Sierra Blanca, Hudspeth County, TX Land For Sale - 636 Acres

Priced to sell one of the lowest cost per acre of any parcel of this size in Hudspeth county. 636 acres of mountainous terrain in the Quitman Mountains bordered by state land on one or more sides. Ideal location for your secluded mountain retreat. This is not flat bottom land but mountainous terrain with elevations from 4500 to 5500 feet on property.

This is part of the sunset ranches so has few restrictions on development, or use of the property. It is 9.6 miles SSW of Sierra Blanca, TX and I-10. Sierra Blanca, TX is 87 miles from El Paso, TX. The property is 6.2 miles from the Rio Grande River to the SW of the property.

The Quitman Mountains begin seven miles west of Sierra Blanca and end twenty-four miles to the southeast in south central Hudspeth County. The highest elevation in the range is 6,589 feet above sea level. The Quitmans are a Rocky Mountain range uplifted during the Late Cretaceous period, some 60 million years ago. They are steep and rocky, with numerous box canyons. Their shallow stony soils, with some clay and sandy loams, support live oak, piñon, juniper, and grasses. At their higher elevations grow Douglas fir, ponderosa pine, maple, Arizona cypress, and madrone.- (Handbook of Texas Online, "QUITMAN MOUNTAINS," )