Photo: Cherry Creek LodgeWorking ranch
Young, Arizona
Cherry Creek Lodge
Lodge near Young on a 40,000-acre Tonto National Forest cattle ranch with cattle drives.
Ranch work available
- Season
- Ask the ranch
- Ages
- Kids welcome
What you'll do
- A half-day cattle drive, sorting and moving cattle with the ranch hands
- Cowboy for a Day: roundups, branding, weaning or vaccinating, depending on the day
- Extended trail rides, an overnight camp ride, lessons, and archery and shooting ranges
When to go
- The season isn't published; calving goes on year-round
- July to September is monsoon season
- Priced by the night, with three meals and one activity included
Who it's for
- Experienced riders, for the cattle drive
- Families: kids 6 to 12 are half price and under 6 free; archery and shooting from 10, shotgun from 16
Good to know
- The cattle drive uses your included activity plus $95, and the site doesn't say how often cattle work is available
- Riders are limited to 250 lb
- You need a high-clearance vehicle on the road from Young, and the off-grid lodge has no laundry
- Cattle work
- Horsemanship
- Sport shooting
- Trail riding