McKee Ranch

In the desert, farm/​ranch experiences can be hard to come by. This family owned and operated is a cute little find. My family and I have only gone during the month of October, so that is what I will base my review on.
For a $ 20 donation per family, you can stay busy for a few hours, especially with younger kiddos. A nice place to explore farm life and mix it with fun things to do. Have never had an encounter with a less than friendly employee or a hostile animal, however my children are older and are not so enthusiastically smothering of any of the animals.

I just discovered this place and visited on Halloween 10÷31÷15. There were about 20 horses, 3 ponies, 1 donkey, 2 pigs, 2 turkeys, a gaggle of geese, ½ a dozen ducks, 5 adult bunnies & 3 baby bunnies, 5 goats and tons of chickens. We brought large carrots, baby carrots and saltines and were able to feed most of the animals. The horses were begging but that’s probably because they were fed so much this month. I imagine they’ll be far calmer next time we visit. The animals look well-​fed and loved. A couple had infections but are being treated by veterinarians. I definitely plan to go again.

In Las Vegas where it’s just desert, the McKee Ranch makes it seem like fall in a different city. The whole atmosphere made me enjoy and embrace nature even more. The chickens and roosters ran free. The goats were minding their own business. It’s beautifully decorated everywhere throughout the ranch. Did I mention? Great photo opportunity all around! In my opinion, the only downside is that $ 20 isn’t worth a family photo and a pumpkin, but that shouldn’t bring the rest of the pros down.

Dirty, disgusting and all of the animals look unhealthy. Can’t feed half of the horses because they bite. Horses were filthy and looks like they haven’t been brushed or bathed. Most of the chickens looked like they had mange. Bathrooms (porta pottys) were practically unusable and filled with feces and flies. Save your donation and don’t waste your time!

Very inexpensive family fun place. They have so many neat trinkets for adults to look at. The animals are everywhere you can feed them, ride the horses or. Even just sit back to watch the chickens and turkeys. Awesome place!

This place might be fun to go to in October but their customer service is horrendous. I literally called once or more a day for two weeks trying to figure out if/​how I could have a birthday party at the ranch for my three year old daughter. I also emailed and Facebook emailed. They did respond to the Facebook email but literally only answered one of the many questions I asked. It was going to be 4 young children and then 16 adults… The owner said it would be $ 350 plus I’d have to bring my own food and drinks, and it would be self-​run. I’m all for a self-​run party, but not if I need to pay a «$ 350 donation». Why would I pay $ 350 for four children to play on a ranch that has free entry? Then he was complaining about how much it costs to run a place like that… He was just rude and didn’t want anything to do with me unless I was going to pay $ 350.

Great place, my daughters had fun… The horse ride only 1 horse and the line very long. They should put couple more horses

Nothing special here. Just a cute lil dirty ranch on the outskirts of town. Be warned, no snacks available, unless ya want to naw on one of the horses carrots.

Love this place! We came here for the pumpkin patch around 3pm. It was not crowed at all. The little one enjoyed feeding all the animals and running around. We got a bucket of carrots for $ 1 to feed the horses, donkey, and goats. The décor was beautiful. We cannot wait to go again next year.

LOVE this place! Went around 6:30 p.m. tonight. Hours on Unilocal are inaccurate, their posted sign there says they are open daily 9am-​6pm & their voicemail says «sun up to sun down», so not exactly sure about that. They offer pony rides and possibly other things during whatever their normal hours. But we were still able to go in and feed chickens/​birds, donkey, ponies, and the horses. All the animals are friendly and not skiiddish. Very important: THE ANIMAL WELFARE SEEMS GOOD HERE. Proper food/​drink for them, decent enclosures and a lot of them roaming freely. Bring your own crackers/​carrots etc because I didnt see any for sale. (Possibly that is an option during normal hrs.) The décor is extentsive & delightful. The whole place is so quaint & lits bits of country/​barn stuff through out. There is also dogs, pigs, lambs, goat n more. I hope this place is around forever, it is a Vegas hidden treasure. I found it by driving up dean martin dr… and realized I had heard of it before because my family has gone to their halloween event before. I am totally excited about this ranch & will return often! Thank you guys for your cute, fun place! And for takin great care of these lives that reside here.

