THE BELVOIR RANCH AND BIG HOLE MASTER PLAN

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M A S T E R P L A NC I T Y O F C H E Y E N N E

SEPTEMBER 2008

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SPOTWOOD CREEK

WILLOW CREEK

DUCK CREEK

5

6

BORIE FIELDACCESS

GATED MISSILESITE ACCESS

ROCK QUARRY ACCESS TO

THE BIG HOLE

WARREN ACCESS

Har

riman

Road

GRANITE

GRANITECANON

ToHarr

iman

SOAPSTONE PRAIRIE NATURAL AREACITY OF FORT COLLINS

(SENSITIVE NATURAL AREA 18,721 ACRES)

RED MOUNTAIN OPEN SPACELARIMER COUNTY

(13,448 ACRES)

THE BIGHOLE RIM

THEBIG HOLEGATEWAY

GRANITERANCH

SUBDIVISION

To LaramieWILLADSENSCHOOL

LANDFILL AREA

LONE TREE CREEK

To Cheyenne

102

225

80

Otto Road

Landfill Road

COLORADO (Larimer County)

WYOMING (Laramie County)

HAYGOODCANYON

Links Golf Course

Golf Center

RV CampgroundExisting UPRR Reservoir

TentCampground

Retreat/ConferenceCenter

PrimitiveCampsite

Mountain BikeFreeride

Park

ExistingAccessTunnel Under RailroadTracks

Existing AccessTunnel Under Railroad Tracks

+ 7200 ft

+6900 ft

+ 6900 ft

+ 7360 ft

+7360 ft

7300 ft+

+

D

E

F

G

A

7360 ft

B

C

Individual / Group Tent Campground

WestReservoir #2

Tent CampgroundWest Reservoir

Belvoir No. 5 Well

Belvoir No. 6 Well

RanchHeadquarters/EquestrianCenter/Dude Ranch

TentCampground

Primitive CampsiteEast ReservoirEquestrian CampsiteEast Reservoir #2Existing Borie Field Reservoir

The Big Hole Road

Missile Site Road

Windy Ridge Trail

Belvoir Road

Belvoir Road

BELVOIRRANCH

M A S T E R P L A N

CITY OF CHEYENNEWYOMING

ZNOTE: THE SCALE AND CONFIGURATION OF ALL INFORMATION SHOWN HEREON ARE APPROXIMATE ONLY AND ARE NOT INTENDED AS A GUIDE FOR DESIGN ORSURVEY WORK. REPRODUCTION IS NOT PERMITTED WITHOUT PRIOR WRITTENPERMISSION FROM THE CITY OF CHEYENNE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

Date: September 2008

MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN

0 2000 4000 8000 Feet

THE BIG HOLE CONSERVATION EASEMENT

POTENTIAL WIND GENERATION AREA

PROPOSED RESERVOIR

EXISTING RESERVOIR

LANDFILL ROAD

LIMITED ACCESS ROAD

BELVOIR RANCH ROAD

MAJOR ROAD

INTERSTATE HIGHWAY

GRADED ROAD

RAILROAD

EXISTING TRAIL OR 2-TRACK ROAD

MAJOR CREEK

RANCH PLANNING BOUNDARY

ADJACENT PUBLIC OPEN SPACE

ACCESS POINT

GATED ACCESS

TRAILS KEYNote: All trails will be multi-use, but different areas ofthe Ranch have been planned for more intense use bydesignated user groups.

HIKING SYSTEM: Purpose-built frontcountry trails; short, easy loops near activity centers with ADA accessible segments Purpose-built backcountry trailsMOUNTAIN BIKING SYSTEM: Purpose-built single-track loops Purpose-built long-distance single-track EQUESTRIAN SYSTEM: Short loops near activity centers Backcountry trails on existing two-trackREGIONAL CONNECTIONS: Proposed multi-use backcountry trails for Belvoir Ranch and regional connections

PROPOSED PIPELINE ALIGNMENT (BOPU)

POSSIBLE FUTURE PIPELINES (BOPU)

LARGE EXISTING WELL (BOPU)

TRAILHEAD (HIKING / MTN. BIKING /EQUESTRIAN/ ADA Accessible)

CAMPGROUND / CAMPSITE

Monumentation/SignageWayfinding SignageGated EntryEducational Opportunities

University Research Center Archaeology, Rangeland Ecology and Management, Agricultural Economics

