Timber Creek Ranch in Salida, Colorado
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The Acreage: Over 170 continuous acres in the Upper Arkansas Valley on the edge of Salida, Colorado. Luxury home, guest home, barn, center pivot irrigation, multiple ponds and year round creek/spring. Entirely private layout bordering no public roads. Features meticulously manicured residential grounds protected by two separate coded/remote-controlled entry gates.
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The Main Residence: An architectural masterpiece spanning 9,662 square feet of recently renovated luxury living space. A centralized elevator connects all three levels, ensuring complete accessibility throughout the home.
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Ground-Level Living: Designed for seamless main-floor living. Features a spacious primary suite, a large open kitchen configured for upscale catering or family gatherings, three strategic fireplaces, a formal dining room, a sunroom, a family room, and a quiet sitting room framing unobstructed mountain views.
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Upper-Level Flexibility: Three large guest bedrooms and a massive bunkroom. Complemented by additional flexible living spaces designed to accommodate large groups easily.
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Lower-Level Recreation: A fully finished lower level functioning as a private entertainment hub. Features a spacious game room, a cozy living room anchored by a fireplace, an efficiency kitchen, and a large multi-use bonus room.
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Guest & Ranch Infrastructure: Includes a detached 1-bedroom guest house with shop space located steps from the main residence. 1,600 SF agricultural barn, and durable loafing sheds for livestock or dry storage.
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Water Assets: Live water features including a year-round spring and creek flowing directly past the residence, three private stocked trout ponds, two additional large ponds – engineered and ready to fill, and adjoining 100+ acre recreational open space with Timber Creek cutting through the center.
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Wildlife & Hunting (LPP): Exceptional big game habitat bordering protected land. Fully enrolled in the Colorado Landowner Preference Program (LPP), historically yielding 3 mature elk tags and 3 mule deer tags annually.
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Income: Offered fully furnished and turnkey with an established short-term rental (STR) history generating over $200,000 in annual revenue with a 20-guest capacity.
Location, Geography, and Surrounding Area
Located in Chaffee County’s in the center of the Upper Arkansas Valley, Timber Creek Ranch offers an unmatched geographical profile. The estate shares three of its boundaries with private open space and the Mount Ouray State Wildlife Area, providing a permanent buffer against development and ensuring endless, unobstructed views of the surrounding mountain ranges.
While the property offers peace, quiet, and seclusion of a remote backcountry ranch, it is located just two miles from the heart of downtown Salida, Colorado. Residents can walk or bike directly from the ranch onto the acclaimed Salida Trail System, allowing convenient access to town and hundreds of miles of intersecting non-motorized trails. Furthermore, the property provides immediate, direct access to the gold-medal waters of the Arkansas River for world-class fly fishing and rafting.
Narrative Overview
Timber Creek Ranch represents a category of one in the Salida real estate market. It is a seamless marriage of a high-end, multi-generational luxury compound and a premier Colorado sporting ranch. The primary residence has been thoroughly updated with premium finishes, master craftsmanship. Outside, the property transforms into a private playground where you can catch sizable trout in your backyard ponds, harvest mature big game through the LPP program, and manage a historic hay operation. Whether utilized as a high-performing income asset, a private family legacy compound, or an equestrian estate, it offers a combination of town proximity, live water, and public land boundaries that cannot be easily replicated.
