Nature & Wildlife at its Best:
With this 20 acre home located on an 18,000 acre ranch with 10,000 acres of open space and strict conservancy guidelines, you can be sure of natures wonder every day. With wildlife abundant, your closes neighbor is a 5 minute drive.
Enjoy the beautiful outdoors and walk the trails and see the ruins.
Night skies are filled with stars, shooting stars and the Milky Way is visible nightly.
Trails abound and the local rancher - Mike Padilla offers a selection of horses available for horse-back riding through trails up to and through the mountains. Available for different levels of rider.
Eco Friendly Home:
This home is truly eco-friendly or 'Green.'
With plug-in ready solar, water collection system going into underground cisterns, passive solar design with 2' x 2' x 2' thick sandstone slabs and radiant floor heating, walking barefoot with a beautiful ambient temperature is a necessity to get the full benefit.
Over-sized windows are all double insulate, low-e; landscaping is designed to take advantage of the local environment and homescape to ensure minimal erosion, lush growth and water collection to include the dry river-bed running in front of the home with trellis grapevines and local fauna and flora.
Even the rock wall in the slope with the fire-pit is built to prevent erosion and maximize water retention.
Local National & State Parks and historic towns:
Located 1 1/2 hours from Albuquerque, 2 hours from Santa Fe and 2 1/2 hours from Taos ski resort
Drive the Turquoise Trail and discover artsy towns filled with skilled artisans, shops and antiques.
AZTEC RUINS National Monument - large 12th century walled settlement.
BANDELIER National Monument - ancient dwellings carved into volcanic cliffs, and colorful canyon scenery.
CAPULIN VOLCANO National Monument - extinct volcano in the far northeast.
CARLSBAD CAVERNS National Park - the most famous cave system in the world.
CHACO CULTURE National Historical Park - collection of Anasazi ruined villages.
EL MALPAIS National Monument - many miles of black, twisted lava and other volcanic formations.
GILA CLIFF DWELLINGS National Monument - ancient cave ruins in a distant canyon, deep in the Gila Wilderness.
WHITE SANDS National Monument - spectacular dunes of pure white gypsu.
Other Activities:
wildlife watching
