160 Acres in Datil, NM - $995,000

Old West history abounds. The 2,600 square foot 3-bedrooms/2 baths rock house is the main residence on the Double Circle, and is a true crown jewel in the area. It is said to date back to 1901 when it was supposedly built by German settlers. Today, the house boasts all modern conveniences as it is fully insulated, fitted with low-E double-pane Jeld-Wen windows, and hot water baseboard heating in every room in addition to a well functioning wood burning fireplace insert. All living areas have refurbished oak floors, kitchen has a new click-on laminate floor, other areas are Spanish tile, and bathrooms vinyl. A white covered porch, accentuating the buildings early 19th century plantation style architecture, wraps around the north, south and east sides of the house, from which you may peacefully watch the sun set in the west or the elk roam. The north porch is glassed in and insulated, with a root cellar below, and heated by a decorative wood burning stove. Attached to the west wall are a 11x16 pantry/laundry utility room and a 5x11 Sun Porch green house with a 2-place hot tub. On the north side of the house is a very large tiled entertainment patio. The entire yard around the residence is surrounded by a 4-5 high natural rock built wall which prevents the elk from entering the yard.

The original 300 sf log built homestead house dates back to the 1880s and has been insulated, wood paneled, equipped with a tile floor, and it is being used by the owners as a sauna and exercise room.

Behind the old homestead house are 2 log-built barns, one dating back to the 1880s being used as a shop (on slab), the other (with raised wood floor) from the early 1900s is used as a hay storage barn and equipment garage.

Across the yard from the main house is the old rock-built cowboys bunk house from the 1920s. This 1,650 sf structure has been fully renovated, insulated, and equipped with Spanish tile and wood floors, pine wood walls and ceilings, double-pane windows, a large 8x44 enclosed and south-facing sunporch, and a spacious kitchen & dining hall. This 2-bedroom/1 bath building is often being rented to hunters and vacationers. The bathroom features a modern bath with shower, a Spanish tile sink counter top, and a radiant heat floor. Attached to the living quarters within this building is a newly renovated, wood-paneled and heated 180sf office presently used by the owner as her acupuncture clinic.

Directly north by the bunk house is a grid-tied photovoltaic power generating system which is capable of delivering 3,800 watts into the public electric grid.

Towards the west-end of the ranch sits the 900sf presently vacant Ranch Managers Home which has 2 bedrooms, 1 full bath, a modern kitchen, a pantry and mud room. This home was built in the mid-1990s. A full-length covered and new 10 wide deck spreads along the south side of the building, with an uncovered 8 wide deck continuing along the east side of the house. The living room and mudroom have floor to ceiling glass windows overlooking miles and miles of mountainous ponderosa forests.

Behind it you will find a 1,200sf modern fully insulated workshop on slab, built in the early 2000s, which is equipped as a carpentry shop and heated by a newer Dutchwest wood stove. Beautiful cabinetry runs along the east wall, and it is wired for 200A. A roll-up door allows for RV/boat access.

Next to this shop is a 288sf tack house, and north of it there is a 4-stall metal horse barn totaling 720sf, with 4 steel pipe fenced runs and several steel pipe fenced holding pens to separate horses or cattle. Each stall is 12x15 in size.

The owner flies a single-engine Cessna to and from the ranch. He uses a north/south facing 3,000 foot dirt runway and parks the airplane in a 40x60 open steel built hangar.

The ranchs 160 deeded acres are surrounded with 4-rung barbed wire fencing. There are 3 wells on the ranch, a 20,000 gallon storage tank which feeds into a 5,000 gallon drinker near the metal horse barn, plus a 10,000 gallon water storage tank by the main house and a smaller drinker in front of the bunkhouse. The chicken stay warm in a glassfiber greenhouse by the protected vegetable garden in front of the main house.

This is a great ranch for anyone with horses, hunters, pilots, someone interested in running a bed&breakfast/vacation homes rental, or if you prefer a quiet lifestyle with plenty of indoor and outdoor gardening areas in a gorgeous natural setting, this is for you. There are miles and miles of stunning trails to ride on or hike near the south face of the Sawtooth Mountains. Surrounded on all sides by National Forest, you could not wish for a better place to watch elk, a rare bear or mountain lion, or other wildlife, and to enjoy total seclusion without any neighbors for many miles all-round the ranch.

For sale by Owner/Broker.