Mt. Blanca-Facing Cabin Site on a Quiet Stretch of Sauder Road
At the eastern edge of Fort Garland’s foothills, this 5.81-acre parcel sits just above the highway corridor on a quiet stretch of Sauder Road. From here you’re a few minutes from town for fuel, groceries, and the historic fort museum, but your everyday view is out over the San Luis Valley toward Blanca Peak and the spine of the Sangre de Cristo Range. At roughly eight thousand feet, the air is clear, the light is sharp, and nights drop into true dark-sky stargazing.
The land itself is straightforward and usable. The lot tapers slightly and fronts two dirt roads, giving you flexible access and more than one natural homesite. It’s mostly open high-country ground with gentle contours, easy to walk and easy to imagine with a cabin, small home, or well-set-up camp.
Around you, there’s more to explore than just the view from your porch. Great Sand Dunes National Park lies roughly half an hour to the northwest via US-160 and Highway 150, with trailheads, dunes, and creek play in season. Mountain Home Reservoir, Smith Reservoir, and other local lakes offer trout fishing and quiet shorelines, while the higher sections of the Sangre de Cristo Ranches and nearby public lands give you room for hiking, glassing for elk, and driving old forest roads. As a home base, this parcel keeps you close to town and the main highways while still giving you the space and silence people come to this part of Colorado to find.
Property Details
- Subdivision: Sangre de Cristo Ranches
- Google Maps: maps.app.goo.gl/4HX4epbz9cJcuB3p7
- State: CO
- County: Costilla
- Zip: 81133
- Size: 5.81
- Parcel: 70268490
- Legal Description: Lot 3130, Block 179, Sangre de Cristo Ranches, Unit W, County of Costilla, State of Colorado.
- Lat/Long Coordinates:
- 37.4361, -105.3824
- 37.4366, -105.3802
- 37.4355, -105.3797
- 37.4353, -105.3822
- Annual Taxes: Approximately 88.54/year
- Zoning: Estate Residential
- For a site built home, you need a 600sqft minimum footprint.
- Mobile homes are Allowed.
- You can camp for 14 days (every 3 months)
- Temporary RV Occupancy permit available for up to 180 days if a well has been permitted or cistern installed and a septic or onsite waste management system has been installed ($250 fee – good for 60 days at a time while building, renewable).
- Zoning office is open Monday through Thursday and can be contacted at (719) 672-9109 to answer any questions.
- HOA/POA: : No
- Improvements: None
- Access: Sauder Rd.
- Water: Would be well or holding tank
- Sewer: Would be sceptic
- Utilities: Would be by alternative
Note:
- All info on this page is deemed accurate but is not guaranteed. Buyer is advised to do their own due diligence.
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