Vermejo, a Ted Turner Reserve

"Casa Grande at Vermejo in New Mexico, which can cost as much as $20,685." - Travel + Leisure Editors

"Located in New Mexico, along the Colorado border, Vermejo spans 550,000 acres. It's a vast private land offering intimate wildlife experiences with bears, coyotes, and mountain lions. Guests can explore abandoned 19th-century kilns and enjoy secluded camping away from crowded park sites."

"Ted Turner’s Vermejo is the closest thing to a private national park. Roughly 550,000 acres draped across the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Vermejo is the largest privately owned ranch in the U.S., spanning two states (New Mexico and Colorado) and encompassing several early 1900’s coal-mining and saw-mill towns, as well as Anasazi-era cliff dwellings. The recently restored Casa Grande, a stone-walled, seven-bedroom mansion, is one of nine lodgings on the ranch, and its most storied. Built in 1909 for a Chicago businessman, it was sold after his death to Los Angeles Times publisher Harry Chandler in 1926, whose regular guests included Herbert Hoover, Cecil B. DeMille, Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford. The grandeur of the mansion hearkens back to this era, from the marble-pillared great room’s dining room table outfitted in china and crystal to the grand piano. The property languished between several owners, and it was Turner who had the vision to turn the sprawling property into a modern-day conservation-minded ranch. Fly-fishing season is from May to September and the property offers endless amounts of hiking. Staying at Casa Grande gives you a taste of what Fairbanks et al. might have experienced back in the mansion’s heyday – rooms are impeccably done in European antiques and toiles, private dining room service is available if you don’t want to join the others at the main lodge (the bison burger, crispy buttermilk marinated quail, and fresh-caught trout are musts), and staff can bring you a G+T on the porch as you watch the wildlife creep out of the woods at sundown."

"Vermejo, a Ted Turner Reserve, is spread out over 550,000 acres of land. The property is an outdoor adventurer's dream, with on-site activities including hiking, archery, mountain biking, geocaching, fishing, horseback riding, and more. The vast reserve offers many types of guest accommodations — including a rustic-chic fishing lodge, luxurious Gatsby-era mansion, and private stone cottages. “I felt like my family had our own private national park,” one T+L reader said. “Bison up close, herds of elk moving through the property, deer on the lawn every morning at dawn, just special.” The resort’s conservation efforts are also notable: T+L previously reported that they have “successfully documented more than 1,000 native plant species, leading to the reintroduction of native wildlife [in the area].”" - Travel + Leisure Editors

"Boys, who points to the work of Vermejo Reserve in New Mexico, part of Ted Turner Reserves."