anyone located by fort garland colorado? the mother-in-law has land out that way, without a job now, i was maybe wanting to go look at it and see whats there. just wondering what the scoop of the area was. the only info i have about the land is the legal discription, i have looked on the web but couldnt find a map that will tell me excactly where it is.

 

Check this out: http://www.city-data.com/city/Fort-G...-Colorado.html

Not a bad area. As in a lot of parts of Colorado, be sure to check on the availability of water and other utilities before you move there.

If you have the legal description you might try here to find it:
http://terraserver.microsoft.com/

 

The land there can be good and bad. There are sagebrush flats where the wind tends to blow and water can be scarce for irrigating. If you are in the hills then not so bad. There are a couple of ranches down there that have been turned into subdivisions (not really subdivisions but developed, neither one is anywhere near fully developed). One is called Arrowhead and it is not good land. It is one of those places that you see adds in the back of the outdoor magazines for land 20 acres 50 month type a thing. Now just up the road is another one that Forbes owned at one time called Trinchera I think. It looks to be quite a bit nicer and is more in the hills. The land is still not good for much but at least it has some trees, hills, views. Obviously aside from the those two ranches being developed there is private property all over the place and definitley there are some good spots.

The area is at the base of the Sangre De Christo Mountains, Sand Dunes National Park is right up the road. The San Luis Valley is just to the Northwest. The town of Alamosa is a nice town has just about everything you would need (Ft Garland is very small and does not have much at all) and even has a Performance Diesel shop. I met the guy who owns it once, Tad Layton is his name. It is not far from Wolf Creek Pass good skiing and snowmobiling in the winter and they are trying to reopen Cuchara Ski area just to the east over La Veta pass. Historic Ft Garland is there and also right down the road is a famous shrine about the Stations of the Cross. It is also about 75 miles from Taos, New Mexico. Not many people down there. A good highway crosses the state east to west hwy 160, so it is the main way across the southern part of the state. Interstate is about 50 miles or so to the east, and US 285 is easy to get to as well which heads north through the San Luis Valley, South Park and then up to into Denver. Heading over to the interstate Denver is about a 3 hour trip or so.

 

THANKS going to check the links out now, appreciate the great info, on the worst case deal we would think about re-locating, and with 20 acres available there, i thought it may be worth checking out. the water thing was really good to know. sounds like a bit in the middle of nowhere which is the way i like it.

 

In the middle of nowhere, but close to a lot of good places. Hunt, fish, camp and sightsee I'd like to live there.