Amazing mountain views and excellent access! This Mount Blanca Valley Ranches lot has 330 ft of frontage on 14th Street and is a very deep 660 feet. This property rests in the beautiful San Luis Valley of Southern Colorado in Costilla County and is a short drive from four amazing reservoirs for great canoeing, kayaking, paddleboarding, fishing, and boating. The majestic Rio Grande River is only about 8 miles west of this lot. Thousands of acres acres of BLM land for your recreational enjoyment lie a short drive southwest of the land in a neighboring county. This property offers incredible mountain views of Blanca Peak to the north (towering 14,345 ft into the sky and 4th highest peak in the Rocky Mountain range), the Sangre de Cristo Mountain Range to the east, Ute Mountain to the south, and is close to the Southern Colorado towns of Alamosa, Sanford, Blanca, Fort Garland, and San Luis. San Luis is the oldest town in Colorado, established in 1851. The Valley has a rich and fascinating history, with many historical monuments and sites for you to visit. Alamosa, the larger of these towns, is located just 25 miles to the northwest of the lot and has a population of about 9,800 people. Alamosa has a Walmart Supercenter, an Ace Hardware, Tractor Supply Co., various other retail stores, restaurants, hotels, a regional airport, and even a small university. Taos, NM is about 1.5 hours south and provides some great winter skiing, various outdoor recreation opportunities, horseback riding, and a thriving art culture. Colorado Springs and Denver are located only about 2.5 and 3.5 hours to the northeast respectively. The legal description of this lot is MOUNT BLANCA VALLEY RANCHES UNIT 9 BLOCK 5 LOT 15. The parcel ID is 70800441. Taxes are only about $49 per year and paid current. The new landowner will not have to pay taxes again until early 2023. The plat map for this lot is on file with the Costilla County Assessor's office. We provide GPS Coordinates for all four corners of the property for easy location of your land. Each of our Southern Colorado ranches are nestled between the magnificent Sangre de Cristo Mountain Range on the south and east sides, and the La Garita and Conejos-Brazos Mountain Range to the north and west. The San Luis Valley provides a myriad of outdoor recreation opportunities. Build an off-grid homestead, camp, or just hold on to for investment. Solar is the option of choice for power on this off-grid ranch as there are almost 300 days of sunshine per year here. The San Luis Valley experiences a high desert climate (average elevation of about 7,600 feet above sea level). Summer temperatures in the Valley are moderate, and winters are cold with not much snow. Heating a homestead in the winter would be by propane or a wood-burning furnace. If you build a home, you will need to have a septic system installed, and you will also need a permanent water source: either a household well, or an underground cistern where you would haul water in and/or build a water-catchment system. This great lot is zoned Estate Residential, but you are permitted to camp on your property for up to 14 days every 3 months without a camping permit. There is no time limit to build. Homes need be a minimum of 600 square feet, with a wide variety of home types allowed. You can put up a fence even before building. You are allowed to have up to 2 horses on the land, and chickens in a coop. There are no liens and no back taxes on this land. We will convey this property to the new landowner through a Warranty Deed, the highest form of Deed conveyance, guaranteeing no liens and no back taxes. We own the property. Please contact us directly for more information about this property at 517-215-3686. Also visit www.westwardholandinvestments.com.
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