Vernon, AZ 85940 - Apache County

Quiet Secluded High Country Ranch

This beautifully forested 38 acre ranch estate is set amid towering ponderosa pine woodlands in the foothills of Arizona's recreation rich White Mountains at a cool-clear 7,700 elevation. Located midway between Vernon and Greer Arizona, the land combines the ideal blending of mature pines with areas of meadowlands carpeted with native high country grasses and mountain wildflowers. The land gently rises in elevation as you enter the property through approx. 8 acres of lush meadowland. After transitioning through the meadow, the property begins to rise above the valley floor into rich stands of Ponderosa pines, oak and juniper. The acreages gentle contours provide multiple building sites throughout the property, each with sweeping views of the surrounding wilderness. The land controls over 1,600 of Sitgreaves National Forest frontage. Further land division of the land is available for investment or estate planning purposes. Recent sales of 10 acre splits in this community have been in the $225,000 range. The seller has surveyed the land will provide to the buyer with a lot split map prepared by a licensed surveyor containing four individual tracts, two of which border the Sitgreaves National Forest. The property is part of a small enclave of properties all of which of feature power service, an electric gated entrance, quality constructed and maintained community roads, and trout lake. Thoughtful use covenants protect this propertys value and maintain neighboring propertys cleanliness and use standards. You may build whenever you like or not at all. RV use is permitted on a limited annual basis. The land is entirely usable. There is no erosion or unbuildable areas.

The weather in this portion of the White Mountains is ideal. At 7,700, feet the air at this elevation is crisp and pure, the clear nighttime sky arrayed with the majestic beauty of the Milky Way. Summertime temperatures are in the very comfortable 70s & 80s. Winters are brisk but never severe. A white Christmas from the areas several light snowfalls is common. The neighboring Sitgreaves National Forest offers a host of relaxing recreational and leisure activities. Fishing, hiking trails, boating lakes and streams abound nearby. The forest teams with trophy deer and elk and is sought after by hunters as the premier hunting region in all of northern Arizona. The States best ski runs are only a short drive away at the Sunrise Ski Resort. Also short drive from the property is the charming town of Show Low and its neighboring communities of Lakeside and Pinetop. Each offer a full complement of shopping, restaurants and medical services. Home Depot, Walmart, and Target all are available there. $675,000. For more information or for a tour appointment to walk this land, please call: JR Price at 928.521.7882