The Retreat at Silvies Valley Ranch is a 140,000-acre working cattle ranch in the high desert of eastern Oregon, featuring two of the most innovative golf courses in the world — Hankins and Craddock — which share the same holes but play in opposite directions. This is golf's wildest frontier.
30 rooms · 3 courses · North America
A monstrous 260-yard par 3 that drops nearly 40 feet from tee to green at 4,200 feet elevation. A long, skinny bunker bisects the center of the putting surface, forcing a precise carry or a calculated bounce left off the slope. The thin air means a 3-wood reaches, but the wild, undulating green punishes anything short of perfect.
Set across 150,000 acres in the high desert of eastern Oregon with no cell service, The Retreat at Silvies Valley Ranch pairs serious golf infrastructure with a working ranch whose own herds supply the kitchen.
The property fields six distinct layouts: two reversible 18-hole championship courses (Hankins and Craddock), a 7-hole challenge course (McVeigh's Gauntlet), a par-3 9-hole on Paiute Creek (Chief Egan), and an 18-hole putting course flanking Otter Lake. On the Chief Egan and McVeigh courses…
The 17,000-square-foot Rocking Heart Spa includes a half-Olympic indoor pool, cedar sauna, whirlpool, climbing wall, and a full fitness center. Treatment practitioners use Eminence organic products for massages, facials, and body work, with the entire facility styled as a quiet counterpoint to the…
Five-course communal dinners draw on certified organic, grass-fed beef and chevon raised on the property, with sourdough made from a century-old family starter. Beyond golf, guests book horseback trail rides, ATV tours, guided lake fishing (catch-and-release trout and perch at Otter and Elk Lakes)…
The Ranch House · Chief's Cabin
Horseback Riding · Fishing · Sporting Clays · ATV Tours · Cattle Ranch Experience
June - September
Eastern Oregon's high desert opens fully by June — snow is gone, the meadows are green against sagebrush, and the thin air adds a genuine distance bonus on approach shots.
Book the goat caddie experience on the Craddock — the ranch's signature program pairs a live goat with your bag, and rounds feel more like a trail wander through high-desert sage than a structured tee time. Evening horseback rides along Silvies River at sunset are first-come, so reserve at check-in.
Resort ranch real estate ownership with Rancher Membership privileges
Start the full applicationThe ranch maintains a private on-site airstrip (ICAO: OG14) suitable for charter aircraft; staff can arrange pick-up from Burns, Redmond, or Boise.
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