This pristine land in Santa Fe County, New Mexico is a piece of the old Cash ranch and is only 35 minutes from Santa Fe. It has breathtaking views of the southern Rocky mountains, the Jemez range, the Ortiz peaks and Los Cerrillos (little hills). The land lies just south and above the Galisteo river valley half way between Cerrillos and Galisteo, and consists of approximately 122 acres of truly enchanting hills, arroyos, pinion and juniper and grass lands. It has unobstructed views all the way to the horizon.
This view of the land is from the northern boundary, looking north across the Galisteo river valley, into the southern Rocky mountains.
It has an incredibly rural, country feeling for something this close to town. From most parts of the land there is no sign of human habitation for 360 degrees. It is very private with a 160 acre tract of land that's in a conservation easement (i.e. can never be subdivided) to the north, an ancient pueblo ruins (privately owned) and 30,000 acres of land to the east, an 840 acre tract of land and gigantic ranch lands to the south, and an 8.800 acre tract to the west. The land
has such breathtaking southwestern beauty that many movies have been shot on adjacent lands.
It also has a great history. The land was occupied by the Anasazi, for thousands of years. The ruins of the San Lazaro pueblo abuts the land on the east. It was occupied when Coronado, stopped here in 1542, on his way to Pecos Pueblo in his search for the "seven cities of gold". He noted in his diary that the people looked very healthy and prosperous. He also noted that the Pueblo Blanco, directly across the arroyo from San Lazaro had recently been abandoned. There is a "sacred spring"
hidden in an arroyo with wild watercress growing to the southeast on adjacent land. This may have been the reason the pueblos were build there. There is evidence of the Anasazi civilization everywhere, pot chards, arrow heads, matate's, and fire pits. Ther stone ruins of the abandoned Spanish village of Ortiz, New Mexico lie scattered through out the area. In more recent times it was a part of the Cash ranch.
This would be a fantastic country home site, horse property or a nature lovers paradise. It's surrounded by large tracts of private land,
many of which are in conservation easements and can never be subdivided.
You can see this land any time at your convenience. I keep four real gentle horses there. We can see the land by car, walking or horse back.