Youth Outdoor Classroom Educational/Interpretive Signage and Trails Education Center CampgroundSpecial EventsEquestrian / Mtn. Bike TrailheadRecreation: Wildlife Viewing

MISSILE SITEMonumentation/SignagePrimary Access into Ranch (Year-Round)Visitor CenterCheyenne Legacy & Mtns. to Plains Project MuseumRetreat/Conference Center - Cabins, Weddings/EventsVillage: Gas/Food, Convenience Retail, Specialty Retail Restroom Building, Ranch Maintenance BuildingWayfinding SignageInterpretive Signage/Cultural History Trail - ADA Access.Parking / Equestrian Trailer ParkingTent Campground/RV Campground w/OverlookHiking / Mtn. Bike / Equestrian TrailheadTechnical Freeride ParkRecreation: Picnicking w/shelters, Wildlife/Bird Viewing

BELVOIR GATEWAY VILLAGEFrontcountry Reservoir #1 - ADA AccessibleParking / Bus ParkingTent / Group Camping Hiking / Equestrian TrailheadVault Toilet Links Golf Course & ClubhouseBackcountry Reservoir #2Activity Areas: Playground,Archery Practice Area, Frisbee GolfRecreation: Fishing, Swimming, Picnickingw/Shelters, Wildlife/Bird Viewing,Backcountry Camping

WEST RESERVOIR SITE

Wayfinding SignageHiking / Equestrian TrailsBackcountry Hiking / Equestrian TrailheadBackcountry Camping, Hiking & EquestrianTent / Group CampingVault ToiletsRanch Headquarters (existing)Equestrian Center / Dude Ranch Educational/Interpretive Signage and Trails

Wetlands, Wildlife Viewing, Birding, Historic, RanchingBackcountry ReservoirsActivity Areas: Playground, Frisbee Golf, Petting ZooRecreation: Fishing, Swimming, Picnicking w/ shelters Wildlife/Bird Viewing, Wagon Rides/Chuck Wagon Dinners,

ASSUMPTIONS:• The City and State land parcels comprising Belvoir Ranch will be planned, developed, and managed as one contiguous 23,600 acre parcel.

• A management plan will becompleted for The Big Hole allowing public access and additional traildevelopment.

• Borie Field access and improve-ments are not financially feasible at this time.

NOTES:• No provision for expanded municipal development: schools, prisons, hospital, subsidized housing, cem-eteries, etc.

• Stacked (short, medium, long) trail systems for hiking, equestrian, and mountain biking will connect theactivity centers and features through-out the site.

Cattle Grazing to continuein selected areas

Hunter Management Areas to bemaintained as feasible

RANCH MANAGEMENT

Alternative Energy Wind farm on optimal ridges and/or solar field (south facing draws)User Fees Camping Links Golf CourseSpecial EventsConference CenterCamper CabinsEquestrian Center / Dude Ranch

REVENUE GENERATION

GATEWAY LOCATION:Monumentation/SignageWayfinding SignagePrimitive Individual / Group CampgroundVault Toilets, Potable WaterEquestrian Trailer ParkingHiking / Mtn. Bike / Equestrian TrailheadInterpretive Signage / Trail

RIM LOCATION:Wayfinding SignageInterpretive Signage / Trails

THE BIG HOLE

BELVOIR MEADOW

Limited Non-Public Gated Access& Equestrian Parking and Access(Public vehicle access will requiremajor bridge improvements)

Possible Future Access

SPOTWOOD CREEK

WILLOW CREEK

DUCK CREEK

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The Big HoleRim

The Big HoleGateway

RanchHeadquarters

Gateway Village

MissileSite

West Reservoir Area

BOPU KEY

Well Sites

Belvoir Wells No. 5 & 6

Proposed Pipeline Alignment

Possible Future Pipelines

The Big Hole Road

Belvoir Road

5

Missile Site Road(Limited Access)

Har

riman

Road

GRANITE

GRANITECANON

ToHarr

iman

SOAPSTONE PRAIRIE NATURAL AREARED MOUNTAIN OPEN SPACE

GRANITERANCH

SUBDIVISION

To LaramieWILLADSENSCHOOL

LONE TREE CREEK

To Cheyenne

102

225

80

Otto Road

COLORADO (Larimer County)

