Galapago Trail Lot 118 , San Luis, CO 81152(Costilla County)

Get away from the city! Here is a fantastic opportunity to own and invest in a 5-acre Southern Colorado off-grid ranch property with incredible mountain views, excellent county-road frontage, 30 minutes to the town of San Luis for all your necessities, only 1.25 miles to the Rio Grande River, and surrounded by plenty of wide-open spaces. This property rests in the beautiful San Luis Valley of Southern Colorado in Costilla County and is a short drive from four amazing reservoirs for great canoeing, kayaking, paddleboarding, fishing, and boating. The majestic Rio Grande River is only 1.25 miles west of this lot, and there is excellent access to the river less than 2 miles to the northwest of the property where Lobato Bridge crosses over the Rio Grande River. Enjoy canoeing, kayaking, and championship trout fishing in the Rio Grande. Cross over Lobato Bridge and enter into 1000's of acres of BLM land for your recreational enjoyment. We visited the area in early June 2021 and were stunned by the beauty of this region of Colorado. This property offers incredible mountain views of Blanca Peak to the north (towering 14,345 ft into the sky and 4th highest peak in the Rocky Mountain range), the Sangre de Cristo Mountain Range to the east, Ute Mountain to the south, and is close to the Southern Colorado towns of Alamosa, Blanca, Fort Garland, 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 about an hour 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 about 1.25 hours south and provides some great winter skiing, various outdoor recreation opportunities, horseback riding, and a thriving art culture. Colorado Springs and Denver are located only about 2.5 and 3.5 hours to the northeast respectively. The cost of this great lot is just $3,900 + a $399 processing fee. Please compare our prices with others who are selling similar properties in Costilla County for hundreds and even thousands of dollars more. This 5-acre ranch land has 330 feet of road frontage on Galapago Trail in the Rio Grande Ranches subdivision of San Luis. The property is a very long 660 feet deep. This is a beautiful property with amazing views and an excellent location. The legal description of this lot is RIO RANDE RANCHES UNIT 23 BLOCK 0 LOT 118. The parcel ID is 71524360. Taxes are only about $50 per year and paid current. The new landowner will not have to pay taxes again until early 2023. This lot was surveyed and staked many years ago by the subdivision developer. We provide GPS Coordinates for all four corners of the property for easy location of your land. 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; boat and fish in San Luis Lake and explore the surrounding San Luis Reservoir State Recreation area; explore thousands of acres of wildlife refuges and hunt and hike on BLM land; 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. 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. 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 even before building. You are allowed to have up to 2 horses on the land, and chickens in a coop. We paid a title company to do a title search on this lot before we purchased it. There are no liens and no back taxes on this land. We will convey this property to the new landowner through a Warranty Deed, the highest form of Deed conveyance, guaranteeing no liens and no back taxes. Please contact us to receive the GPS coordinates to all four corners, Google Earth satellite images, and location maps for this property, as well as the link to our website with much more information about this land (you may also find our website by googling our business name). Thanks for looking! Bart and Lori Leu, Westward Ho! Land Investments