40 Mile Mountain Ranch, Piceance

Farm Description

Discover the possibilities on 40 Mile Mountain Ranch - Piceance Creek Unit an expansive 1,459 +/- acre ranch featuring diverse terrain, sub-irrigated bottoms, and over 2.5 +/- miles of Piceance Creek winding through. With year-round access from County Road 5 and over 1 mile of Highway 13 frontage, this ranch offers exceptional opportunities for grazing operations, development, and outdoor recreation promising versatility and potential.

Land

Nestled in a serene mountain-like setting with elevations ranging between 7200-7800 feet, the 40 Mile Mountain Ranch - Piceance Creek Unit has potential written all over it. With year-round accessibility and power available, this property is primed for grazing operations, development potential, and immense outdoor experiences such as hunting, hiking, and off-roading. The land features sub-irrigated grasslands surrounded by gently rolling terrain that inclines into steep ridges adorned with a mix of oak brush, towering pines, pinyon-juniper, and expansive sagebrush flats, providing excellent grazing grounds and diverse habitat for wildlife. Resultingly, wildlife including but not limited to deer, elk, turkeys, and bears roam freely making it a paradise for hunters and outdoor enthusiasts.

Located in GMU 22, the hunting opportunities on this ranch are what hunters' dreams are made of. Over tags are available in multiple seasons for elk, however, deer tags are draw only. Additionally, GMU 22 has over spring and fall turkey tags available. With the year-round presence of wildlife such as elk, deer, moose, and turkey, hunting is guaranteed to be successful during each season. In addition, the ranch borders thousands of acres of BLM lands on multiple sides resulting in many more opportunities for hunting, hiking, ATV riding, or even just exploring the natural alpine beauty.

Location

Although the ranch is located nearly the same distance between two towns, Meeker, CO is the closest which is just 1 hour north of the property and has a hospital, gas stations, a grocery store, and restaurants. However, Rifle, CO is just over an hour southeast of the ranch and has many more amenities such as dine-in restaurants, downtown shops, multiple convenient stores with gas stations, several hardware and grocery stores, and many more recreational opportunities. Glenwood Springs is also under 30 minutes east of Rifle and has the Glenwood Hot Springs, Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park, and many other downtown attractions.

For commercial air travel, there are two airports located within 2 hours from the ranch. One of them being Eagle County Regional Airport which is located in Gypsum, CO and the other being Grand Junction Regional Airport, located in Grand Junction, CO.