WYOMING (Laramie County)

HAYGOODCANYON

SPOTWOOD CREEK

WILLOW CREEK

DUCK CREEK

The Big HoleRim

The Big HoleGateway

RanchHeadquarters

Gateway Village

MissileSite

West Reservoir Area

Har

riman

Road

GRANITE

GRANITECANON

ToHarr

iman

SOAPSTONE PRAIRIE NATURAL AREARED MOUNTAIN OPEN SPACE

GRANITERANCH

SUBDIVISION

To LaramieWILLADSENSCHOOL

LONE TREE CREEK

To Cheyenne

102

225

80

Otto Road

COLORADO (Larimer County)

WYOMING (Laramie County)

HAYGOODCANYON

S E P T E M B E R 2 0 0 8 • C I T Y O F C H E Y E N N E • �

E X E C U T I V E S U M M A R Y

SPOTWOOD CREEK

WILLOW CREEK

DUCK CREEK

5

6

BORIE FIELDACCESS

GATED MISSILESITE ACCESS

ROCK QUARRY ACCESS TO

THE BIG HOLE

WARREN ACCESS

Har

riman

Road

GRANITE

GRANITECANON

ToHarr

iman

SOAPSTONE PRAIRIE NATURAL AREACITY OF FORT COLLINS

(SENSITIVE NATURAL AREA 18,721 ACRES)

RED MOUNTAIN OPEN SPACELARIMER COUNTY

(13,448 ACRES)

THE BIGHOLE RIM

THEBIG HOLEGATEWAY

GRANITERANCH

SUBDIVISION

To LaramieWILLADSENSCHOOL

LANDFILL AREA

LONE TREE CREEK

To Cheyenne

102

225

80

Otto Road

Landfill Road

COLORADO (Larimer County)

WYOMING (Laramie County)

HAYGOODCANYON

Links Golf Course

Golf Center

RV CampgroundExisting UPRR Reservoir

TentCampground

Retreat/ConferenceCenter

PrimitiveCampsite

Mountain BikeFreeride

Park

ExistingAccessTunnel Under RailroadTracks

Existing AccessTunnel Under Railroad Tracks

+ 7200 ft

+6900 ft

+ 6900 ft

+ 7360 ft

+7360 ft

7300 ft+

+

D

E

F

G

A

7360 ft

B

C

Individual / Group Tent Campground

WestReservoir #2

Tent CampgroundWest Reservoir

Belvoir No. 5 Well

Belvoir No. 6 Well

RanchHeadquarters/EquestrianCenter/Dude Ranch

TentCampground

Primitive CampsiteEast ReservoirEquestrian CampsiteEast Reservoir #2Existing Borie Field Reservoir

The Big Hole Road

Missile Site Road

Windy Ridge Trail

Belvoir Road

Belvoir Road

BELVOIRRANCH

M A S T E R P L A N

CITY OF CHEYENNEWYOMING

ZNOTE: THE SCALE AND CONFIGURATION OF ALL INFORMATION SHOWN HEREON ARE APPROXIMATE ONLY AND ARE NOT INTENDED AS A GUIDE FOR DESIGN ORSURVEY WORK. REPRODUCTION IS NOT PERMITTED WITHOUT PRIOR WRITTENPERMISSION FROM THE CITY OF CHEYENNE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

Date: September 2008

MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN

0 2000 4000 8000 Feet

THE BIG HOLE CONSERVATION EASEMENT

POTENTIAL WIND GENERATION AREA

PROPOSED RESERVOIR

EXISTING RESERVOIR

LANDFILL ROAD

LIMITED ACCESS ROAD

BELVOIR RANCH ROAD

MAJOR ROAD

INTERSTATE HIGHWAY

GRADED ROAD

RAILROAD

EXISTING TRAIL OR 2-TRACK ROAD

MAJOR CREEK

RANCH PLANNING BOUNDARY

ADJACENT PUBLIC OPEN SPACE

ACCESS POINT

GATED ACCESS

TRAILS KEYNote: All trails will be multi-use, but different areas ofthe Ranch have been planned for more intense use bydesignated user groups.

