Ranger Road Ranch

Land Description

Located 8 miles from the city of Montrose, Colorado, the Ranger Road Ranch provides a rare opportunity for buyers and easy access to stores, restaurants, and the regional airport located inside the city limits. The ranch sits in a valley allowing privacy from neighbors. The amazingly rural feeling western ranch has two ponds that encompass 1.5 acres and possesses roughly 2,504 feet of the Happy Canyon Creek that runs through the middle of the ranch. The ranch owns an impressive 50 shares from the Uncompahgre Valley Water Users Association. According to GIS mapping, the 98 acres have approximately 51.74 in irrigated acres. Irrigation is done throughout the ranch with gated pipe. The ranch is currently being leased for cattle and has 8 separate pastures that are separated by game fencing. The ranch offers a barn and corrals. The historical ranch house was built in 1925 and holds much of its original history. It truly gives the Wild West' ranch feeling to all who step inside. The quaint 2,226 square foot home offers 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, and 2 living spaces. The property does come with a second domestic water tap to build a newer structure. Ranger Ranch Road falls in GMU 62 which is 70 publicly owned for hunting and recreation. Unit 62 spans over 1,249 square miles and covers four counties, Delta, Mesa, Montrose, and Ouray. The property is primarily fenced in game fencing and was a working elk ranch with the previous owner. This is a location full of possibility and growth within the beautiful Montrose area. The ranch lies only 35 miles away from the mountain town of Ouray, Colorado. Ouray provides a large number of recreational opportunities from hiking some of Colorado's beautiful 14,000-Foot peaks to driving some of the most beautiful mountain passes in the state. It is also home to the Ouray Hot Springs and the Million Dollar Highway. In the winter, the town offers one of the largest ice climbing hubs in the state.