120 Acres in Cloudcroft, NM - $1,188,000
Upper Rio Penasco Ranch
Fishing/Hunting/Recreation/Development/Cattle Ranch
120 scenic acres on the Rio Penasco is surrounded by Lincoln National Forest lands covered in Pines and opening up to a grass covered meadow along 3,300 feet +/- of the Rio Penasco. This property is an ideal location to build a legacy mountain getaway home with Sacramento Range vistas and elevations from 7,600 feet to 8,300 feet.
Existing improvements include a cabin, outbuildings, fencing and a pond which is fed by a spring located above the cabin on National Forest land. The spring is permitted for 3 acre feet annually and is piped down to the cabin and pond. Two of the outbuildings are beautifully rustic with a barn constructed of timbers and another barn/horse stall built of logs with wooden fence.
Peaks on either side of the property rise to 8,970 feet to the north and 8,922 feet to the south. Bluff Falls is up the road jus...
Peaks on either side of the property rise to 8,970 feet to the north and 8,922 feet to the south. Bluff Falls is up the road just 4 miles and in close proximity to the property are numerous trails for hiking, biking, horseback riding, motorcycling and four-wheeling.
Access is either by New Mexico Highway 130 or by Sunspot Highway (6563). Traveling to Cloudcroft from the cabin is 17.3 miles by way of NM 130 and 18.6 miles via Sunspot Highway.
The ranch is an outdoorsman paradise with fishing and hunting on the ranch together with mountain recreation in the surrounding Lincoln National Forest. According to the owner one elk permit is allowed with this ranch.
A high mountain ranch with these attributes is difficult to find and deserves your attention!
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