2,200 Acres with Cabins, Corrals, Creek, Barn, Borders National Forest in Rio Arriba County, Cebolla, New Mexico

Chama River Canyon Ranch is a captivating ranch with unexpected qualities starting the moment you drive up to the front gate. You will stand at the edge of the rimrock overlooking deep canyons with streams and waterholes shadowed by large cliff faces, aspens, cottonwoods and ponderosas. The ease of operating this cattle ranch will be immediately evident. Moving cattle, feeding, and calving can all be done easily with a single person; mostly by the best cowboy - a feed truck. Additional income is also available through hunting; the owner could either sell the ranch tags or one could do their own hunting operation as well. There is a lot of flexibility from using the hunting to offset ranch operation costs or for the hunter using the cattle operations or grazing lease to help pay for their hunting addiction and allow them to hunt quality big game every year. One will never tire of the dramatic vistas they will experience and will find themselves longing to be back to relax and enjoy life on the ranch. Location The Ranch is located southeast of Chama, New Mexico. The area is primarily made up of large ranches and BLM and the ranch borders national forest, BLM and the Chama River Canyon Wilderness. The nearest town and post office is Cebolla, New Mexico. Cebolla, New Mexico - 30 minutes Chama, New Mexico - 1 hour Santa Fe, New Mexico - 2 hours Taos, New Mexico - 2 hours Albuquerque, New Mexico - 2 hours 45 minutes Access County Road 303 provides county maintained access to the ranch. Elevation, Topography, Vegetation The ranch elevation is from about 6,700 feet to around 7,100 feet. Terrain is flat to rolling hills covered with sagebrush, grama grasses, junipers and pinyons cut by dramatic deep rimrock bordered canyons with pockets of aspens, ponderosas, oaks and junipers. Water The ranch is very well watered with numerous springs (40+) and over 2 miles of Rio Cebolla. In addition there are 3 water wells and additional surface tanks. The water on this ranch makes it highly valuable for wildlife and livestock operations. Improvements The ranch has an 80 + year old 3,000 +/- sqft ranch house with 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms with log beams. There are also additional outbuildings for ranch operations. Ag Uses Historically operated as a cattle ranch with the ability to run 75 +/- head, the terrain makes the ranch easily operated with low overhead and would be an excellent ranch for expanding an existing operation or for someone looking to start their own operation. The ranch offers the added benefit of being able to add additional income from hunting or a hunter could purchase and use the cattle operation or grazing lease to offset costs. The ranch would also make an excellent horse ranch. Hunting Located in one of the top game units of New Mexico known for high elk success rates and in the number one county for producing Boone & Crockett Mule Deer the ranch…

Cabins, Corrals, Creek, Barn, Borders National Forest, Borders State/BLM Land, Fishing, Hunting Game, Hwy-County Rd Typo Frontage, National Forest Access, River, River Frontage, Spring, Water Well, Work Shop

Acreage, Cattle Ranch, Equestrian Property, Fishing Land, Hunting Property, Ranches, Recreational Land, River Frontage

Cebolla, 87575 New Mexico

County: Rio Arriba