Such a neat little hidden ranch. It gave my kids the opportunity to feed horses and see goats and chickens and a donkey. That’s something they don’t get to see everyday here in Vegas! Cowboy Max is also very helpful.

Coolest place ever!!! I’ve never been so close to live chickens and other animals before. My son loved it as we’ll! We’ll be going back quite often! They also sell fresh eggs so I thought that was pretty cool. I’ll probably have my sons birthday there next year.

This place is AWESOME! By far the best farm in the desert! We found the place on accident just driving down Dean Martin and stopped because of the fresh eggs sign. IM SO HAPPY WE STOPPED!
There are chickens, bunnies, ducks, pot bellied pigs, sheep, goats, burros, horses — even a Clydesdale! You can bring carrots or apples for the horses (which I will def do next time!) you can tell the horses expect a treat!
The guy that collects the eggs is really nice and welcoming, the décor and atmosphere is so cool for a farm in vegas– whoever comes and doesn’t have fun is confused! Can’t wait to go back!

We attended a birthday party here and It was really cute. Without a party, I’m not entirely sure how much time you could spend here and be entertained. The party package included access to the ranch for all the guests, a meal (mac & cheese, hot dogs, fried chicken, buns, cole slaw, etc), a cake with ice cream, and a hayride.
There are several different types of farm animals — goats, horses, donkeys, chickens and a pig. There are TONS of chickens. The area where the party is not blocked off from the animals and we were literally battling the chickens to eat. I’m not a clean freak at all but even I was a little weirded out to have chickens running all over the table I was eating on.
There are also several horses, all stabled. The horses are extremely aggressive. You can tell they are used to be fed the provided carrots, etc by visiting guests. When you get close to them, they anticipate you are going to feed them and we were nipped at several times. Because of this, it is very difficult to pet the horses. There was a super sweet donkey that we were able to give some love to.
There is a bunch of older looking play equipment set up in a kind of hodge podge fashion. In fact, all the toys are pretty old looking and just kind of randomly scattered about. The kids at the party seemed disinterested.
The staff was super friendly and the highlight of the party was the hay ride. The kids really seemed to enjoy this.
All in all, this seemed to be a great place to host a child’s party as long as all the adults stay to watch their own kiddos. The animals and all the old junk definitely require a 1:1 parent/​child ratio.

So I have had to lower expectations coming from Oregon to Las Vegas, NV. Wasn’t sure what to expect today at the ranch, but went with an open mind because of good reviews. It is kind of like a hodgepodge of activities here, and a bit crowded for the space.
My review is mainly of their old, old playground equipment. My son and daughter enjoyed the merry-​go-​round, but we saw many children fall off and get hurt while riding it. Also, on our way out, my two children went down the slide near the front entrance. With the large bump on the slide, my son ended up face planting right into the hay/​dirt and he got some cuts on his face and bled. Lots of crying. Not a good way to end the afternoon at the «pumpkin patch.»
The highlight of the event was the free photography session by LaLa photography. Nice staff and they had western dress up clothes. They were the highlight, and not even a part of the ranch.
Will we return to this ranch? No. We can live without the old playground equipment injuries! On our way out we notified a staff person, whose response was «that’s the first one today.» No apology for it. (I realize there is risk in letting kids play on things, but if several kids are getting hurt, may be time to look into getting some safer equipment, or just not having any).

