FARM 'E' DOUBLE O RANCH

Farm type: Cattle ranch, meat sales.

Directions: From I-5 exit 232 (Cook Road/Sedro-Woolley). East on Cook Road to Sedro-Woolley, turn left, take Hwy. 20 east to Concrete. Turn right on Concrete Sauk Valley Rd. Go 1 mile, cross bridge, stay left. In 2 miles, Double O Ranch/Ovenell’s Heritage Inn is on right.

Farm premises: 580 acre cattle ranch, wildlife preserve.

Ovenell’s Heritage Inn: Accommodations available: antique-filled farmhouse. Log cabins with views of Mt. Baker.







Festival activities:

• Hayride farm tour
• Meet Clydesdale horses, burros, and Blossom the Big Pink Squirrel
• Horse-drawn wagon ride ($)
• Tours of conservation and timber lands
• Mule harrowing demonstration (Saturday only)
• Children's games
• Cowpie bingo ($)
• Modern and antique tractor displays
• Wine tasting (Saturday only) ($)
• See ultrasound exam of livestock

Learn while touring these premises: ‘Saving the Salmon Project,’ learn about cattle breeding, pasture and timber management.

Food ($): Cattleman’s BBQ, homemade bread and jam.

Retail ($): Beef orders, cedar candleholders, jam/bread baskets.

Free Samples: Apple sauce bread, jams, coffee, hot cider, lemonade and more.

Farm history: Double O Ranch and Ovenell’s Heritage Inn was founded in 1940. In 1997 a B & B and log cabins were added. Original 713 acres were purchased by James T. Ovenell and Harold Pearson in the late 1940’s. By 1960 James Ovenell and family were sole owners.

AgFARMation: The Ovenells are a pioneer farm family who arrived in the Skagit Valley in the late 1800’s. We are one of Skagit County’s first conservation farms.