31st Street North Lot 3, Blanca, CO 81123 - Costilla County

Escape the city! Homesite lot with short-term camping allowed. Get away from it all on this awesome 5 acre off-grid property with incredible mountain views and is located only 7.4 miles from Blanca, Colorado in the Trinchera Creek Estates subdivision of Costilla County. Smith Reservoir is only 4.1 miles away. Mountain Home Reservoir is just a 16-mile drive. Both Reservoirs offer great opportunities for fishing, boating, canoeing, kayaking, and paddleboarding. The survey plat map on file with the Costilla County Assessor's office lists this property as 5 acres in size. We provide GPS coordinates for each corner of the lot for easy location of the land. Here is a fantastic opportunity to own and invest in a 5-acre Southern Colorado off-grid ranch property with incredible mountain views, along with county dirt road frontage on 31st Street North. The majestic Rio Grande River is just 10 miles west of this lot where you can enjoy canoeing, kayaking, and championship trout fishing. This property offers incredible mountain views. Mount Blanca, towering 14,345 feet into the sky, is only 12.4 miles to the north (the 4th highest peak in the Rocky Mountain range). The views of the Sangre de Cristo Mountain Range and surrounding hills here equally awesome. The San Luis Valley where this land is found has a rich and fascinating history, with many historical monuments and sites for you to visit. Alamosa, with a population of about 9,800 people, is only 27 miles to the northwest and has a Walmart Supercenter, an Ace Hardware, Tractor Supply Co., various other retail stores, restaurants, hotels, a regional airport, and even a small university. Colorado Springs and Denver are located only about 3 and 4 hours to the northeast respectively. The legal description of the lot is TRINCHERA CREEK ESTATES UNIT 1 BLOCK 4 LOT 3. The parcel ID number is 70500280.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: hike majestic Blanca Peak and dozens of other trails up other nearby mountain ranges and throughout the Valley; traverse the dunes and recreate in the river at Great Sand Dunes National Park (only 34 miles to the north); explore thousands of acres of wildlife refuges and federally owned land (about 80,000 acres of federal land are right across the river to the southwest of the property!); visit Zapata Falls on the west side of Mt. Blanca; short-term camp on your property; canoe and kayak the Rio Grande River and try your hand at some championship trout fishing; boat, kayak, canoe, and fish in the County's four reservoirs: Smith, Mountain Home, Sanchez, and Sanchez Stabilizing Reservoirs; visit the many historical sites dating back to the mid 1850s; mountain bike; bring your ATVs. If you are looking for an incredible photography venue, you will love this place. If you are a hunter, the San Luis Valley provides some of the best big game hunting, and one of the largest elk herds, in the State of Colorado. 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. A cistern would be used here where you would haul water in and/or build a water-catchment system. Free water is available from an artesian well located 20 miles away in San Luis. You can also purchase water for 10 cents per gallon in Fort Garland 12 miles away. 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. Purchase a long-term camping permit after you install a permanent water source and a septic system. There is no time limit to build. Homes need be a minimum of 600 square feet in size, with a wide variety of home types allowed. You can put up a fence without a permit even before building. Taxes are less than $50 per year. There are no liens and no back taxes on this land. The new owner of this land will not have to pay taxes again until 2024. We will convey this property to the new landowner through a Warranty Deed. Please contact us and visit our website associated with this listing for more information about this property, including the simple purchase process. Thanks for looking! Bart and Lori Leu, Westward Ho! Land Investments LLC