View from front gate of 20 acre lot (looking SW)
Location:
This 13 year old well kept double wide trailer with well and septic tank is situated in the high desert at 6000 feet on 28 acres of desert land off state 380.
The land is in a “subdivision” where most landowners hold 20-100 acres each. The subdivision has weekly trash pickup at 3 dumpsters within the subdivision. The site is (8 miles) east of Carrizozo, NM and 12 miles west of Capitan, NM. Situated in south central NM between El Paso (130 miles) and Albuquerque (150 miles)it has easy access from both using State 54 or State 380/I-25.
Description:
The
double wide trailer has a new master bath shower area. (2 years old).
It has a well (rated at 21 gallons/minute; the pump is set at 7
gallons/minute) and septic tank. We have 3 out buildings (8x8 shed;
12 x 8 shed and 40x8 Sea Container) for storage. The 12x8 'tuff' shed
is 1 year old and the 40x8 Sea container is 4 years old. High speed
DSL and satellite TV are available. It is the highest lot situated
at the SW corner of the subdivision and a 7000 acre cattle ranch is
to the southeast, south, and southwest. Most of the existing
furniture (well used) is available to stay, so that the home is ready
to move into. I have used the 17 hp lawn mower to cut walking trails
through out the 20 acre rectangle.
Sea container - brown
House - yellow/white
New Tuff shed (12x8) off-white, 1 year old
Old shed (8x8) red ( currently being repainted to match Tuff-shed)
View from back of 20 acre lot (Looking NE)
View from ENE corner of 20 acre lot
Seeing:
Routinely hits 21.6 /22.0 on a dark sky meter with no moon in sky. The few lights from Carrizozo are well below the horizon as we are 600 feet in altitude above the town. We occasionally see the lights of Ruidoso (30 miles away) reflected off clouds or haze. We also occasionally see the lights of Albuquerque (150 miles away) reflected off clouds to the north. When clear these cannot be seen.
We
have no trees. We are situated slightly below the “tree line”
where scrubby Juniper begin to grow. The highest horizon is 7
degrees to the south due to Diamond Peak. Much of our horizon is at
0 degrees or less. At 6000 feet, you have about 20% less atmosphere
to see through compared to sea level. Annual rainfall is about 12
inches/year, mostly during the months of July and August. Visual
limiting magnitude is 6.5-7.0
Two
outdoor wooden 6x6 piers are available for mounting telescopes
(currently on each side of an observing computer shed/warm room - old
red shed). I have a Losmandy GM8 mount using these.
It has a weather station on the roof which reports automatically to the weather underground
http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=KNMCARRI1
and NOAA:
http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/wxpage.cgi?call=CW3827
Check out the daily/weekly/monthly/yearly weather charts at the weather underground site for the last 5 years, and see webcam pictures taken at 5 minute intervals for the last year.
It has a clear sky clock at:
http://cleardarksky.com/c/TLzJNMkey.html?1
which also has a light pollution map of the area, and a satellite view of the property (taken about 8 years ago, as none of our improvements show on the photo.
View from one of the trails (3-4 feet wide) cut through the property
View from the NW corner of the property with southern mountains in background.
Local information:
Groceries
are available in both Carrizozo and Capitan. Hardware is available
in Capitan. There are Wal-Marts in Ruidoso and Alamogordo. Most car
repair can be done in Ruidoso. Oil changes and such are available in
Carrizozo.
Questions:
What stays, what goes? You can negotiate almost
anything staying. The furniture, 17 hp lawn mower, etc. So
the house can be ready to be occupied immediately and you can replace
what you want as you go along to make it yours.
How much? We are asking $125k