Hotchkiss Colorado country home with irrigated acreage for sale

Conveniently located less than a mile from the newly named North Fork High School and a little more than a mile from Hotchkiss is this 10-acre property with a neatly maintained modular home, livestock sheds, and 36×40 workshop building with a workbench and tack shed. With a total of 1,680 square feet, the home has 5 bedrooms and a large shaded porch facing the mountains to the east. A well-built shed has 3 15×30 stalls constructed of welded pipe, leaving plenty of room for raising pigs, lambs, and other livestock, and this setup is particularly good for 4H animals. The 5-acre field to the south of the home is irrigated with 2 shares of Short Ditch, which is known as one of the most reliable water rights in the entire North Fork Valley.

Colorado hobby farm for sale, horse property for sale

The buyer seeking a horse property with good irrigation and pasture will love this little farm. It has excellent water rights, a producing hayfield, and easy access. The shed has a nice tack room already set up for the horseman and riding trails in the area are numerous. The nearby Delta County Fairgrounds, only 1.5 miles away, hosts many equestrian events, and the covered riding arena is open to the public for year-round training and riding.

Hotchkiss, CO is known for its agriculture and excellent growing climate

Colorado’s North Fork Valley is known as one of the most productive agricultural areas in the state. Located about an hour southeast of Grand Junction, the neighboring towns of Paonia, Crawford, and Cedaredge are all known for producing excellent hay, beef, goats, sheep, fruit such as peaches, plums, apricots, and apples, garden vegetables, wine grapes, and products such as organic honey, garlic, hemp, and melons. This farmette is well situated to produce hay, pasture, and garden veggies.

Year-round flights out of Montrose Regional Airport and Grand Junction Regional Airport

This property has excellent access to airports, with two good regional airports within an hour’s drive. Because of its close proximity to Telluride, the Montrose Regional Airport has excellent connections to large airports across America, such as Newark, LA, Denver, Salt Lake City, Dallas, and Chicago. Grand Junction has direct flights to Dallas, Salt Lake City, Denver, LA, Las Vegas, and Phoenix and connections to the rest of the world.

Hotchkiss is known for its family-friendly lifestyle with excellent schools

Just recently the high schools in Paonia and Hotchkiss were combined to create the newly named North Fork High School, which is located very close to this home. Over the years, the two schools have won many state championships in all kinds of sports, including baseball, wrestling, track, cross-country, football, and volleyball. The schools have produced many outstanding scholars who have gone on to win scholarships at military academies and Division 1 engineering schools, medical schools, and other prestigious academic institutions. Younger students have the choice of attending the K-6 Montessori School in nearby Crawford or Hotchkiss Elementary.

Hot Internet Connection for Live/Work Scenario

The local electric utility has installed a very good network of fiber internet across Delta and Montrose counties. Elevate has become synonymous with very fast internet connections, up to 1 GB download speed for excellent work-from-home connectivity. This home has access to Elevate fiber.