A movie ranch is a ranch that is at least partially dedicated for use as a set in the creation and production of motion pictures and television shows. These were developed in the United States in southern California, because of the climate.
Apacheland building
Building in the area of the ranch known as the Elvis Chapel, 2010
Actors in a death scene at Corriganville Movie Ranch, California, 1963
First National Studios with the Lasky Ranch in the distance.
A ranch is an area of land, including various structures, given primarily to ranching, the practice of raising grazing livestock such as cattle and sheep. It is a subtype of farm. These terms are most often applied to livestock-raising operations in Mexico, the Western United States and Western Canada, though there are ranches in other areas. People who own or operate a ranch are called ranchers, cattlemen, or stockgrowers. Ranching is also a method used to raise less common livestock such as horses, elk, American bison, ostrich, emu, and alpaca.
View of the Grant-Kohrs Ranch near Deer Lodge, Montana
Aike Ranch, El Calafate
Frijole Ranch (c. 1876) is part of Guadalupe Mountains National Park in west Texas, United States.
A rancho in Jalisco