Two of the world’s most watched luxury estates come from Wyoming, according to Mansion Global, an international luxury real estate site which connects the world’s most affluent buyers with the world’s best property listings.
Antlers Ranch near Meeteetse and Granite Ranch, a 34-acre, creek-front property surrounded by U.S. National Forest land in Jackson Hole, made Mansion Global’s top five most-viewed luxury properties for 2024.
Both properties were listed by Jackson Hole’s Latham Jenkins, a broker with Live WaterProperties. Jenkins’ Lost Creek listing last year made the top five most-viewed luxury properties for 2023.
“For Wyoming to have two of the five top listings this year is just itself exceptional,” Jenkins told Cowboy State Daily on Friday. “This is a global audience that’s looking at these listings, and for them to have clicked on these two listings for No. 1 and No. 4 just means unparalleled exposure for our state.”
The competition was stiff, Jenkins pointed out.
Wyoming’s top listing, Granite Ranch, beat out a mountain treehouse in Karuizawa, Japan, which made the No. 2 spot, and the former getaway of James Bond star Sir Roger Moore, which came in at No. 3.
The Antlers Ranch near Meeteetse, rounded out the top 5 list at No. 4, with an unparalleled vista that takes in alpine peaks and river valleys. It beat out a Vermont, Wisconsin, mansion with its own private airstrip and underground tunnels that lead to a party barn next door, which came in at No. 5, as well as a colonial home just outside of Washington D.C. that dates to 1776 and landed on the list at No. 6.
“You think of all the global properties on mansion global, and how is it that Wyoming ends up with two listings?” Jenkins said. “These are celebrity properties and for us to stand out against those, it’s very special.”
People Want To Escape In Style
What seemed to drive the popularity of listings in 2024 was a desire to escape to the natural world in style, Mansion Global said.
That’s what both Wyoming properties offered, Jenkins said.
“People were very much attracted to the log cabins and the setting there along Granite Creek and the backdrop of the magnificent Gros Ventre mountains, sitting there with such strong granite outcroppings,” Jenkins said. “For the Antlers Ranch, it was the sheer size and vastness of it — literally like a little ‘Yellowstone,’ which obviously connects to what readers have come to experience through the television series. That created a lot of interest to learn more about the ranch, as they envision themselves living on that type of property.”
But getting properties to resonate with so many people around the world takes more than a few pretty pictures, Jenkins added.
“To garner this level of attention, there’s a great amount of research time and energy put into capturing the emotive imagery necessary to generate this type of response with readers,” he said. “There’s literally what amounts to over 100 hours put into capturing these properties in theright light to help them connect with buyers who are looking for properties that they know will make a meaningful difference in their lives.”
Along with a main house, there are a handful of other homes and residences on the Antlers Ranch. (Courtesy Latham Jenkins and Live Water Properties) 
In the same family since 1895, the Antlers Ranch has huge swaths of pristine Wyoming woodland with trophy fishing streams and lots of room to roam. (Courtesy Latham Jenkins and Live Water Properties) 
In the same family since 1895, the Antlers Ranch has huge swaths of pristine Wyoming woodland with trophy fishing streams and lots of room to roam. (Courtesy Latham Jenkins and Live Water Properties) 
The Granite Creek Ranch, which was listed for nearly $9 million in Jackson, Wyoming, has been bought by billionare Joe Ricketts. (Courtesy Latham Jenkins, Live Water Jackson Hole) 
The view is amazing at Granite Creek Ranch. The caretakers' residence appears small beside the mountains. (Renée Jean, Cowboy State Daily) 
The Granite Creek Ranch, which was listed for nearly $9 million in Jackson, Wyoming, has been bought by billionare Joe Ricketts. (Courtesy Latham Jenkins, Live Water Jackson Hole)
One Of Two Wyoming Properties Is Still Available
So far, only one of the two properties has connected with a buyer. Granite Ranch was purchased in late 2024 by billionaire Joe Ricketts, a Chicago Cubs co-owner and Ameritrade founder, for an undisclosed sum.
Granite Ranch has a lot going for it. Not only its picturesque setting, but there’s also some great history. The ranch is located just downstream from where an iconic movie scene in the 1992 movie, “A River Runs Through It” was filmed.
While most of that movie was filmed in Montana, the scene where the boys steal a rowboat and take it over a waterfall was actually filmed at Granite Falls, which is just a mile or two from the ranch.
The ranch is also one of those rare inholdings, surrounded by National Forest land, in this case the Bridger-Teton National Forest.
The U.S. Forest Service had been trying to acquire the property, which has direct access to Forest Service land, as well as private access to Granite Creek, which runs along the front of the property.
The historic Antlers Ranch, which includes 16,532 deeded acres as well as control of more than 40,000 acres, is still available for the right buyer, listing at $85 million.
The ranch was founded by a German immigrant, lured to Wyoming by the promise of gold. Then Ernest May Sr. bought out the ranch by trading his own interest in the mining company that owned it.
Because it’s connected to the Shoshone National Forest, it’s part of the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem, and it supports as many as 330 different wildlife species.
The ranch is presently used to run 700 to 750 head of cattle, among other agricultural endeavors. Wildlife on the ranch has also been managed carefully, to propagate the best possible genetics. The big boys have been allowed to roam, allowing them to propagate a population of equally big sons.
That’s put a lot of trophy-sized animals on the ranch, including a bull elk more than 380 inches, whitetail deer over 170 inches, mule deer over 190 inches, and antelope surpassing the minimum Boone and Crockett score, a standard for antler size.
The ranch shares a 63-mile border with federal and state land, which means the views are likely to be protected for a very long time for whoever buys the ranch.
Renée Jean can be reached at renee@cowboystatedaily.com.
