Lot 82

Some tracts sell on a view. Tract 82 sells on shade and seclusion. It is 109.7 acres of cedar and oak thicket on Alamo Ranch, ranch land for sale in Edwards County, Texas, and its best quality is plain: this is heavy, timbered acreage that holds game and is hard to see into from anywhere. The canopy stays nearly unbroken over the middle and the eastern half, with pale caliche and rock showing only where the slope steepens or a small opening breaks the timber. Elk, turkey, dove and free-ranging exotics travel this ranch. Thicket like this is a good part of the reason why.

Four drainages cut the tract, and they are what organize everything else. The longest traces the east boundary for roughly 1,690 feet, top to bottom, a shaded seam where the soil is deeper, the oaks stand taller than the cedar, and animals can travel the whole length of the tract without ever stepping into the sun. A shorter one, some 610 feet, folds through the middle. Two more, 270 feet and 70 feet, gather into the southeast corner, where a ford crosses the bed and the rock is worn smooth from years of tires. These beds stay dry a good part of the year and carry hard and fast after a storm, which is exactly the kind of thing you should see for yourself. We will get you into the bottom and you can read what they do.

The land climbs roughly 200 ft over the tract, from around 2,050 ft at the low end to 2,250 ft at the top. That rise earns its keep twice. It sheds water, so the caliche firms up quick after weather, and it stacks benches and small shelves where a cabin pad could sit tucked under timber instead of stuck out on a bald knob. Higher terrain sits elsewhere on this ranch, so we will take you to the top of the rise and let you judge for yourself what opens up from there rather than promise you something in writing.

Roughly 2,430 feet of dirt ranch road is already cut here, entering at the west edge and bending through the timber to the ford in the southeast corner. That is the difference between a truck reaching the back of 109.7 acres in a few minutes and a season spent with a chainsaw and a dozer. There is fence on the north edge. The recorded survey and the title work set the lines, never the wire, and we will hand you the plat and go over it corner by corner.

• Four seasonal draws, the longest tracing the east boundary
• A ford at the southeast corner where the road crosses the bed
• Roughly 200 ft of elevation change, 2,050 ft to 2,250 ft
• Existing dirt ranch road from the west edge to the ford
• Fence on the north edge

This is the western reach of the Texas Hill Country, off Highway 55 and County Road 310, where the terrain rolls into wide valleys and dry creek bottoms and the horizon stays empty for a long way. Town is a short drive to the north. Out here in July the cicadas go all afternoon and the shade under a cedar mott is fifteen degrees kinder than the caliche in the sun, then the evening turns and the whole tract goes quiet enough that you hear a bird land.

Tracts are sold surveyed, and access is written into the deed and plat, so ask us to show you precisely how yours reads before you sign anything. Power reaches the county road and several points on this ranch, and we will show you where those lines sit so you can confirm the run yourself. The deed rules are few and simple, and paid guiding operations are kept off the ranch, which is why the wildlife here settles instead of scattering. Owner financing is offered with as small a start as 5% down. Ask us how the tract is currently valued for taxes and we will pull the record for you.

Bring boots that turn rock and long sleeves you do not mind snagging, because the cedar is thick and it does not part politely. October or March is the pleasant time to see it. We will start at the ford in the southeast corner, follow the dirt road back up the rise, and finish under the oaks on the east drainage where the shade holds all afternoon.