Our community is small but mighty and we want to support local education! The Caliente Union School District has provided elementary education in our community for decades. The district now consists of one elementary school, Piute Mountain School, which serves the Walker Basin and Twin Oaks communities. In 1983 the Caliente Educational Foundation was established
Our family is proud to offer high quality, local beef from our ranch to your table. Our cattle are raised on our 154 year old cattle ranch by 4th, 5th, and 6th generation Rankins. They graze grass on the mountains surrounding Walker Basin and are then finished on grain at a feedlot in Bakersfield. We finish
Annual Art Week at Rankin Ranch May 21st to 25th The mountains are a beautiful shade of green and the spring wildflowers are out. Our annual art week is a wonderful time to relax, paint, go horseback riding and join in other great ranch activities. We love seeing the ranch through the eyes of different
Our family is excited to be a part of a brand new show on the Travel Channel called “Life’s a Trip”. The show premiered Saturday, January 14th. Rankin Ranch is the first stop on a road trip across the nation for Patrick Warburton and his son, Talon. Epic journeys are a family tradition for the
Make plans for your 2017 ranch vacation. Here’s a glimpse at our 2017 guest ranch season. You can always check out our Calendar of Events for detailed information on all of the special times at the ranch, but sometimes it is nice to see all of these fun times on one page. Below is a