Lot 83

Stand at the low end of Tract 83 and the land lifts away from you. It climbs 137 feet, roughly 2,039 up to 2,176, and it does that in long swells instead of one hard pitch, which is exactly why 46.32 acres feels bigger under your boots than the number reads on paper. Nothing here is flat. This is ranch land for sale on Alamo Ranch in Edwards County, Texas, out on the Edwards Plateau off Highway 55 and County Road 310, and the top of that rise is where the slope eases and the cedar thins into pale openings of caliche and rock.

Cedar is heavy through most of the tract, with live oak worked in where the soil holds a bit deeper, and the white rock shows between the trees in patches you can read from the upper end. Shade pools in the folds. At July midday the openings glare and the timber holds the cool, while the wooded rise off the north darkens well before the rest of the slope does. Heavy cedar like this keeps game bedded and keeps the wind off you in January, and a couple of days with a chainsaw and a skid steer would open a pocket for a cabin or a barn anywhere you decided you wanted one.

There's already an existing dirt ranch road on the tract, roughly 3,130 feet of it, entering at the west edge and bending through to the southeast corner, where the caliche widens into a turnaround. That's the difference between owning acreage and actually using it. You can back a trailer in, haul gravel, or run a side-by-side most of the length of the tract without cutting a new trail first. Understand it for what it is, though: a road that exists on the dirt. How you legally reach this tract is governed by the deed and the recorded plat, and we'll put both in front of you before anybody signs a thing.

Game drifts through this part of the ranch the way it always has. Elk, turkey and dove use this country, and hogs leave their sign in the soft dirt after a rain. Sit still at dusk on the upper end and you'll hear a good deal more than you see. Town is a straightforward drive when you need fuel, feed or a hot meal, and the rest of the time it's just you, the cicadas and whatever the wind is doing in the cedar.

The tract is surveyed. Fencing sits on the north, which amounts to roughly a quarter of the perimeter, and the recorded survey rather than the wire is what tells you where your lines fall. Covenants are short and sensible, and paid game operations aren't permitted anywhere on the ranch, which keeps pressure off the wildlife and keeps strangers off the lanes. Power exists on the ranch, at the county road and at points through the interior, and we'll show you where the line sits relative to this tract so you can price the pull with your own contractor rather than take our word for it. Owner financing is available with as as little as 5% down.

• 46.32 surveyed acres on Alamo Ranch
• Roughly 3,130 ft of existing dirt ranch road, west edge to southeast corner
• 137 ft of elevation change, 2,039 to 2,176 ft
• Fencing on the north
• Owner financing with as little as 5% down

Wear a boot with a stiff sole, because the caliche is sharp and the cedar leaves stobs that will find a soft one. October through March is the best stretch to cross it on foot. When you're ready, we'll start you at the west entrance, take the road through to the turnaround, then climb the last of the rise on foot so you can see how the whole tract lays out under you. Bring water and a hat.