Lot 35

Plain land, and it doesn't pretend otherwise. Timber, limestone, and a slow gain in elevation from one end to the other. That's Tract 35, 34.02 acres of ranch land for sale on Alamo Ranch in Edwards County, Texas, sitting 13 miles south of Rocksprings off Hwy 55. Folks who like simple, honest acreage tend to like this one, because just about everything it will ever be is still ahead of it, waiting on somebody with a chainsaw, a good tank of patience, and an idea of where the cabin ought to sit.

The whole 34 acres wears trees. Live oak and shin oak in mottes, juniper filling the gaps between, and pale caliche and gray limestone showing wherever the soil thins out. Beneath that cover the land gathers around 70 ft of elevation, from near 2,159 ft at the low end to 2,229 ft at the top, gentle by plateau standards and still an important thing to know when you're picking where water sheds and where a pad ought to go. Nothing on it is steep. A small dozer and a handful of weekends will open sight lanes, cut a two-track back to the far corner, and thin brush away from the oaks you decide to keep, and the shade those oaks throw is worth real money in July, when midday flattens this whole plateau and the coolest spot for a mile is under a fat tree.

Fence runs along the north side, most of the way across it, so that edge already has a head start on you. The recorded survey and the title work decide where your corners truly fall, and we'll walk those with you when you visit rather than asking you to take a fence's word for anything. Caliche roads thread the ranch, bright as bone against the dark oak, bending where the terrain says bend. The deed and plat spell out how you reach the tract, and we'll read all of that with you before anybody signs. Electricity runs close to the county road and at various spots across the ranch, so ask us where the nearest pole sits and check with the co-op on what it would take to reach a building site.

South of town this is big, lonesome ranching land, and the wildlife works it the way it always has. Deer move here, along with elk, aoudad and hogs, and no paid hunting outfits operate on the ranch. Evenings run long and quiet. Sound travels oddly in cover like this: a truck a mile off can sound like it's at your fence, and then the whole plateau goes still again. Rocksprings handles fuel, feed and groceries, which is most of what a weekend out here asks of a town.

Ownership is kept straightforward. Surveyed tract, few rules, owner financing available on this ranch starting with as as little as 5% up front, and a person on the other end of the phone who has walked this acreage. If you're after a manicured property, this isn't it. If you're after 34 timbered acres you can shape yourself and hand to your kids, it reads a lot better.

Wear stiff-soled boots, because this rock will chew up soft ones inside a season. Best walking is a cool October morning, before the heat sets in and while the oaks still hold their color. Call us and we'll meet you at the caliche, take you along the north fence, climb the rise, and let you pick out the spot where you'd put the porch.