City: El Paso, TX

Category: Tours & Attractions

Telephone: (915) 821-1496

Address: 8690 Edge of Texas Lane

Description: The Bowen Ranch is one of the few historic working cattle ranches still in existence around El Paso. Owned by lifelong cowboy Jimmy Bowen, the massive 88,000-acre ranch has been transformed into a veritable amusement park of Old West fun. It’s still a working cattle ranch where the Bowens raise both Hereford cattle and buffalo, both of which can be seen grazing along the mountain slopes and flatlands of the ranch, which sits along the Texas/New Mexico border near Fort Bliss north of El Paso. The Bowens have owned the ranch since the 1800s and more recently transformed it into the children’s playground and western park that it is now, as well as opening the Edge of Texas Steakhouse some 5 miles away along US 54. A trip to the Bowen Ranch offers the chance to view real cowboys going about their daily work herding cattle, riding horses, and sometimes helping bring a new baby calf into the world. Children can get up close with the animals and ask questions about cowboy life. The ranch also has facilities for hayrides and stagecoach rides, western shows, and staged gunfight shows, as well as a number of different sporting facilities. The best way to plan your trip is to visit the ranch during the day and enjoy a steak dinner at the Edge of Texas Steakhouse on your way home.