The Stokes Ranch is located on the northern slope of the Capitan Mountain, which is southeastern New Mexico’s most prominent landmark.

Located in the heart of Lincoln County the ranch is easily accessible from New Mexico Highway 246 approximately fifty minutes from Ruidoso, New Mexico.  Ruidoso is a resort community that offers summer and winter recreational opportunities.  The Sierra Blanca Regional Airport, which can accommodate most any size of private jet, is forty minutes from the ranch.

The Stokes Ranch offers a variety of uses that include year around livestock production and big game hunting.  The current owners are operating a commercial cow/calf operation that is well suited to the climate and the native forage.

This is excellent grass country with numerous varieties of browse and native grass.  The southern boundary of the ranch adjoins the Lincoln National Forest with allowable public access to thousands of acres of public land to hunt, hike or horseback.

The ranch lies in two noncontiguous tracts divided by New Mexico Highway 246. The largest portion of the ranch is located north of the highway comprised of approximately 10,000 contiguous acres. The owner’s residence is located south of the highway with excellent access. In addition to the residence the south side is partitioned into three small pastures and one small holding trap in the vicinity of the residence. This portion of the ranch offers breathtaking scenery being located at the base of the Capitan Mountain.

Kyle Harrison and the Arroyo Seco Canyons offer intermittent running water with Ponderosa Pine, cedar and juniper tree cover that provide for excellent elk and mule deer habitat.

The portion of the ranch located north of New Mexico Highway 246 is primarily open grassland with a scattering of cedar and juniper trees. The terrain is gently rolling with numerous natural playa lakes scattered throughout this area of the ranch

that catch and store rainfall runoff for utilization by livestock and wildlife. The northern portion of the ranch is partitioned into 10 larger pastures and several small holding traps.

The Lowrey Camp,located in the north central portion of the ranch, offers the improvement infrastructure to operate this area of the ranch.

The improvements are comprised of a residence, barn and working corrals.

Permanent water is provided by three subsurface wells located within the boundary of the ranch and one partnership well with the adjoining ranch to the east. Associated with the wells is an extensive buried water pipeline system that extends for approximately fifteen miles and provides water to locations of the ranch that otherwise would not have a permanent source of water. The water system is improved with seven water storage tanks and seventeen water troughs. The natural lakes also provide an excellent source of water when there is adequate rainfall.

Cockleburr Lake	North House Lake
Poker Lake	Shield Lake

This ranch offers good access, excellent cattle grazing, big game hunting and numerous other recreational activities. This is one of the most unique ranch properties that southern New Mexico has to offer.