Bring your crackers and carrots to feed the animals roaming about! DO NOT WEAR YOUR GOOD SHOES. This is a ranch, tons of dust and hay. My kids love seeing the new foal Sochi, she’s growing up so fast.
There are 2 playgrounds my kids enjoy. I bring a lunch to sit and eat, the begging chickens are hilarious. Seriously, they are the silliest. I make sure we have crackers for them while we eat. It does freak out my youngest a little but not enough to make me rethink eating there.
Bring your camera too, McKee Ranch Foundation is FULL of photo opt areas. I love the old school cowboy theme they have going.
They also lease the unwanted horses they take in. I love that they take in these horses. It really allows for people who want such a beautiful animal but need boarding.
We are looking into their birthday parties next!

Took the kiddos for «Ranch Day» and they had a good time. Pony rides, feeding the animals and playing with their friends. Was a great way to spend the afternoon.

This is a cutesy little place thats fun to take the kids to to pet & feed the animals. Theyll have fun. There are horses, chickens, cows, etc. bring carrots!
Its usually free to walk around but in the fall they charge by the head. The falls the best time to come, as they have hayrides, face painting and «pumpkin picking» (the pumpkins are just scattered around the grounds).
Its not much
Still, in a city like vegas, youve gotta lower your expectations a bit.

We attended today for the Spring Break event. It was $ 5 for each kid, which was supposed to include a horse and hay ride. I didn’t see any hay rides. My kids are 9 and 5. My daughter loved the horse ride and wanted more than the 3 minute turn around the corral. My son was happy to be done and has no desire to go for a horseback ride again.
The carrot buckets were $ 1 each. The carrots we brought were too small to really give them to the horses. My kids were not down to give the carrots to the horses/​ponies/​etc.
My daughter had her nails done for $ 3. There was supposed to be face painting for $ 2, but again, I didn’t see anyone available to do them.
The owner (I think) was great with the kids and answered questions in an understandable way.
This place is really more geared towards children from 2 – 4 years of age. While there are many toys and play area, it’s was too small for my kids. It is a nice idea as a nonprofit and I am sure that little kids adore it, but we left within an hour.

McKee Ranch is a fun free place to take your kids. Only during the month of October do they charge to get in. I believe it is $ 20 per family and you get a pumpkin and a hay ride. I have never been to the pumpkin patch so can’t speak on that. I will say I wouldn’t pay $ 20 to go play there. The rest of the year it is free and they are open everyday from dawn to dusk. Usually when we are here there are little or no people. Just come on in, but make sure to lock the gate behind you. Also your kids will get dirty so make sure they are wearing play clothes.
They have goats, pigs, horses, chickens and rabbits. We bring saltines for the goats and chickens and carrots for horses and pigs. They also have a small older swing set and some older toys, tonka trucks, things like that. My kids love those old toys. They aren’t the prettiest to look at but they do the job. Also I think if you put new stuff out there it would look like the old stuff rather quickly, between all the kids using them and being out in the elements, etc. I have a hard time tearing my kids away from the toys to feed the animals.
My son had his 3^rd birthday party here. It was $ 500 included bbq, snacks, drinks and sides, cake, hay ride, pony rides and carrots to feed the animals. Overall it was a great party. The kids loved Cowboy Max and the whole staff did a great job of keeping the party moving and making sure everyone got a pony ride, etc. I has a few small issues. First, I specifically asked for a plain cake. The pictures I was shown the wife decorated the cake and there were little plastic trees and animals on it. I fully admit I am a cake snob. I was going to order a cake from Freeds but their quote was more then the whole party so I decided just to go with the cake included. I asked for nothing to be on the cake and gave them a cake topper. They used my topper but still added all there little trees etc. I didn’t say anything. I should have just went with their cake, their way. Bad choice on my part. Second, Max made a very long speech during the party going on and on about the ranch and they do parties (duh we are at one) weddings, etc. I understand it is a good way to get business just keep it short and sweet. This isn’t a timeshare pitch. Max and Christie (wife) are very sweet and I am sure they mean well. They both were very nice and took time out to talk to the kids and make everyone feel welcome.