Hart Ranch
Ten to 68 acre horse lots in Hart Ranch West, a public course at the center of the village, and three different things sharing one name.
- Typical Lot
- In Hart Ranch West, 13.93 acres at the median, with the middle half from 10.60 to 20.05 acres. Village on the Green lots are all under an acre, so there is no single lot size for Hart Ranch as a whole.
Facts checked August 2026
Acreage and a golf course in the same sentence is rare, and the name causes some confusion besides. Drive in south of town and the layout reads like somebody planned it on purpose, open foothill rolling up into pine. The streets are named for horse breeds, Clydesdale, Appaloosa, Arabian, on ground that traces back to cattle country from the 1880s gold rush. In Hart Ranch West the lots run 13.93 acres at the median, with the middle half from 10.60 to 20.05 acres, while every lot in the village core sits under an acre, so a townhome by the course and a twenty acre stretch of foothill both answer to the name Hart Ranch. Hart Ranch Golf Club sits at the center of it, a Patrick Wyss design open to anyone whether or not you buy here. Buying the house is its own project. Water comes from a private community system on two wells, sewer is mixed with association sewer in the townhome area and septic elsewhere, and the city does not plow a foot of it, three separate road districts do. Acreage buys you distance from all of that, not exemption from it.
Why people buy here
Hart Ranch is a mix of prairie and hills with a planned community feel. You come off the highway and the layout tells you somebody drew it on purpose.
Hart Ranch Golf Club is a public golf course, so you do not have to live in Hart Ranch to book a tee time.
In the townhome sections, the association covers more than most people expect: it mows and waters the lawn, handles snow removal and garbage, and stains the exterior of the townhouse. That is the townhome arrangement rather than the whole area, so check the documents for the exact address before you count on it.
Three Hart Ranches, and people mix them up constantly
The first is Hart Ranch Camping Resort Club, a member owned RV resort run as its own corporation. A membership there is not real estate and does not come with a house or a lot.
The second is Hart Ranch Golf Club, a Patrick Wyss design that opened in 1987 and has picked up public course rankings in South Dakota over the years. Ask the club for its current ranking rather than taking a listing's word for it.
The third is the residential side, the Village on the Green subdivisions, developed by Hart Ranch Development Company. That is the part you can buy. A 2021 phase added 17 single family lots of about half an acre to three quarters near the course.
Hart Ranch is not one product. The acreage figures on this page describe Hart Ranch West. The village core around the golf course, Village on the Green, is denser, has townhomes, and trades at a completely different price level. It is broken out below.
Village on the Green: the golf village inside Hart Ranch
The village core wraps the golf course on lots that run under half an acre to about an acre, which is the opposite of the acreage side. Duffer Drive, Mulligan Mile, Dogleg Drive, Double Eagle Court and Saddle Hill Drive. Homes here date from 1993 to 2026, and two were finished in 2026, which is unusual for a village platted this long ago.
Twenty five distinct closings ran through the village between September 2023 and July 2026, at an overall median of $610,000. That single figure hides two separate markets. Townhomes accounted for 13 of those sales at a $555,600 median, from $450,000 to $829,750, at a median of about 1,968 square feet, and they took a median of 22 days on market. Single family houses accounted for the other 12 at a $1,000,000 median, from $515,000 to $1,399,000, at a median of about 4,033 square feet, and they took a median of 64 days.
Newer construction is concentrated on Saddle Hill Drive. Duffer Drive is the established townhome side. If you want a new build, that is a short list of streets, and if you want the 1990s price level it is a different list.
The warning worth repeating: the village core and the Hart Ranch West acreage are two different products under the Hart Ranch name. A townhome by the course and a twenty acre stretch of foothill share a sign and nothing else, so comparables from one are useless for the other.
What living out here involves
No city sewer and no city water. Water comes from a privately owned community system serving 148 connections from two wells, a third category that is neither a city utility nor your own well, so rates, water quality and repairs are decided by a small board. Read its rules the way you would read covenants. Sewer is mixed: the townhome area is on association sewer and the rest of Hart Ranch is on septic.
