The Mountain View is a beautifully finished 4,780± square-foot log home perched high on 35± acres just minutes from La Veta, Colorado. Featuring stunning views of the Spanish Peaks and prominent dike walls, the quality workmanship of this home makes it locally known as a special property.
The Mountain View lies in the gated Raspberry Mountain Ranch subdivision off Colorado Highway 12, the state-designated Scenic Highway of Legends. The elevation of 7,900± feet tends to have a great mix of milder winters and cooler summers. Views from almost every room in the house are dramatic and offer an angle of view seen by only a few lucky souls. The spacious home has four bedrooms but could be expanded to five or six. There are three bathrooms, including the well-appointed primary ensuite bath that, with the bedroom, enjoys its own floor of the house. A central gathering room gas fireplace compliments the study’s wood-burning kiva-style fireplace. The log exterior has recently been restored and re-chinked. The deck has been replaced with a maintenance-free synthetic surface. Previous owners have had horses. Though there are no existing equestrian facilities, it is permitted. Elk, mule deer, and various wildlife are frequent visitors to the property.
One of the most outstanding features of the area is its breathtaking scenery, with stunning mountain vistas, Cuharas River, creeks, and abundant wildlife. This environment provides ample opportunities for hiking, camping, fishing, skiing, and other outdoor activities, making it an excellent destination for nature lovers and outdoor enthusiasts. Just a short drive up the road, Cuchara Mountain Park offers limited skiing opportunities in the winter months.
Moreover, La Veta is a vibrant community that values the arts, history, and local traditions. Its downtown area is home to art galleries, restaurants, live music venues, and boutiques. Various cultural events and festivals occur throughout the year, including the Celtic Festival, Oktoberfest, and July 4th Art in the Park.
The people in this area are friendly and welcoming and honor the town’s heritage, as seen at the Francisco Fort Museum. Mountain people embrace a laid-back and relaxed lifestyle; La Veta is no exception, with a strong sense of community and camaraderie.
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This ranch offers a blend of adventure, relaxation, and cultural exploration within the stunning Canyon of the Ancients National Monument. Guests can choose from cozy cabins and a spacious lodge, each reflecting the region’s heritage while providing modern amenities. Outdoor activities abound, including hiking trails that showcase ancient rock art and breathtaking views. The ranch promotes sustainability through workshops on local ecology and crafts. Evenings are spent stargazing by a campfire.
Rimrock Canyon Ranch offers ultimate solitude with modern amenities on 40± deeded acres and surrounded by 60± acres of BLM posessory interest land. It features Corral Creek, a fishing pond, access to the Colorado River, and spectacular views. It includes a main house, guest house, and bunkhouse, supplied by two wells and a spring. Wildlife like deer, elk, and black bears roam freely, and historical stagecoach route add to its charm. It’s a private retreat with stunning views and rich history.
Discover Rancho del REO, a unique 35± acre Colorado ranch in Roaring Fork Valley offering seclusion, natural beauty, and convenience. With views from Aspen Highlands to Sunlight, this property features year-round access and end-of-the-road privacy just 35± miles from Aspen. Ideal for outdoor enthusiasts and hunters, it hosts abundant wildlife and includes a main cabin, barn, & outbuildings. It blends rustic charm with modern amenities, promising a lifestyle of nature, adventure, and tranquility.
Sweetwater Estate at Agate Creek Preserve in Colorado epitomizes luxury and tranquility. This 8,444 sq-ft masterpiece features 6 bedrooms and 8 bathrooms, showcasing meticulous craftsmanship and design. Highlights include a great room with cathedral ceilings and a custom rock fireplace, a gourmet kitchen with high-end appliances, and a private master suite with a spa-like bathroom. Large windows frame panoramic views of the Yampa Valley, offering a serene backdrop for this mountain retreat.
With 80± acres of irrigated meadows & stunning vistas, North Star Ranch is perfect for equestrian pursuits, ranching, & enjoying the tranquility of southwestern Colorado, just 25 minutes west of Durango, Colorado. This picturesque 488± acre property features diverse terrain, providing a habitat for elk, deer, bear, & turkeys, ideal for outdoor enthusiasts. It includes a ranch house, a 3-bedroom caretaker’s casita, vintage barns, and a new timber-frame horse barn with luxurious accommodations.
Approaching the gated entrance, encounter a picturesque Eden-like setting featuring Smith Fork Creek, a fishing pond, a vineyard, equestrian facilities, and rustic cabins framed by a private canyon backdrop. Abundant wildlife thrives thanks to substantial water rights & a flexible conservation easement, offering additional building and subdivision potential. Canyon Ranch sprawls across 663± acres in central-western Colorado, with access to BLM trails near Black Canyon of Gunnison National Park.
This Colorado ranch boasts a 7,200± square foot custom luxury home with four bedroom suites and a dry sauna. It offers year-round access, a 4± acre lake, exceptional elk and mule deer hunting, water and mineral rights, and access to public lands. With grid-tied solar power, redundant systems like two boilers and septic systems, plus a 15kW backup generator, it ensures efficiency and reliability. This property combines luxury living with recreational opportunities only minutes from La Veta.
The log home offers 3 beds, 3 baths, and 59± acres, with views of Greenhorn Mountain, the Wet Mountain Range, and Pikes Peak. With large spruce beams, Douglas fir, lodgepole pine, new carpeting, new kitchen appliances, and fresh paint, this Mountain State Log Homes design includes vaulted ceilings, a great room, office, theater room, and mud/laundry room. The unfinished basement features natural light. With a shop, 4 loafing sheds, and a pond, it’s an ideal location with paved road access.
