Double O Ranch

Ovenell’s Heritage Inn & Log Cabins

Owners: The Ovenell Family

Farm Type: Cattle Ranch & Meat Sales

Farm Premises: 580 acre cattle ranch, wildlife preserve.

Ovenell’s Heritage Inn: AAA Rated Accommodations available: Pine log cabins, antique-filled farmhouse with a view of Mt. Baker.

About Double O Ranch

Learn While Touring These Premises: Conservation project along the river, learn about calving, animal health, pasture & timber management, ranch wildlife and quality grades of meat. Learn how beef production and conservation projects affect lives around us across the country and throughout the world.

Food ($): Double O Ranch hamburgers, homemade chili and hotdogs. Beverages for sale. Served by Skagit County Cattlemen’s Association. (Half of the proceeds to benefit their scholarship program)

Retail($): Beef orders, USDA inspected beef by the package, jam, harvest bread, honey

Free Samples: Homemade sweet breads, jams, honey and coffee.

Farm History

The original 713 acres were purchased by James T. Ovenell and Harold Pierson in the 1940’s and named the P&O Hereford Ranch. By 1960, James and Mary Ovenell were sole owners and the name changed to Double O Ranch. In 1997, a B&B and log cabins were added. The farm is now in its fourth generation.

AgFARMation

Cattle have a very good memory and can see more than 300 degrees vs. humans that see 180 degrees. Cows and humans share about 80% of their genomic make up.

Activities

~FREE~Festival Activities:

Hands-on educational displays featuring year-round ranch activities, calving and health care.
Hayride, farm tour through pastures, cattle, CREP project and timberland’s; see deer elk and woodland birds.
Footprints of our farm matching game, matching games of our wildlife, cattle, horses and chickens.
Equipment display.
“Carving a ranch from the wilds” farm history and antique equipment display.
Interact with conservation District’s Blossom the pink squirrel.
Pet Skye and Champ the Clydesdale’s.
Visit the ducks, chickens and geese and turkeys.
Self-guided educational scavenger hunt for the whole family.
See herd bulls and weaned calves up close, pet and feed show calves.
Concrete Farm to School partnered with Concrete School District and United General District 304 presents their Fender Blender healthy smoothies information on their program.

Location & Directions

Double O Ranch
46276 Concrete Sauk Valley Rd.
Concrete, WA 98237

360-853-8494

Get 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.

Miles Off of I-5: 30