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This afternoon the family and I were looking at prospective new (to us) houses in Cypress. While in a subdivision off Fry Road called Cypress Ranch Estates, I heard what I first thought was traffic hitting a section of highway... thump, thump,thump. Then the wife said, no, the seller had told her that was the sound of a nearby shooting range. It wasn't that loud, and sounded like it was coming from the east or southeast. The wind was blowing from the south. The noise was tolerable, and wouldn't affect our decision about this property. But it peaked my curiosity.

Is Hot Wells an outside range? And while I'm at it, is it a generally safe facility with ample backstops, burms, etc.? Thanks.

J.R.@A&M wrote:This afternoon the family and I were looking at prospective new (to us) houses in Cypress. While in a subdivision off Fry Road called Cypress Ranch Estates, I heard what I first thought was traffic hitting a section of highway... thump, thump,thump. Then the wife said, no, the seller had told her that was the sound of a nearby shooting range. It wasn't that loud, and sounded like it was coming from the east or southeast. The wind was blowing from the south. The noise was tolerable, and wouldn't affect our decision about this property. But it peaked my curiosity.

Is Hot Wells an outside range? And while I'm at it, is it a generally safe facility with ample backstops, burms, etc.? Thanks.

Hot Wells is an outdoor range. It's located at 24815 Hempstead It's been there for years and years and is safe as far as I know. It's located at 24815 Hempstead. You can Google it.

A late reply, but I wanted to chime in since this is near my area of Houston.

Cypress Ranch Estates is about two to 2.5 miles north-northwest of Hot Wells. Seems somewhat unlikely to me that the gunfire could be heard at that distance over city-sounds and 290. But maybe.

The Hot Wells pistol and rifle ranges face almost due west, in the direction of the Blackhorse Golf Club, about a mile-and-a-half from the range. The range, owned by the Lamar family, has been in the same location since 1973.

If you do choose to buy there, the good news is that you'll be only be five minutes from a range.

Belated thanks for both of your replies.