Green Ranch 65 Acre Wilderness Preserve

The wet mountains live up to their name in this lush sub-Alpine Wilderness where wildflowers are everywhere. The Ranch is a true wilderness full of nature's creatures living in freedom. Therein is the purpose to have Freedom for humans to coexist with nature. To actually live in an Aspen (locals call them quakies) or pine Meadow with a panoramic view of the Sangre De Cristo and Collegiate Ranges. LandSit and listen to the birds singing while munching on wild strawberries or raspberries. Look at the snowcapped mountain ranges as butterflies to hawks cross your view. As one of a few dark sky communities, you will be in awe of the stars and milky way as never seen near a city when night comes. This is your mind and soul fulfilled. Complete and secure solitude with nature’s harmony and peace – own your freedom of the mountains! This is a one-time, one-sponsor-only opportunity of a lifetime. Do the right thing for nature, your family, and your future heirs. • As per bylaws, There will be only one Sponsor home site ever sold on Cherokee Freedom Ranch, an eco-preserve wilderness. It is an un-development. • As a Sponsor, you will have access to the entire ranch, except for owner caretakers private home site • For $549,000 Sponsor, choose your private single-family home site from 65 acres of meadows surrounded by Aspen, Pine, and tall Engelmann Spruce. All this plus an unequaled panoramic view of over a dozen 14,000-foot peaks. The building site may have a home and three outbuildings like a greenhouse, workshop, and conex • CFR built a driveway providing access to the best building sites • CFR built a Natural Aspen Rail Fence on Sponsors East boundary • Year-round access off plowed County Road 358 with driveway facing to the South for maximum melting of snow • Close to power • “Witched” well locations • CFR Special discounts on grading and dirt work, septic, concrete work, and some building performed by local friends and professionals, including Amish. This will help you avoid the tourist rip-off. Recreation  • Natural North (steep rocky hill) and South (dense, sloped forest) inaccessible boundaries for CFR’s 230 acres. This gives game a square mile of freedom. • Wilderness with:  Plentiful: Deer herds, birds of all varieties, hawks including the red tail, wild turkeys, lynx, huge variety of all sub-Alpine wildflowers, chipmunks and squirrels including aberts, rock faces covered with liken in many colors including dayglow, butterflies including monarchs, wild raspberries, wild strawberries, varieties of edible mushrooms, and much more.  Infrequently seen be caretaker owners: bear, elk, and mountain lion Never seen by caretaker owners in over 50 years: Rattlesnakes or Big Foot General OperationsOur goal is to provide the opportunity for a family to live and grow in harmony with nature for the good of one’s soul – The Freedom of the mountains. Colorado wilderness laws apply and a good rule of thumb is when in doubt of what to do, err on the side of caution for the long-term health of our property. Besides the owner/caretaker’s private area, the Patron Homesite is the only other Homesite that will ever be allowed on the Land. Region & ClimateWestcliffe and Silver Cliff Weather Climate in Westcliffe/Silver Cliff, Colorado Westcliffe/Silver Cliff, Colorado gets 14 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year. Westcliffe/Silver Cliff averages 86 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year. On average, there are 260 sunny days per year in Westcliffe/Silver Cliff. The US average is 205 sunny days. Westcliffe/Silver Cliff gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 83 days per year. Precipitation is rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground. In order for precipitation to be counted you have to get at least .01 inches on the ground to measure. Weather Highlights Summer High: the July high is around 81 degrees Winter Low: the January low is 8 Rain: averages 14 inches of rain a year Snow: averages 70 inches of snow a year