a bunkhouse (four bedrooms, four bathrooms within 1,525 square feet), gatehouse (three bedrooms, two bathrooms within 1,525 square feet), and a pool house (three bedrooms, two bathrooms, kitchen, laundry within 1,122 square feet). Then there is the light-and-bright 4,463-square-foot, two-bedroom, two-and-a-half bathroom main house, which features great views, a bar, well-appointed kitchen with Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances, billiards room, and office. There’s also an elevator that will take you down to the temperature-controlled wine room, home theater, and panic room.
Hosting a lot of people means you have to keep them occupied, and this property more than delivers. Loungers can get some rays by the pretty pool. Car enthusiasts will flock to the five-car garage, which is outfitted with automatic light sensors, insulated walls and ceiling, broad-spectrum lighting, and commercial-grade electronic doors. Anglers will be pleased by the presence of the 8.5-acre managed fishing lake. Folks with good aim can be directed to the competition skeet and trap range. And if you can round up a willing team of eight guests (along with mounts and mallets), that’s enough to set up a match on the competition polo field. There’s also plenty of pasture for riders who feel a bit less competitive. Turns out, the possibilities are positively wide open when you have this much wide-open space.
Whitehall Ranch
Country Road 303
Navasota, Texas
$24.2 million
Bedrooms: 20
Bathrooms: 19.5
Square Footage: +/-13,210
Acreage: 656
For more information, please contact Justin Whitworth at Oldham Goodwin Group.
PHOTOGRAPHY: Courtesy Oldham Goodwin Group
