17655 camino del oro

Discover an extraordinary opportunity to create your off-grid homestead! This expansive 36-acre parcel offers rare privacy, exceptional scenery, and direct BLM land bordering the northern boundary, ensuring lasting open space and unobstructed vistas. No HOAs and NO Covenants allows you to follow your dreams and build without restrictions! Enjoy commanding panoramic views across the entire Sangre de Cristo range to the east and the San Juan Mountains to the west, with unforgettable sunrises, sunsets, and night skies filled with stars. This quiet, secluded environment is only minutes from County Road T and the vibrant community of Crestone. Crestone lies just a 12-minute drive away, offering everyday conveniences including mail services, fuel, groceries, hardware store, cafes, restaurants, galleries, and is a dynamic cultural community. Recognized as an International Dark Sky Community, Crestone enjoys approximately 285 sunny days per year, two local schools, and a strong sense of community- all far removed from urban congestion. Outdoor recreation is abundant throughout the San Luis Valley, with access to camping, hiking, mountain biking, climbing, skiing, fishing, hunting, birding, meditation retreats, and nearby hot springs. Salida and Alamosa are each about an hour away, while three natural hot springs can be reached within forty minutes. The nearby Baca National Wildlife Refuge supports large wintering elk herds, and seasonal changes bring spectacular beauty - from fields of sunflowers in summer to snow-capped mountain views in winter and herd of pronghorn wandering the plains. Well permit is available for download in the supplements, permitted as a domestic use well for 35+ acres, currently not in use, there is no septic. With abundant sunshine and wide-open exposure, this site is ideally suited for a passive-solar, off-grid residence. Take caution when visiting, do not enter structure or walk on debris as there may be nails and hazards.