Level Lot Under El Paso Skies

Picture the drive. You turn off the pavement onto a dirt road running east of the Franklin Mountains, and the desert opens up in every direction, creosote, open sky, mountains stacked blue on the far edge of it. Then you stop, because you're there. This quarter acre is yours.

Mountain Shadow Estates sits at 4,386 feet in the Chihuahuan Desert of El Paso County, in the broad basin known as the Hueco Bolson. The lot is level, 0.27 acres, 11,889 square feet, which means no grading headaches and no guessing where a pad would go. Roadrunners and jackrabbits are your neighbors. So are some of the best sunsets in Texas, in a region that logs over 300 sunny days a year.

This corner of Texas draws people for a reason. Hueco Tanks State Park and Historic Site, 860 acres of eroded granite, a National Historic Landmark carrying thousands of ancient rock paintings, sits north of you and pulls world class climbers from across the globe. To the west, Franklin Mountains State Park spreads across roughly 27,000 acres with peaks to 7,192 feet, the largest urban wilderness park in America.

Horizon City is 18 miles away. El Paso, for groceries, schools, restaurants and medical care. Best part: you can actually use it. RV living, mobile homes, manufactured homes and camping are all permitted here.

$5,500 cash, or from $200/month with no credit check, no interest, no penalties. Property taxes run seven cents a year. POA dues are $28.19 annually through Horizon Communities Improvement Association. Zone X, warranty deed. Land this open at this price moves fast. Call 813-733-5476.