King Land & Water
The premier conservation and ranch real estate firm in Texas, King Land & Water draws on a team of experienced professionals with vast knowledge in all aspects of ranch real estate transactions. Led by James King‘s 40 years of experience facilitating transactions of large unique properties across the state – as co-founder of King Land & Water and in his 19 years as former Director of Land Protection for the Nature Conservancy in Texas. He brings a rare combination of skills and experience in natural resources, land planning, resource management, conservation tools, family ownership, transactions, and negotiations, combined with a vast network of buyers, investors and landowners.
King Land & Water applies unequaled expertise on behalf of motivated buyers who want to own and enjoy land in Texas and become stewards of Texas’ diverse land and water resources. If you are a landowner considering the sale of a ranch property and want to find qualified buyers willing to continue your family’s land ethic and legacy, while at the same time achieving your financial goals, King Land & Water is your best choice of brokerage firms in Texas.
If the idea of your own dream ranch has fired your imagination for longer than you can remember, King Land & Water is ready to help find that special property for you. Additionally, King Land & Water can assist with designing and negotiating terms of Conservation Easements for landowners and has sold more ranches in Texas subject to these Easements than any other firm.
Our marketing investments over the last 18 years have developed a network of buyers and real estate professionals such as appraisers, title companies, photographers, land planners, lenders, and surveyors, providing for the best platform possible to achieve the best price within any market. Since 2007 King Land & Water has closed more than 1,600,000 acres.
King Land & Water has received numerous awards and were honored by The Land Report for two National 2014 Deals of the Year.
Prairie Creek Ranch features 1,170 acres of diverse West Texas habitat, exceptional deer hunting, scenic canyons, abundant wildlife, and excellent recreational opportunities.
Black Castle Ranch is a 1,020±acre West Texas retreat featuring the award-winning Cinco Camp, panoramic mountain views, abundant wildlife, and exceptional privacy near Marathon.
The Trueheart House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, offers a rare combination of historic significance and modern comfort. The property includes a 3-bedroom, 3-bath main residence, a separate 2-bedroom, 1-bath guest house, a remodeled kitchen, updated systems, and beautifully preserved architectural details on a secluded 1.9-acre town block.
Cinco Verde Ranch is a remarkable 1,411-acre live-water ranch near Bandera, encompassing both sides of 2.25 miles of West Verde Creek, stocked lakes, quality improvements, abundant wildlife, and a protected conservation landscape bordering the Hill Country State Natural Area.
Steeped in Fort Davis history, Hacienda Eoff is a one-of-a-kind adobe compound blending residential comfort with exceptional entertainment amenities. Thoughtfully restored and modernized, the property features private residences, a historic bar and gathering hall, commercial kitchen, guest house, mature gardens, and breathtaking mountain views—all within walking distance of downtown Fort Davis.
Set on 296± pristine acres in the Davis Mountains near Fort Davis, this luxury retreat ranch and resort combine stunning natural beauty, upscale accommodations, premier event venues, and extensive infrastructure, creating an exceptional hospitality and investment opportunity in Far West Texas.
Iconic high-elevation West Texas ranch offering protected views, dark skies, luxury improvements, abundant wildlife, unmatched conservation legacy, setting, acreage, scale.
The Koehn Ranch and Farm spans approximately 11,893 acres in Culberson County, Texas, featuring irrigated farmland, diverse wildlife, sustainable water resources, and mountain grassland views. It offers farming, ranching, and hunting opportunities with excellent access and infrastructure, including 5br/4.5ba main house, 3br/2ba bath managers house, 5br/5ba worker’s trailer, 3br/2ba trailer, barns, and sheds.
Spires Creek Ranch is in the heart of the Texas Hill Country or Edwards Plateau located a few miles west of Bandera. Spires Creek Ranch is a live water ranch that is incredibly peaceful in a protected setting on the banks of Rock Cliff Reservoir, Spires Creek, and the Medina River. The Headquarters, tastefully located on the cliffs of the Lake along with impeccable cut limestone improvements and an architecturally unique airplane hangar and runway. The combination of native pastures, wooded savannas, rock outcrops, and forested bottoms provided a diversity of habitat types for game and non-game species.
Hummingbird Ranch is in the heart of the Davis Mountains, straddling Limpia Canyon adjacent to the Davis Mountain Preserve. A natural high elevation wooded private escape located in the DMR subdivision provides a diverse habitat and abundance of game and non-game animals and wildlife. The ranch is named after the rich diversity of hummingbirds found here with at least 16 species documented including the Rivoli, White Eared, Rufus, Anna’s and Lucifer hummingbirds to name a few.
Balmorhea Warehouse is located at Exit 209 fronting on south side of I-10 east of Balmorhea at Highway 17 intersection which is the gateway to Ft Davis and the Texas Mountain Region to the south.
Comprising 77,261 deeded acres and 12,000 acres of leased land, this represents one of the most significant private landholdings in the Trans-Pecos region of Texas. Encompassing the majority of two entire mountain ranges, this is an opportunity to control a landscape at true geographic scale. Elevations rise dramatically from desert grasslands along the Rio Grande to the summit of Eagle Peak at 7,484 feet, offering exceptional topographic diversity. This elevation change creates a classic “sky island” ecosystem—an isolated mountain environment where increased rainfall, cooler temperatures, and varied soils support vegetation and wildlife typically absent from surrounding desert.