Yampa Headwaters Ranch in Colorado features a unique Army Corps-permitted wetland mitigation bank with over 200 credits, two creeks, and multiple stocked ponds. The ranch includes a 100+ acre hay meadow, wetland areas, and diverse upland topography. It offers fishing in Brinker and Chimney Creeks, stocked ponds, and abundant waterfowl. Improvements include a custom barn with an apartment. Its wetland credits and recreational assets make it a unique investment opportunity.
In the scenic heart of Colorado’s Spanish Peaks Country, Two Fox Cabins & Ranch House Motel offer a unique chance to live and earn in La Veta. Two Fox includes 12 cabins near the Cucharas River, with RV and tent sites, and potential for expansion. The Ranch House Motel features six units with easy access and proximity to Grandote Peaks Golf Course. Both properties attract diverse guests and are within walking distance from La Veta’s vibrant town center, with shops, galleries, and eateries.
Experience the majestic Elk Valley Ranch under vast, deep blue skies and snow-capped peaks in Park County, Colorado. This 640± acre recreational haven offers hunting, fishing, skiing, and more. Home to elk, deer, and other wildlife, it adjoins BLM land for unmatched seclusion. Its features include sub-irrigated meadows, a stock well, and electricity. Easily accessible from Denver and near Breckenridge, the ranch is ideal for creating a private family retreat or a sportsman’s paradise.
This land for sale offers acres of Colorado mountain ranch land, income-generating improvements, a custom log barn, an arena, water rights, and good elk and mule deer hunting. Nine cabins, equestrian facilities, and water frontage, it’s a one-of-a-kind, offered at two acreage/price points. This wonderful ranch is just an hour and a half from the Colorado Springs airport and 2.5 hours from Denver International Airport. The ranch is accessible year-round via paved roads to the ranch gate.
Enjoy peace of mind with a , grid-tied 10k solar array, geothermal greenhouse, water well with 1,500 gallons of storage, garage, workshop, 1,000-gallon propane storage tank, rain catchment system, woodburning heat stoves, and backup generator. Relax on one of the decks, patios, or in the hot tub of a turnkey furnished log home on a mesa high above the Colorado plains with stunning views of the Colorado Rockies, including the Spanish Peaks, Greenhorn Mountain, Sangre de Cristos, and Pikes Peak.
The farm, home, and seed store are iconic in Colorado. The farm is so coveted and celebrated that the Palmer Land Conservancy is including the property in a documentary they are producing about historic farms in the lower Arkansas River Valley. This historic and iconic property offers one of the best locations for a potential commercial business. With multiple types of zoning, plentiful water rights, and usable improvements, this property provides limitless opportunities for the next owner.
Zoe’s Ranch is established in a stunning setting in Colorado, with mature trees for privacy and shade and a seasonal creek. The views and the ranch’s terrain are hard to beat, with Greenhorn Mountain standing proudly to the west. The property has well-established landscaping, enhancing the beauty of the setting. The thoughtfully designed improvements are ideal for someone who wants a turn-key horse property and a well-appointed home that is already finished and ready to be enjoyed.
This Colorado ranch offers much: 1.5± miles of productive fish habitat-improved Lake Fork Creek, water rights, hunting opportunities, stunning views, easy access to world-class ski areas, the summer jaunt over Independence Pass to Aspen, and recreational opportunities. A golf course, fish hatchery, Turquoise Lake, and the Arkansas River are all neighbors. Whatever draws you to consider this ranch, it is not difficult to see all the possibilities and wonderful attributes that are Lake Fork Ranch.
IMN Heaven Ranch is aptly named if you value abundant wildlife, the privacy of a large acreage property, excellent big game hunting, productive water well, expansive, beautiful views, a seasonally mild climate, and easy year-round access in southern Colorado. Hunt elk and mule deer on your own property with private access to a large landlocked 2,000+ acre Bureau of Land Management (BLM) parcel. IMN Heaven remains a blank slate with water, electricity, and a workshop already in place.
In a part of Colorado where large acreages are rare, Ragged Mountain East Ranch offers the opportunity to own an expansive, minimally developed, diverse ranch with excellent hunting, water rights, and miles of national forest border. The improvements on the ranch are incredibly tasteful and well situated, yet position the buyer to build their own dream residence in one of many possible locations if he or she so desires. The big game hunting is exceptional, and the ranch has rarely been hunted.
This Colorado mountain ranch offers aspen groves, spruce, fir, and meadows with live water creeks up from Groundhog Reservoir, offering lush grass for grazing cattle. A thoughtful conservation easement protects the property and provides flexibility, allowing commercial hunting, grazing, timbering, and future homesites. The fishery on the ranch is waiting to be developed further. Elk hunting is stupendous, and world record line class rainbow trout have been caught in Groundhog Reservoir.
The 4K Quarter Circle Ranch offers a ranch for enthusiasts seeking luxury and functionality. With direct BLM access, this Colorado property boasts a stunning home with barn-style timber framing. Features include a greenhouse, insulated workshop garage, & abundant wildlife viewing opportunities, including elk and mule deer. Deeded water rights support irrigation for alfalfa & grass hay crops. The ranch’s panoramic views encompass the Colorado River Valley, Battlements, BLM lands, & Roan Plateau.
