Source: Tyler Thomas / Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty
A 662-acre spread about 40 minutes south of Dallas is for sale, and it is not exactly subtle. Pearl Ranch in Maypearl has hit the market at $16.9 million, mixing working-ranch infrastructure with resort-style touches, lakes and a splashy sunflower field that doubles as a built-in backdrop for events and photo shoots. With a luxury main house, guest cabins and facilities for horses and game processing, the property is pitched as part private escape, part ready-to-go business.
What Local Coverage Found
The Houston Chronicle reported that the main residence includes five bedrooms, a chef’s kitchen, a wine cellar, a cigar room and a safe room, and that an infinity-edge pool looks out over a bass-stocked lake, according to CHRON. A recreation building with a fitness center and an indoor racquetball court, along with guest-ready structures that include a three-bedroom lakeside cabin and a foreman’s house. Taken together, those amenities are part of why the ranch is being marketed as both a secluded getaway and a potential moneymaker for weddings, retreats and other large gatherings.
Listing Details From the Agent
The primary listing from the TT Ranch Group puts Pearl Ranch at 662± acres and prices it at $16,900,000, with an address of 520 Orzo Road in Maypearl, Ellis County, as outlined by TT Ranch Group. The materials call out a large sunflower planting of about 18± acres, along with seven bodies of water that include a 5-acre lake with a boat ramp. Working-ranch infrastructure includes an eight-stall equestrian barn, a hay barn and a game-processing station that comes with a walk-in freezer and outdoor smoker. The listing also highlights an event venue of roughly 10,000 square feet with a commercial kitchen, which the agent markets as an immediate income-producing asset.
Sunflowers, Acreage Math and the Pitch
Local coverage has not been perfectly aligned on just how big the sunflower field is. The Houston Chronicle and the listing brokerage’s press release each referenced roughly 14 acres planted in sunflowers, while the formal listing materials give a slightly larger figure. That discrepancy may come down to timing or different ways of counting the plantings, according to materials from Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s shared via Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s via PR Newswire and coverage in the Houston Chronicle. Whether it is 14 or 18 acres, the sea of blooms is clearly being treated as a marketing hook for photographers, brides and event planners, and it helps the ranch stand out among other high-end listings near the Metroplex. Agents are leaning into that visual drama while emphasizing the relatively quick drive from Dallas and Fort Worth as a selling point for buyers who want rural privacy without an all-day commute…