9E Ranch Bed & Breakfast

For the right couple, the 9E Ranch will provide a perfect natural setting for your small intimate wedding. March brings a backdrop of bluebonnets for your special day; April gives a burst of red poppies and as the poppies fade the blue larkspur and purple winecups grace the beds with color. May unfolds with oceans of yellow daisies and zexmenias. As the summer approaches the pink, red and white roses burst into bloom along with the passion vines and blue plumbago. The water lilies in the pond bloom purple and yellow while the crepe myrtle blooms pink, purple and white. Late in summer and into fall the American Beauty Berry shows off with lots of purple and violet colored berries along with constant color from the sages and Texas Betony. The winter backdrop offers the deep green of the pines of the Lost Pine Forest.

Music of the wind in the pine trees and birds around will make a truely special day. Perhaps you would prefer the breathtaking view from the hilltop gazebo for your special time. The 9E Ranch is full of beauty for the memorable day. Let us help you plan to make your dream day come true at the 9E Ranch with a caring minister, Pastor Kent Bohls.

Gathered around the gazebo on the hill top with a view as far as the eye can see, surrounded by family and friends in a ceremony celebrating your love and commitment to each other is truely a wonderful way to begin your life together. The 9E Ranch isn't for everyone, but it might be just perfect for you. Give us a call.

9E RANCH Wedding Package
$1200 Wedding with 50 guests or fewer includes: Use of the Gazebo, chairs, bathroom use at the Ranch House, two cabins (Texas Lone Star and Eagle's Nest) for two nights, and Minister/coordinator for the wedding. Reception is additional $500 and includes use of the Garden Room, deck on the Ranch House, and two tables for 4 hours. Does not include flowers, cake, photographer, food for reception. $300 and a signed contract required to hold date. Payment in full is required 30 days in advance of wedding date.

The 9E Ranch is a 300-acre working cattle ranch; there are three ponds and wooded Piney Creek with hiking trails, a gazebo in the meadow and one at an overlook, great benches for sunsets, inviting porches and rocking chairs for relaxing. You may even want to assist with the ranch chores!

Shoppers can wander off to Bastrop, Alum Creek or Smithville, all within 15 minutes for some wonderful antiques, crafts and even fine art! Gonzales is 30 minutes down 304 and the famous events of Round Top are only 45 minutes away.

Buescher State Park has fishing and 7.7 miles of hiking trails. Bastrop State Park has a great swimming pool, 8.5 miles of hiking trails, and the road between the parks is perfect for bicycling. Lake Bastrop Park has boat ramps and is all set for swimming, canoeing, boating and fishing. McKinney Roughs offers hiking and horse trails.

Within ten minutes of the ranch, visit the Central Texas Antique Car Museum, arrange with Trina of the YL Ranch for a trail ride and a romantic evening picnic on the Watterson Ranch or visit Owl's General Store for an amazing array of western wear, gifts, decorator items and horse tack, or attend the Wednesday cattle auction at Hill Prairie Auction Barn.

A golfer's paradise has arrived in Bastrop County with four great courses, Colovista, 20 minutes away, Pine Forest, 15 minutes, and Lost Pines at Bastrop State Park, 15 minutes. The Hyatt has just opened the new Wolfdancer course that is 20 minutes from us. All are highly rated in the state of Texas! We are glad to be your home base for your golf outing.

Cabins under the Texas stars on a 300 acre ranch in the Lost Pine forest provide peaceful and romantic accommodations for honeymoon, anniversaries, special getaways, quiet time, and weddings. Experience the beauty of the Lost Pines of Texas while relaxing in a rocking chair on the front porch of the Texas Lone Star Log Cabin or take in the panoramic view of the Lost Pine Forest from Eagles' Nest Log Cabin tucked in the hillside pines. Other options include our largest cabin, the Daisy Cottage, located on a hill with windows on three sides or Michelle's Log Cabin, which overlooks the horse pasture and features the photography of horse lover, Michelle Otto.

Accolades & Associations

Named "Best for Star Gazing" by Arrington's Bed and Breakfast Journal
Dusty Dave's 100 Most Beautiful Rustic Inns
Article in "Texas Highways"
9E Ranch Bed and Breakfast is a member of HAT (Historical/Hospitality Association of Texas)
Texas Hotel/Motel Association
Bastrop-Smithville Bed and Breakfast Association
Bastrop Chamber of Commerce
Smithville Chamber of Commerce

Four cabins on a 300-acre Texas ranch in the Lost Pine Forest are available for guests. Texas Longhorns, guineas, wild turkeys, deer, birds of every kind, quarter horses, 3 miniature donkeys, cats and wildlife will keep you company as you hike the ranch.

A delicious breakfast of orange juice, fruits, pastries and a hot entree is served in a delightfully decorated basket and left outside your cabin door on Saturday mornings. Sunday morning breakfast will be brought to your cabin on Saturday so you may heat and enjoy at your leisure. Weekday rates do not include breakfast. Gourmet fair traded coffee and a coffee maker are provided.