Enjoy some peace and quiet away from the lights and noise of town in our rustic old Bunkhouse. Located 20 miles south of Tucumcari & I-40 (entrance across from mile marker 62 on Hwy 209) on a cattle ranch. 2.5 miles off the pavement on a dirt road (not suitable for motorcycles or very low clearance vehicles). You have your own entrance, private kitchen, bathroom and bedroom. The space Welcome to JX Ranch Bunkhouse - a short 30 minute (20 miles highway plus 2.5 miles of ranch road) drive from Tucumcari and I-40 / old Route 66, New Mexico. Located on this 7,000-acre cattle ranch, two and a half miles off the pavement, you are assured privacy, peace and quiet away from the noise and lights of town. Here you can enjoy the stars on clear nights, and nature all around the JX Ranch Bunkhouse, built by early settlers around 1900 and was the original Homestead. While we have done some remodeling, we have tried to leave it as original as possible; it is not fancy, but very rustic and cozy! Bring slippers; the old wood-floors are cold in the winter-time, hard year-round. The Longhorn Room features the original rock fire-place, three twin beds, a recliner, books and magazines, a kitchen area with all your basic cooking needs, and a bathroom with a shower. In the winter months, If you'd like to build a fire in the fireplace, let me know and I'll bring you a compressed log to burn (open damper first!). Due to dry conditions we want to avoid sending sparks out the chimney and the compressed logs accomplish this, while giving you a cozy fire all the same. In the evening, you can watch the wild turkey as they prepare to roost in the hackberry trees in canyon below the Bunkhouse. Some of them spend their nights on the electric lines! You may see a doe with her fawn on their way to water, or a busy roadrunner scooting by with the day's catch in his mouth. You may also see our cattle, depending on which pasture they are in on the ranch. They will take you back to the time of the trail drives, one of which - the famous Goodnight-Loving Trail - went through the ranch and right past where the Bunkhouse is located. The old trail is perfect for an evening or early-morning hike. At dusk, coyotes call to each other across the canyons and ridges. On a cloudless night, the star-filled sky will take your breath away! Always watch where you go, and in the summers keep an eye open for rattlesnakes. Stay on cleared trails and avoid walking through thick brush. You will find your kitchen stocked with coffee, tea, sugar and dry creamer. In addition, we provide seasoning, flour, salt & pepper, cooking spray, olive oil and vegetable oil for your other cooking needs. You are welcome to bring food staples and prepare your own meals - the kitchen is equipped with a two-burner electric cook-top, microwave oven, coffee maker, toaster, and a small refrigerator. You will find basic cooking utensils - pots and pans, dishes, plates etc. Please do not use metal utensils for the frying pans, use the plastic ones provided. Please clean up afterwards. You will find some chairs and table outside the Bunkhouse and a charcoal grill and charcoal to use weather permitting (if too windy, no grilling due to fire danger). Tucumcari, in its wildest days, was named “Six Shooter Siding”. You will find several restaurants and famous Route 66 Icons and spectacular murals. Lowe's is the only grocery store - go north on Exit 332 to light, turn left and Lowe's is two blocks down on your right. Come back same way and stay on 209. The small town offers two museums - the Historical Museum and the Dinosaur Museum. Two lakes are within an hour's drive of the ranch; Ute Lake (45 minutes) and Conchas Lake (1 hour) offer boating and fishing. The Billy the Kid Museum in Fort Sumner is an hour's drive, and Palo Duro Canyon with the "must see" and entertaining Texas Play in the summer, is two hours away. Tucumcari is located on I-40, approximately 180 miles east of Albuquerque, NM and 110 miles west of Amarillo, TX. We are 20 miles south of Tucumcari on State Highway 209, plus 2.5 miles off the highway. Please see directions. Guest access You are welcome to go walking or hiking on the ranch (at your own risk). Please check with me where you can walk. It's best not to go through a pasture where the cattle are as they don't know you. We share this land with all kinds of wildlife - please beware of rattlesnakes in the summer months (they don't play well with others...!) and stay away from thick brush. Other wildlife you may encounter are coyotes, road runners, birds, deer, elk, turkey and others. Gorgeous views, great hikes, nice evening walks. Other things to note In the summer time, If you get here after dark, keep in mind that out in the country we have lots of flying and crawling bugs who are attracted to light, and I would highly suggest you keep the light off in the room while unloading your car.