HIKING SYSTEM: Purpose-built frontcountry trails; short, easy loops near activity centers with ADA accessible segments Purpose-built backcountry trailsMOUNTAIN BIKING SYSTEM: Purpose-built single-track loops Purpose-built long-distance single-track EQUESTRIAN SYSTEM: Short loops near activity centers Backcountry trails on existing two-trackREGIONAL CONNECTIONS: Proposed multi-use backcountry trails for Belvoir Ranch and regional connections

PROPOSED PIPELINE ALIGNMENT (BOPU)

POSSIBLE FUTURE PIPELINES (BOPU)

LARGE EXISTING WELL (BOPU)

TRAILHEAD (HIKING / MTN. BIKING /EQUESTRIAN/ ADA Accessible)

CAMPGROUND / CAMPSITE

Monumentation/SignageWayfinding SignageGated EntryEducational Opportunities

University Research Center Archaeology, Rangeland Ecology and Management, Agricultural Economics

Youth Outdoor Classroom Educational/Interpretive Signage and Trails Education Center CampgroundSpecial EventsEquestrian / Mtn. Bike TrailheadRecreation: Wildlife Viewing

MISSILE SITEMonumentation/SignagePrimary Access into Ranch (Year-Round)Visitor CenterCheyenne Legacy & Mtns. to Plains Project MuseumRetreat/Conference Center - Cabins, Weddings/EventsVillage: Gas/Food, Convenience Retail, Specialty Retail Restroom Building, Ranch Maintenance BuildingWayfinding SignageInterpretive Signage/Cultural History Trail - ADA Access.Parking / Equestrian Trailer ParkingTent Campground/RV Campground w/OverlookHiking / Mtn. Bike / Equestrian TrailheadTechnical Freeride ParkRecreation: Picnicking w/shelters, Wildlife/Bird Viewing

BELVOIR GATEWAY VILLAGEFrontcountry Reservoir #1 - ADA AccessibleParking / Bus ParkingTent / Group Camping Hiking / Equestrian TrailheadVault Toilet Links Golf Course & ClubhouseBackcountry Reservoir #2Activity Areas: Playground,Archery Practice Area, Frisbee GolfRecreation: Fishing, Swimming, Picnickingw/Shelters, Wildlife/Bird Viewing,Backcountry Camping

WEST RESERVOIR SITE

Wayfinding SignageHiking / Equestrian TrailsBackcountry Hiking / Equestrian TrailheadBackcountry Camping, Hiking & EquestrianTent / Group CampingVault ToiletsRanch Headquarters (existing)Equestrian Center / Dude Ranch Educational/Interpretive Signage and Trails

Wetlands, Wildlife Viewing, Birding, Historic, RanchingBackcountry ReservoirsActivity Areas: Playground, Frisbee Golf, Petting ZooRecreation: Fishing, Swimming, Picnicking w/ shelters Wildlife/Bird Viewing, Wagon Rides/Chuck Wagon Dinners,

ASSUMPTIONS:• The City and State land parcels comprising Belvoir Ranch will be planned, developed, and managed as one contiguous 23,600 acre parcel.

• A management plan will becompleted for The Big Hole allowing public access and additional traildevelopment.

• Borie Field access and improve-ments are not financially feasible at this time.

NOTES:• No provision for expanded municipal development: schools, prisons, hospital, subsidized housing, cem-eteries, etc.

• Stacked (short, medium, long) trail systems for hiking, equestrian, and mountain biking will connect theactivity centers and features through-out the site.

Cattle Grazing to continuein selected areas

Hunter Management Areas to bemaintained as feasible

RANCH MANAGEMENT

Alternative Energy Wind farm on optimal ridges and/or solar field (south facing draws)User Fees Camping Links Golf CourseSpecial EventsConference CenterCamper CabinsEquestrian Center / Dude Ranch

REVENUE GENERATION

GATEWAY LOCATION:Monumentation/SignageWayfinding SignagePrimitive Individual / Group CampgroundVault Toilets, Potable WaterEquestrian Trailer ParkingHiking / Mtn. Bike / Equestrian TrailheadInterpretive Signage / Trail

RIM LOCATION:Wayfinding SignageInterpretive Signage / Trails

THE BIG HOLE

BELVOIR MEADOW

Limited Non-Public Gated Access& Equestrian Parking and Access(Public vehicle access will requiremajor bridge improvements)

Possible Future Access

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