The 1,544-acre Broyles Ranch, located 20 minutes east of Trinidad, Colorado, offers an incredible investment opportunity on multiple levels, thanks to its unparalleled water rights, thriving trophy game population, flourishing hay crops, lucrative gravel operation, and exclusive access to a 1/2-mile stretch of the Purgatoire River.Broyles Ranchs water rights, among the regions most valuable, are not regulated by a water conservancy district. These water rights allow the owners to pump from the Purgatoire River 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. With 141.6 acre-feet of water available to the ranch each year, the current owners have developed a thriving hay operation, irrigating approximately 120 acres and producing 250 tons per year of lush alfalfa and alfalfa-grass mix in a time when many ag operations throughout the West struggle due to a lack of access to irrigation water.In addition, the ranch has a 700-foot well, equipped with an automatic timer, that pumps water daily through a network of underground pipelines, supplying water to several tanks strategically located on pastures throughout the ranch.Elk, deer, antelope, turkey, pheasant and other game thrive on the ranch, which for years served as the headquarters for a successful guiding and outfitting business. Herds of elk numbering a hundred or more have been seen on the ranch; trophy elk and monster mulies are harvested frequently.The ranch has a developed gravel pit, under state permit, with approximately 30,000 tons of roadbase (estimated value $180,000) stockpiled, with vast quantities of roadbase-quality gravel still untapped on the ranch.
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