A ONE-OF-A-KIND Southern Colorado MOUNTAIN HOME & PROPERTY
READY TO MOVE IN
If your dream property includes a cozy mountainside cabin bathed in the warmth of the sun; a viewshed that consists of thousands of acres of forested mountains; a four-season greenhouse that produces delicious organic veggies and flowers; and trailheads leading to miles and miles of hiking and cycling trails (cross-country skiing & snowshoeing when the snows arrive) a stone’s throw from your front door...
If you are looking for a beautiful home immersed in the beauty and wonder of Nature, this may be the home for you! southern colorado home
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unique features of this Colorado property
- SECLUDED YET NOT ISOLATED!
- 2.2+ acres of ponderosa pines, Gambel oak, mountain mahogany, Douglas and white fir, and a 1300sf house that enjoys full sunshine into its south-facing sunroom and afternoon sun into its warm and welcoming master bedroom.
- The two-bedroom/one-bath home contains a large living area/kitchen and dining area, a passive solar sunroom, a mudroom/entry room, a utility room, an office, a large fireplace with a woodburning insert, and double paned windows that look out on thousands of acres of San Isabel National Forest lands.
- Surrounding the fully winterized and well-insulated house is a solid wood-framed carport, a large woodshed, a playhouse/writer’s cabin complete with a wood stove, a large and spacious toolshed/workshop, and an old but still-functioning outhouse.
- The property includes a 22-foot diameter Growing Spaces greenhouse that produces healthy, organic vegetables all year round.
- You will not see one house in the viewshed looking out from the kitchen, living room, and master bedroom windows - just beautiful tree-covered mountains that make for cool summer evenings.
- The large West Deck directly outside the kitchen and living area, ideal for scrumptious summer morning breakfasts and tasty afternoon barbeques. The smaller and private Bedroom Deck is directly off of the master bedroom, ideal for yoga in the morning and romantic evenings watching the sun slowly slip behind the tree-covered western ridge.
- The Pine Drive Water District, one of two small water districts in the small village of Beulah, provides delicious mountain-runoff water.
- The cabin has multiple ways of heating: a super-efficient Electric Thermal Storage heater, electric baseboard heaters, wood stoves, and the sun. Hot water comes from a newly-installed electric water heater.
- The area is pleasantly quiet with plenty of distance between neighbors. Neighbors are helpful and welcoming who enjoy and respect their own and their neighbors’ privacy.
- The night skies are super dark with a billion stars; there is no intrusive outdoor lighting or noise. No need for curtains on the windows as there is no one to look in, except maybe a curious mule deer.
- The property enjoys the company of abundant wildlife, including mule deer, wild turkeys, grey and red fox, and bobcat.
- It is a birder’s paradise. Year round visitors to the feeders include downy and hairy woodpeckers, evening grosbeaks, three species of nuthatches, lesser and American goldfinches, mountain and black-capped chickadees, northern flickers, Steller’s jays and black-billed magpies. Along with the songs and calls of year-round avian neighbors, the late-spring and summer woods are alive with the sweet sounds of western tanagers, black-headed grosbeaks, western wood pee-wees, red crossbills, mountain and western bluebirds, western flycatchers, ovenbirds, and Virginia’s warblers, to name a few.
- The main entrance to a 611-acre Mountain Park is literally a 3-minute stroll from the front door, with 3 miles of gravel roads for walking and biking, 7 miles of trails for hiking that connect to miles and miles of National Forest trails for hiking, horseback riding and/or cycling. The Mountain Park abuts a 26,000-acre roadless area, part of the San Isabel National Forest. southern colorado home sale
Other features of this SPECIAL FOUR-SEASON property
- This special property is located in Colorado’s southern foothills, known as the Wet Mountains, at an elevation of 6600’.
- WORK FROM HOME! Reliable high-speed broadband internet is available through the local Beulahlands Communications.
- It is on a county-maintained gravel road and is less than a tenth of a mile from the paved Pine Drive. The City of Pueblo is an easy 25 mile drive away, and Colorado Springs is a 1.25 hour drive away. Denver is around a 2.5 hour drive.
- The Pueblo Airport and the Colorado Springs Airport are both an easy drive away.
- Beulah is home to the Beulah Fire Protection and Ambulance District, with its well-trained and well-run professional and volunteer staff. The District offers many community health and education clinics throughout the year.
- The historic property was once part of a girl’s summer camp called Camp Apache, popular in the 1930s and 40s. What was the camp’s dining hall is now the main part of the house.
- The hamlet of Beulah offers several volunteer opportunities (e.g. Nature center, recycling center, community garden, arts council).
- The historic Pueblo Mountain Park, right down the hill from the property, has a vibrant Nature and Retreat Center, called the Nature and Wildlife Discovery Center, offering programs such as guided hikes, summer camps, retreats of all kinds, and yoga classes.
- The Nature and Wildlife Discovery Center offers professional opportunities for teachers and educators, retreat leaders, yoga instructors, naturalists, and others. Part of the Center includes the historic Horseshoe Lodge, with lovely bed-and-breakfast as well as dormitory style accommodations that offers (and can be rented for) trainings, seminars, workshops, retreats, and other programs.
- The town of Beulah has the K-8 Beulah School, which is an environmental magnet school, and the innovative outdoor-based Earthkeeper Nature School for preschool through kindergarten age children.
- When the snows arrive, winter sports in Pueblo Mountain Park and surrounding public lands simply can’t be beat, with utterly delightful terrain for cross-country skiing and snowshoeing.
- If you like to fish, Pueblo, an easy 25-minute drive, offers some of the finest year-round fly fishing in the state. The Arkansas River Tailwater below Pueblo Reservoir, also known as the Pueblo Tailwater, has become the most popular winter fly fishing destination in Colorado.
- For those who enjoy hunting, the wild public lands of southern Colorado offer hunting experiences that are second to none. Nearby State Wildfire Areas, State Parks, and National Forests offer many opportunities for hunting deer, elk and other big and small game.
- Less than an hour’s drive from the property brings you to the outstanding Sangre de Cristo Wilderness Area, a 220,000-acre wonderland in the magnificent Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Hundreds of miles of trails, public campgrounds, and many of Colorado’s famous 14er’s offer the outdoor enthusiast a multitude of unforgettable opportunities for backpacking, hiking, climbing, wildlife watching, hunting, fishing, snowshoeing and backcountry skiing, birding, camping or simply basking in the beauty of one of Colorado’s most beautiful wild places.
