dude ranch
noun
: a vacation resort offering activities (such as horseback riding) typical of western ranches
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Designed to channel a dude ranch, the site consists of a handful of cabins and dorms situated around a canteen that’s home to the ranch’s kitchen and dining hall. 
Zachary Petit, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Aug. 2022 The dude ranch, the traditional term, is now synonymous with the guest ranch, but there are a vast range of experiences. Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2022 This glamping resort is the largest dude ranch east of the Mississippi, packed with activities like fishing, archery, swamp-buggy rides, horseback riding, and weekly rodeos. Outside Online, 5 Mar. 2021 Almost two years later, on the weekend of May 14, 2022, the two wed at Alisal Ranch, a luxury 10,500-acre dude ranch in the Santa Ynez Valley. Elise Taylor, Vogue, 19 July 2022 Activities start early at a dude ranch, usually right after breakfast. Eric Jay Toll, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2022 Just north of Livingston, at the former Crazy Mountain Ranch, once owned by Philip Morris, winners of a sweepstakes offered in the company’s cigarette packs used to be flown to Montana for a dude ranch vacation. Antonia Hitchens, Town & Country, 8 June 2022 Doug Averill grew up as one of eight boys on his parents’ sprawling dude ranch, the Flathead Lake Lodge, in rural Montana. Outside Online, 10 May 2020 The all-inclusive Colorado dude ranch is both elevated and down-home, with unique activities like cattle-pushing clinics and archery offered alongside gourmet meals and a fantastic spa. Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 6 May 2022 See More
Zachary Petit, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Aug. 2022 The dude ranch, the traditional term, is now synonymous with the guest ranch, but there are a vast range of experiences. Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2022 This glamping resort is the largest dude ranch east of the Mississippi, packed with activities like fishing, archery, swamp-buggy rides, horseback riding, and weekly rodeos. Outside Online, 5 Mar. 2021 Almost two years later, on the weekend of May 14, 2022, the two wed at Alisal Ranch, a luxury 10,500-acre dude ranch in the Santa Ynez Valley. Elise Taylor, Vogue, 19 July 2022 Activities start early at a dude ranch, usually right after breakfast. Eric Jay Toll, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2022 Just north of Livingston, at the former Crazy Mountain Ranch, once owned by Philip Morris, winners of a sweepstakes offered in the company’s cigarette packs used to be flown to Montana for a dude ranch vacation. Antonia Hitchens, Town & Country, 8 June 2022 Doug Averill grew up as one of eight boys on his parents’ sprawling dude ranch, the Flathead Lake Lodge, in rural Montana. Outside Online, 10 May 2020 The all-inclusive Colorado dude ranch is both elevated and down-home, with unique activities like cattle-pushing clinics and archery offered alongside gourmet meals and a fantastic spa. Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 6 May 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1899, in the meaning defined above