The city does not plow here at all. Three road districts do: Clydesdale covers 24 parcels, Lowland 14 and Hart Ranch 8. Find out which one your road is in and what it assesses. Fire is Rockerville Fire District, worth naming when you get an insurance quote because it is not a city department.
The land
It traces back to John Harrison Hart's cattle ground from the 1880s gold rush era and the topography still reads that way: open foothill rolling up into pines rather than a flat grid. Lots near the course carry a different value story than lots set back from it, and view corridors matter here the way they do on any hillside.
Inventory is thin and it changes. Lot availability, which phase is releasing and what the association currently governs can all be different by the time you read this.
How Hart Ranch fits together
Where Hart Ranch sits
The outlines below are reference geometry from county records, not a survey. The recorded plat and a current survey control the exact lines for any one lot.
Subdivision map
- Village on the Green, recorded as VILLAGE ON THE GREEN SUBD
- Village on the Green No. 2, recorded as VILLAGE ON THE GREEN #2 SUBD
- Village on the Green No. 3, recorded as VILLAGE ON THE GREEN NO. 3 SUBDIVISION
Recorded subdivision boundaries from Rapid City and Pennington County GIS. Individual parcel and service details should still be verified by address.
Recorded plat names
- Village on the Green: VILLAGE ON THE GREEN SUBD
- Village on the Green No. 2: VILLAGE ON THE GREEN #2 SUBD
- Village on the Green No. 3: VILLAGE ON THE GREEN NO. 3 SUBDIVISION
What homes cost here
Three different things carry the Hart Ranch name, and confusing them is the single easiest mistake to make out here. Two of them are places you can buy. One of them is not.
Village on the Green is the golf village. Every lot is under an acre. Twenty five homes sold there between September 2023 and July 2026 at a median of $610,000, split between townhomes on Duffer Drive at a $555,600 median and houses on Saddle Hill Drive at a $1,000,000 median.
Hart Ranch West is horse country, and it is a different proposition entirely. Forty three platted lots running from 10 acres to 68, on streets named Clydesdale, Appaloosa, Arabian, Morgan, Belgian, Hungarian and Hackney, which tells you what the ground was laid out for. County records show six recorded sales in the two years to October 2025 at a $1,540,000 median, from $1,045,500 to $2,100,000, on a median lot of 13.93 acres. Every one of the forty three parcels is held by an individual or a family trust rather than a company, and most carry substantial structure value, so these are houses on acreage rather than raw land trading between investors. Seven lots are still unimproved.
The third thing is the developer's own remaining ground and the Hart Ranch camping resort, which together account for well over a thousand acres. That is agricultural and institutional land, not inventory, and no amount of searching will turn it into a house you can buy.
So the honest range is a $450,000 townhome at one end and a $2,100,000 horse property at the other, and those two buyers have nothing in common. Tell me which one you are and I will bring the comparables that apply, because the ones for the village are useless for the acreage and the other way around.
Pennington County recorded sales, and a Paragon MLS export provided by Henry Roy Ulrich, August 2026, with cross MLS duplicate listings removed. November 2023 to October 2025 for county records, September 2023 through July 2026 for MLS closings. improved residential parcels. builder direct transfers included.
How these figures are calculated
How far to things
- Downtown Rapid City
- 26 min, 12.4 mi
- Nearest hospital
- 23 min, 11.2 mi
- Rapid City Regional Airport
- 37 min, 20.3 mi
Monument Health Rapid City Hospital
Typical driving time with clear roads.
Why buyers choose Hart Ranch
- Open foothill rolling up into pine, on lots measured in acres rather than in feet.
- Hart Ranch Golf Club at the door, a Patrick Wyss design open to the public whether or not you buy here.
- Outside any city limits, so county zoning sets what you can put on the land and the subdivision covenants do the rest. Read both.
At a glance
- Price Range
- From about $450,000 in the village core to $2,100,000 on acreage. Two separate markets.
