12300 County Road 20, Manassa, CO 81141

Welcome to the "Diamond Quarter Circle Ranch located in the beautifulSan Luis Valley in Manassa CO, with 2 miles of the San Antonio river (both sides). This well cared for 433 +/- acre ranch with SR water rights that is bordering 300K acres of BLM land  is a 3rd generation ranch and is now for sale for the first time.  Every so oftenan opportunity comes your wayand this ranch is one of those rare opportunities.   The ranch is a working ranch producing 900 TONS +/- of prime hay ( $60,000 +/- a year) Also another 6-7K dollar's for running cows in Nov and Dec. There is 2 miles of the San Antonio river flowing right through the ranch (both sides). The river has allowed huge groves of big tall beautiful cottonwood trees with all their spectacular colors in the fall and fantastic shade for your livestock. The San Antonio is a tributary of the Conejos River offering super fun fishing for rainbow and brown trout right on the ranch. Another huge benefit of Diamond Quarter Circle ranch is that it also borders 300K acres of BLM land on the east side of the ranch that extends all the way into New Mexico. The large ranch style house boasts 4668 sq. ft. under the roof with 6 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms, updated kitchen, a formal dining room for the whole family to enjoy, plus 2 living rooms, 3 fire places (one in the master bedroom). There is a large 3 car garage all with their own doors for all your toys and vehicles, next to the house is an riding arena and loafing shed for your horses and round pen...Ample room to park literally whatever you want. The ranch is a recreational paradise offering both mule deer and elk hunting. Also the river provides waterfowl hunting as the ranch sits right on a major flyway.The ranch does also qualify for a landowner tag (mule deer, always check regs) Colorado offers OTC elk tags (2nd and 3rd rifle). The Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife has historically issued the San Luis Valley landowners big game (deer & elk) tags on a very liberal, almost unlimited basis. Along with income from cattle, the ranch will produce 900 +/- tons of beautiful hay 2 or 3 cuts because of the incredible SR water rights that have been permanently protected by the CE. The ranch offers some of the most beautiful hay in the state (an alfalfa grass mix). The huge pastures are all irrigated (375 +/- acres) with a gravity ditch system that was designed perfectly for the lay of the land. There are incredible SR water rights for the entire ranch. The water rights are being conveyed with the sale and will always forever be protected by the CE and in Colorado water is GOLD!!! Lastly the ranch has a conservation easement created by Colorado Open Lands that was placed on the ranch for primarily protectingall the incredible water rights while secondarily protecting this historic legacy and tremendous riverfront wildlife habitat for generations to come and for extremelylow taxes for a ranch as big as Diamond Quarter Circle. The easement was carefully thought through with an additional residential building site envelope and one more agricultural building site envelope. 375+/- acres are easily irrigated .....  So if you're looking for that generational ranch that offers great horseback riding, mule deer, elk, and waterfowl hunting, plus fantastic fishing, all on 433 acres, 2 miles of river plus bordering 300K acres of BLM land and income producing this is your opportunity to have it all..