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For number of years a friend of mine owned property out in the county which was designed by God to be a perfect gun range. I had the freedom of going there anytime I wanted for however long or short I wanted. It was really, really nice. Unfortunately a couple years ago he sold the property so I’m back to the Indoor Range. However ,on the bright side it is 15 minutes from home most of the time. So now the big obstacle is of course the cost of ammunition. Although I have to admit a private outdoor range for rifle practice and handgun drills is considerably better than an indoor range, and a whole lot more enjoyable.
What you have described does make me feel fortunate.

My town has a bunch of custom firearms builders. One of the guys does CNC machine work for INL as his day job. Off hours, he has a full CNC in his garage. He does lot of custom slide cuts for optics. When I needed ATF acceptable engraving on my SBR lower, he had the tools to do it. Out at the outdoor range, I ran into Dallas Layne. He's the sole proprietor at Layne Precision Rifles. Very high quality work. He was test firing some custom builds before delivering to the customer.

The Idaho Long Range Shooters have multiple long distance ranges in eastern Idaho. Someday I'll take my 6.5 Creedmoor out for a go on the 500 and 1000 yard ranges. There are some 2000 yard ranges, but mostly the 50BMG people are using those. If one is inclined to the high end shooting, there are plenty of options here.