Paragon MLS export provided by Henry Roy Ulrich and Pennington County recorded sales, September 2023 through July 2026 for MLS closings, November 2023 to October 2025 for county records
- Typical Lot
- In Hart Ranch West, 13.93 acres at the median, with the middle half from 10.60 to 20.05 acres. Village on the Green lots are all under an acre, so there is no single lot size for Hart Ranch as a whole.
- New Construction
- Limited
Last verified August 2026. How these figures are calculated
What to check at this address
- Jurisdiction
- Unincorporated Pennington County. Not inside any city limits, which changes your taxes, your permits and who responds to a call.
- Water
- Hart Ranch association water
- Sewer
- Mixed: association sewer in the townhome area; septic elsewhere
- Streets and snow
- The city does not plow here at all. Three road districts do: Clydesdale covers 24 parcels, Lowland 14 and Hart Ranch 8. Find out which one your road is in and what it charges. That accounts for 46 of the 52 platted parcels; the remaining six front a county road.
- School district
- Rapid City Area Schools 51-4
- Fire district
- Rockerville Fire District. Worth naming when you get an insurance quote, because it is not a city department.
- Water comes from a private community system serving 148 connections off two wells, so you are buying into a small utility run by a board.
- Sewer is mixed. The townhome area is on association sewer and the rest of Hart Ranch is on septic.
- The city does not plow here at all. Three road districts cover 46 of the 52 platted parcels and the remaining six front a county road.
- Twenty six minutes to downtown Rapid City, and two price worlds under one name, so comparables have to be picked carefully.
Open the ones that apply to the address you are looking at.
Shared water system
A privately owned community water system is a third category, neither city service nor your own well. Ask for the system's most recent water quality testing, ask what the monthly or annual assessment is and when it last changed, and ask whether there is a reserve fund for the wells and the lines. You are buying into a small utility run by a board, so read its rules the same way you would read covenants.
Septic system
Get the tank pumped and inspected, ask the county for the permit and as-built drawing, and confirm the drainfield location so you know what you cannot build over.
Read the full guideRadon
The Black Hills sit on granite and radon levels here run high, so test during the inspection period and price mitigation into your offer if the number comes back elevated.
Read the full guideHail and roof age
Hail season here runs from late May through August, so ask for the roof age, the last claim history and any impact-resistant rating before you write.
Wildfire risk and insurance
Get an insurance quote before your inspection deadline, because a pine-heavy lot can change the premium and, in some cases, the carrier's willingness to write it at all.
Read the full guideCovenants and HOA documents
Read the covenants before you write, especially on outbuildings, RV and trailer parking, fencing, rentals and exterior materials.
Property taxes
Look up the actual assessed value and the current levy for the parcel instead of trusting the listing figure, which is often a year or more behind.
Read the full guideWho maintains the road
Find out whether the last stretch to the house is a county road, a road district, a shared easement or your own responsibility, and get the answer in writing. Ask what the district assesses and what that assessment covers.
Snow removal on this street
Ask which priority tier the street is on, or whether anybody plows it at all. On a grade or a cul de sac it changes how you get out on the third morning of a storm, so ask a neighbor rather than the seller.
Homes for sale in Hart Ranch
Nothing of mine is listed in Hart Ranch today. This search is set for Hart Ranch and shows whatever is active there right now. The recorded sales further down the page are the honest read on a price point here.
EvidenceThe county record, in detailParcel counts, recorded prices and what each figure comes from for Hart Ranch.
What has sold here
The county recorded 6 home sales in Hart Ranch over the two years to October 2025, at a median of $1,540,000.
- Recorded Sales
- 6
- Median Sale Price
- $1,540,000
- Range
- $1,045,500 to $2,100,000
- Middle Half Of Sales
- $1,400,000 to $1,750,000
Six sales in two years, from $1,045,500 to $2,100,000. This is a market of individual properties, so pricing comes from the house and the acreage in front of you, not from a neighborhood average.
Pennington County recorded sales, November 2023 to October 2025. Ask me for anything more current.
How far along it is
37 houses sit on the 52 platted parcels at Hart Ranch. Twelve parcels are still open ground and three carry a structure that is not a house.
