Get away from it all! Homesite lot with short-term camping allowed. Here is a fantastic opportunity to own and invest in a 5-acre Southern Colorado off-grid ranch property with incredible mountain views, county-road frontage on Acoma Trail, 25 minutes from the towns of Sanford and San Luis for all your necessities, and very close to the Rio Grande River. This property was surveyed and staked by the subdivision developer many years ago, and measures approximately 245 feet on Acoma Trail x is a very deep 896 feet, allowing for great privacy. The plat map for the lot is on file with the Costilla County Assessor's office. We provide GPS coordinates for each corner of the land for easy location of your property. This lot rests in the beautiful San Luis Valley of Southern Colorado in Costilla County and is a short drive from four amazing reservoirs for great fishing and boating. The majestic Rio Grande River is just 3.2 miles west of this lot where you can enjoy canoeing, kayaking, and championship trout fishing. Cross over Lobato Bridge at the River and enter on to thousands of acres of federal public land for your outdoor recreational enjoyment. This property offers incredible mountain views of Blanca Peak (towering 14,345 ft into the sky and 4th highest peak in the Rocky Mountain range), the Sangre de Cristo Mountain Range, Ute Mountain, the Pinion Hills, and is close to the Southern Colorado towns of Alamosa, Blanca, Fort Garland, Sanford, 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, with a population of about 9,800 people, is only 49 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. Taos, NM is 63 miles to the south and provides some great winter skiing, various outdoor recreation opportunities, and a thriving art culture. Colorado Springs and Denver are located only about 3 and 4 hours to the northeast respectively. The mountain views from the land are stunning. Ute Mountain in New Mexico provides hiking and rises prominently into the sky less than 8 miles to the south of the property. The legal description of this lot is RIO RANDE RANCHES UNIT 2 BLOCK 0 LOT 99. The parcel ID number is 71502090. There are no liens on the property. 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; recreate throughout thousands of acres of State Recreation areas; explore thousands of acres of wildlife refuges and BLM land (about 80,000 acres of Bureau of Land Managment land is right across the river for public use); visit Zapata Falls; 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 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. Wind turbines or gas/propane generators can also be used. 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. You can purchase a long-term camping permit if you have a septic system and a permanent water source installed. 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 without a permit even before building. You can have chickens in a coop, penned in. Taxes are on this lot are less than $50 per year. There are no back taxes, and recently paid the taxes that came out in early 2023. The new landowner will not have to pay taxes again until early 2024. There are no liens on the property. We will convey this property to the new landowner through a Warranty Deed. Please contact us and visit our website located under the map on 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