Big Sky Ranch is a
movie ranch in
Simi Valley,
California, that is used for the filming of
Western television series and motion pictures, among other projects. The Ventura County Cultural Heritage Board designated several of these buildings County Landmark #71 in July 1981.[1] The ranch is within the
Los Angeles Studio Zone.[2]
History
The site is part of the 12,500-acre (5,058.57 ha) (19.5 sq.mi.) ranch purchased by the Patterson Ranch Co. in 1903 to raise grain, cattle, hogs and sheep.
J. Paul Getty bought the ranch in the 1930s. After purchasing the ranch in 1981, Watt Enterprises named it Big Sky Ranch.[3] Many of the sets were destroyed by a wildfire in 2003.[4][5]