- Platted Parcels
- 52
- Parcels With A House
- 37 (71%)
- Bare Lots
- 12
- Other Structures
- 3
A bare lot is a lot with no house on it. It is not a listing. Most are owned by somebody who is not selling.
Fifty two parcels is a small pond. When two houses are listed at once that is the whole market, so waiting for a comparable sale to price against can cost you a year.
Pennington County parcel records via Rapid City and Pennington County RapidMap GIS, August 2026.
Two things about Hart Ranch catch people out. The water is a privately owned community system serving 148 connections, which is neither city water nor a well on your own lot. It is a third category, and it means your water quality, your rates and your repairs are decided by a small board rather than by a utility or by you. Second, the name Hart Ranch also belongs to a private membership camping resort and golf club in the same area. Amenity access is not automatic with a home purchase, so confirm in writing exactly what conveys before you fall in love with the brochure.
What the county assessment shows
The county carries 37 homes at Hart Ranch at a $1,310,800 median, with the middle half between $1,032,600 and $1,501,200.
These are county assessed values used for property tax purposes. They are not sale prices and not asking prices.
The sale figures higher on this page are the transaction evidence for Hart Ranch. The numbers here are the tax basis the county uses.
County assessment roll for Hart Ranch. South Dakota aims to equalize assessments at 85 percent of market value. That is a statewide target rather than a promise about any one property, and it does not turn an assessment into a comparable sale. Assessments are set in November for the following year, so recent sales are not in them. Current comparable closings on the specific street are the honest read here.
Common questions about Hart Ranch
Is Hart Ranch on city water?
No. It is served by a private community water system drawing from two wells across 148 connections.
Do I get the golf and resort amenities with a home?
Not automatically. Confirm the membership terms in writing before you rely on any amenity access.
Is it inside Rapid City?
That is not verified. Treat it as county jurisdiction and check the specific parcel.
What to check before you write an offer
On any address you are serious about, buyer due diligence should include the school assignment from the district, the water quality report from the utility that serves it, and the assessed value and levy from the county. Here are the sources for each one.
The sources, by category
Schools
Confirm the assigned school for a specific address with the district, because boundaries change and they change more often than people expect. Rapid City Area Schools boundary maps · School and district profiles on GreatSchools · Preschools and private schools in the Black Hills
Drinking water
Every public water system publishes an annual water quality report. Read the one for the system that serves the address you are considering, not the one for the town next door. Rapid City water quality reports · City of Box Elder Water Division · City of Spearfish water · EPA drinking water lookup
Property taxes and assessed value
Pennington County Equalization · Meade County Equalization · Lawrence County Equalization
The county record, the plat and the recorded covenants are the three documents to read on any address here. I do not rate schools and I do not characterize neighborhoods as safe or unsafe. Those readings are yours to make from the sources above.
Also compare
Acreage at a fifth of the size, but inside the city on city water and sewer, and the city plows it.
The Bluffs and Carriage HillsInside city limits on 1.34 acre lots, also on septic, at roughly half the recorded median.
Red RockIf the golf is the draw rather than the acreage, this one is public, in the city, and on city sewer.
See what's for sale now
These open my search site, where the listings update from the MLS through the day. This page is the background; that one is the inventory.
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Older homes on the west side with the Hills standing up in every direction.
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Tell me which Hart Ranch you mean, the golf club, the camping resort or the houses, because they are three different places sharing one name.
Considering a home here?
Send the address and we can talk it through. The details that change from one property to the next are jurisdiction, water and sewer, the school the district assigns, covenants, road maintenance and the rest of what never shows up on a listing.
Talk to Henry
Call or text 605-490-2040 and we can talk through what is realistic in Hart Ranch right now, including what has closed nearby.
Last updated August 2026
This guide is general information, not legal, tax, lending or financial advice. Facts and figures are cited from public sources as of August 2026 and change over time. Henry Roy is a licensed real estate professional with Ascend Realty in South Dakota. Equal Housing Opportunity.