New Sundborn Ranch

New Sundborn Ranch, rests on 410 acres of mostly wooded land. The ranch is on a remote and very private sanctuary located right in the middle of the Heartland of Southwest Wisconsin... God's country. Our nearest neighbor is a half mile away.

New Sundborn Ranch features the main house and the Carl Larsson Cottage. It sleeps 5, or 9 if you know each other well. A unique gazebo is perched on top of the garage which has great views of the stocked pond and you can also see my airplane hanger and the private runway bordered with natural grasses and wild flowers. The cottage has a complete kitchen, 2½ baths, and a TV set. The grounds are lovely to see and a great hangout for meadowlarks, bobwhites, wild turkeys, and of course whitetail deer...lots of deer! There's also a stubor, a storage house with a sod roof, a barn and pasture where I raise alpacas. All of it is nestled in a deep valley called Runge Hollow.

The compound was featured in 2 issues of Country Living magazine, February and October of 1997, and also the subject of a book titled "The Scandinavian Look" by Hearst Books.

The area has lots of lakes and streams full of various types of fish. As well as guides are available to take you to all the hotspots.

• North Fork on the Bad Axe River - loaded with brook and brown trout

• Our private pond - stocked with rainbow trout

• Timber Coulee - the West Fork of the Kickapoo

• Coon Creek

• Runge Hollow Reservoir - a 52 acre lake for:

  • Bluegill

  • Bass

  • Crappies

  • Northern pike - a short trip downstream in one of our canoes

• Upper Mississippi River sloughs - about an hour away

• and various un-named streams that rarely see a fly.

There are more deer per acre in southwest Wisconsin than just about any place on earth! Last year we harvested 21 of them off our 400 acres...does and bucks...rifle and bow. There's Grouse and Pheasant too and rabbits, too many rabbits. Last year a friend shot a 26lb Tom ½ mile from my front door.

If you are looking for a great place to hunt, just give me a call.

• Hiking in the woods - wildflowers everywhere

• Bird watching. The migration of hundreds of colorful birds is a thing to behold.

• Morel mushrooms to hunt.

• And of course, sounds you don't hear in the city, songbirds in the daytime, and frogs and owls at night.

• And when the sky is clear, thousands of stars to see.

• In the summer the wild berries are ripe and there are alpacas in the pasture.

• The Wisconsin Dells are a little over an hour away, Old Man River is even closer. No place has a higher concentration of arts and crafts, skills and products.

• Vernon County is also the home of scores of Amish families. We are able to arrange tours of their farms, where many of them make furniture, quilts, baked goods, maple syrup, and other handcrafted items for sale.

• Fall is my favorite time of the year. The autumn leaves, yellow, orange, red, brown, and still some green on the 400 foot tall wooded hills that surround us are magnificent.

• In late October or early November Tundra Swans, thousands of them, feed and rest on the Mississippi backwater before continuing their journey south, what a sight!

• The last 2 winters brought lots of snow, great for Nordic skiing on groomed trails, snowshoe trekking, and skating on our pond.

Just exactly where in the world is New Sundborn Ranch? We are in the Heartland, the Coulee region of Wisconsin, known as the Driftless area. The glaciers that covered much of North America missed us. It left the lush hidden valleys, steep hills and ravines untouched and still mostly unspoiled.

Come for a weekend or longer! When you do, it will be your own private place, a half mile from the nearest county road. It's quiet!

Main floor: Living, dining room, bathrooms, a completely furnished home, Kitchen: refrigerator, range, oven and microwave.
Lower floor: Large family - TV room, bathroom with shower, large outdoor deck overlooking the pond.
Upper floor: Two bedrooms with double beds, two built in alcoves with full beds and mattress and one built in twin. Full Bathroom - tub and shower

There is central heating and air conditioning - modern appliances, towels and linens, just about all the comforts of a well furnished home.

Communities close to our location: Westby, Cashton, Viroqua, Coon Valley, Chaseburg, La Farge, Saint Joseph, Ontario, Viola, Readstown, Norwalk, Bangor, West Lima, Stoddard, Soldiers Grove, Sparta, Genoa, Wilton, West Salem, Victory, La Crosse, Bloom City, Yuba, Gays Mills, De Soto, Onalaska, Mount Sterling, Fort McCoy, Ferryville, Hillsboro, Kendall, Mindoro, Tomah, Seneca, Tunnel City, Holmen, Union Center, Cataract, Elroy, Lynxville, Oakdale, Wonewoc, Richland Center, Hustler, Steuben, Melrose, Camp Douglas, Cazenovia, Wyeville, Eastman, Blue River, La Valle, Boscobel, Warrens, Trempealeau, Lime Ridge, New Lisbon, Galesville, Millston, Sextonville, Muscoda, Cutler, Woodman, Wauzeka.

E5155 Helgeson Rd. Westby, WI 54667 (608) 634-2335

www.NewSundbornRanch.com

APRIL, MAY, JUNE — SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER
2 STARS **: Entire Carl Larson Cottage for two persons $235 per night
4 STARS ****: Entire Carl Larson Cottage for three or four persons $325 per night
5 STARS *****: Entire Carl Larson Cottage including 2 bedrooms and alcoves for up to 9 persons $395 per night
Minimum stay: 2 nights

JULY, AUGUST — DECEMBER THRU MARCH
2 STARS **: Two persons $195 per night
4 STARS ****: Three or Four persons $275 per night
5 STARS *****: 5 to 9 persons $325 per night
Minimum stay: 2 nights
Plus sales tax of 5.5%

New Sundborn Ranch

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