MEET YOUR HOSTS
Ron and Trina
Ron and Trina are hands-on owners who live and breathe the cowboy lifestyle, operating their ranch with a distinct philosophy centered on authentic hospitality and freedom in the saddle. Welcoming guests to their authentic working, western guest ranch, where horseback riding is the heart of the experience. The couple has been guiding horseback riding adventures for more than three decades. They deliberately keep their operation small, allowing them to build genuine, lasting relationships with their guests.
THE PROPERTY
Double R Guest Ranch
The couple shares their property with a dedicated team of wranglers, about 40 horses, cows and a vibrant pack of eight resident dogs that welcome visitors upon arrival. Double R Guest Ranch offers exceptional horseback riding in the mountainous rugged Arizona terrain surrounding the ranch. Whether you are an experienced rider or it is your first time in the saddle, we will make sure you get exactly what you are looking for!
To preserve an exclusive, uncrowded atmosphere, the ranch features 2 guest casitas and 1 cabin built with southwestern brick, adobe, and wood detailing. Altogether, they sleep up to 19 people.
The property sits tucked away in a quiet, rural valley surrounded by the high-plain grasslands of Elgin. The private 205 acre ranch offers completely unobstructed, panoramic views of the 14 mountain ranges that surround the property. The ranch directly borders the Coronado National Forest with 1000’s of acres available to explore. The landscape shifts rapidly from the ranch’s quiet fields into dramatic, high mountain desert, rugged canyon lines, and oak-studded mountain trails where daily trail rides take place.
The Guest Lodge: This is the central gathering hub of the property. It contains an exquisite, rustic dining room where guests eat family-style meals, sit around the fireplace, play board games, ping pong, watch a western movie, a game on TV or relax on the expansive wrapped porch. The Horse Facilities: At the heart of the daily operations are the working paddocks, barns, stables, and corrals where the ranch’s horses reside right next to the guest quarters. Outdoor Social Spaces: The structures are ringed by community elements including an open-air fire pit, barbecue grills, and outdoor gaming areas set up for horseshoes, cornhole toss, and roping practice.
THE HISTORY
Ancient Ruins to Hollywood
The Elgin area and the surrounding Sonoita Creek are rich with dramatic tales of Spanish explorers, Apache raids, and old Hollywood film magic. While the Double R Guest Ranch operates as a modern immersive window into this lifestyle, the landscape you ride through has been the backdrop for critical moments in Western history
The vast, golden grasslands and rugged canyons have served as prime filming locations for some of the most famous Western films in cinema history. By the 18th and 19th centuries, the region was utilized by the Apache. Historically, leaders like Cochise and Geronimo actively traversed the grasslands and canyons of the area. These legendary Apache leaders rode the rugged canyon bordering the ranch. This deep history of this high-desert plateau even dates back centuries before the American cowboy era to Conquistadors and the Seven Cities of Gold.
Hollywood’s Favorite Western Backdrop. Just down the road, director John Ford filmed segments of his legendary masterpiece “Stagecoach” (1939) starring John Wayne. More recently, the surrounding mountain passes and desert ranges doubled as the wild frontier, for revisionist Westerns and gritty period dramas like the (2021) Paramount series “1883”.
Ancient Civilizations found in archaeological digs in the local Babocomari village sites have unearthed indigenous burial urns, pristine ceramics, and structures proving that native communities farmed and thrived in these fields as early as 1000 A.D.
Wine Country
Elgin and the Sonoita Valley
Elgin, Arizona, is a charming, rural community in the rolling grasslands of the upper Sonoran Desert. It sits in a 5300 ft. high-elevation basin ringed by the famous Sky Islands; Santa Rita, Patagonia, and Huachuca mountains. The town of Elgin is physically nestled in the shadow of those mountain ranges, and its unique high-elevation climate makes it the heart of Arizona’s premier wine country.
Tours of the wineries are available either with the ranch or directly booked the wineries themselves. Download this map of the area wineries and check out the Elgin Project website for more information.
Experience The Extraordinary
What are you waiting for?
Enjoy cozy accommodations, exciting activities, and true southern Arizona hospitality.
Whether you’re planning a family vacation, romantic getaway, adventure with friends, or celebration, the Double R is the perfect location.
Your western adventure starts with a single call or click. We’d love to welcome you into the Double R Ranch family.
