This is a 10 acre piece of land located approximately 6 miles southwest of the rural town of Montello in Elko County, Nevada. It is about a 40 minute drive to the bustling town of Wendover on the Utah/Nevada state line and the busy town of Elko is about 1.25 hours to the west. All of the photos were taken in August of 2008 just a couple lots to the north of this actual property, about 20 acres, as seen in the parcel map. They should be an excellent representation of the property, views and terrain of these 10 acres and you can actually see this land in several of the photos looking to the south.

Paved highway 233 runs just right off the SE corner of the property as seen in the parcel map as well! It looks like it is just feet from the property line and there is a dedicated easement surrounding each property so you can get to yours from that point. I believe it is only the second piece of land we have owned that actually had the highway running this close to it! It was a beautiful time of the year and a gorgeous day to be out looking at land in Elko County! Oh I just love to explore this area! The skies were a brilliant blue against the mountain peaks!

This property is sitting on the valley floor between these two mountain ranges, the Pilot Mountain Range and the Toano Mountains! On the north end of the Pilot Mountain Range you can see Rhyolitte Butte, a round flat unique looking rock and to the southeast is Pilot Peak at 10,716 feet! This valley has awesome views of the Toano Mountain Range to the west and southwest and of the Pilot Mountain Range to the east - very pretty! The Toano Mountains sit to the west and southwest and are so close you can see lots of trees on her! To the southeast are cool treed hills with lots of character to them! To the north is the small town of Montello where you will find a small gas/grocery store, cowboy restaurants/bar, and a post office. Wendover is a larger town to the southeast on I80 and people in this valley commute there for work as well and groceries. The big town of Elko is about 1.5 hours to the west. This land was once part of the large Gamble Ranch and that ranch sits to the north of the town of Montello.

Montello is a small town of about 480 people sitting in the northeastern corner of Nevada not too far from the Utah/Nevada/Idaho state line. This is open range land so there are fences running along both sides of the highway. You would need to put a gate at the fence and also fence your property if you wanted to keep grazing cattle out. There is a railroad to the west of the property about 400 ft away, as seen in the map links above. Alternative sources of power might need to be considered as I did not see power in this part of the valley. I have a lot of people inquire about "green places" to live and this is definitely accessible all year long!

The property, which central elevation sits at 5,325 feet above sea level, is fairly flat with a gentle uphill slope to the west. There are scattered sagebrush and native plants throughout the property. There is a gravel/stone trail leading along the west side of the paved highway. There is a neighboring house to the north of this property, as seen in the Aerial Map Looking North. There are a few others scattered in the distance to the north and to the east, across Highway 233 in the heart of Tecoma Valley.

I can't say enough about how beautiful I thought this area was. This valley is surrounded by an abundance of wildlife in two mountain ranges! If you have been looking for a place to build a home on an excellent road or a place to just get away from it all while you hunt or explore be sure and check this out! Enjoy! Char the Explorer : )

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AREA INFORMATION: Update June 2009 This time the trip was a family trip with me (Char), Mark, Amber and Buddy. We swung down into Winnemucca, then over to Elko and back home through Wildhorse. I had heard from a few of the locals that it had rained there every day for the past 30 days. One of the gals in the assessors office let me know that she had seen wildflowers blooming that she had never seen before! I read in the Elko newspaper that it was the second wettest June on record, the first being in 1913 and the records go back to 1888! A total of 10.71 inches of rain has fallen since October 1, 2008, well above the average water year of 9.59 inches - and there's still a few more months to go! We were amazed at the fabulous green scapes that draped the hills and valleys. It was so incredibly beautiful!! The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued a draft study of the proposed $3 billion Ruby Pipeline that would go through Elko County carrying natural gas from Wyoming through Utah and Nevada and into Oregon. We happened to own 40 acres of land that this proposed 50 foot easement goes through and we recently granted an easement to Ruby Pipeline for this. I thought this would improve the road to the property. The project will require about 3000 workers to complete including 100 or so in the Elko and Wells area and it is estimated the investment in Elko County would be $716 million. Wow again! As always I will keep my ears open for more information on this. The big "E" on the Elko Hills with the Ruby Mountains looming behind them - you can see Ruby Dome still had plenty of snow on her! These next pictures were taken about 10 miles NE of Elko near River Valley Ranches. The Ruby Mountains had snow in her peaks still and the valley and Adobe Range were so green! Amber playing ball with Buddy - he was so happy to get out of the truck for a while and play ball!       The hillsides were so green and thats the North Fork of the Humboldt River flowing through the valley below: The new building for the mining company looks like the outside is near finished and wildflowers blooming along the roadside by Wildhorse:   These next photos were taken of Wildhorse - beautiful pelicans were enjoying the afternoon along with lots of fishermen and campers!       Update May 2009:My first chance to see Elko County this spring was a beautiful welcome sight! The reeds along the Humboldt River were a beautiful orangish/red and the valley was green. The Ruby Mountains were loaded with snow and Pilot Peak out by Montello still had quite a bit on her as well! I noticed a new building along the main drag in town and was told it is one of the mining companies moving headquarters into town! A local realtor was saying that although the prices of land had dropped the prices in Elko had remained strong with only a slight drop in value. And the mines and mineral exploration continue to do very well. An article in the Wall Street Journal in April 2009 stated "Mining companies are keeping the construction industry humming and adding jobs in mountainous Elko, Nev. Gold fever has inoculated this historic cow town from the state's economic malaise, making it an island of relative prosperity in a state flooded with unemployed workers." It goes on to discuss the impact the price of gold is having on Elko at over $800 an ounce, tight rental-housing market and the thousand of job applications the mines are receiving compared to a year ago when they were having to hold job fairs to attract workers. Beautiful reddish/orange reeds lined the Humboldt River!   A new building for one of the mining companies moving headquarters into the town of Elko by the airport!           Elko County is located in northeastern Nevada, 295 miles east of Reno and 237 miles west of Salt Lake City. Click Here for Elko's road map. With 17,135 square miles it is one of the largest counties in the USA. A book listing American towns with the highest quality of life declared Elko, Nevada, "The Best Small Town in America." It is a small city, and a booming trading and service center for a mining and ranching area. If is a very friendly town where it is common to see kids with belt buckles bigger than themselves being worn proudly! I am always up for a trip to Elko County to explore land and have actually saved a 20 acre piece there for myself in hopes of watching it snow on the Ruby Mountains some year! Enjoy the pictures from my journey below but be sure and click on the Elko County link to see the rest! The rest of the pictures below were taken on our many visits to Elko. For more pictures from our journeys and information about the area be sure and click on our Elko County web page link below! The big "E" in the Elko Hills above the town of Elko with Ruby Dome looming large in the Ruby Mountains in the distance. Called the Swiss Alps of Nevada, Ruby Dome reaches up to 11,300 feet:   Wild horses in Pilot Valley on the east side of the county near Wendover and Montello! I've seen them twice now out there - fabuluos!   The bright lights of Wendover at night! Wendover is a bustling little gambling town located on the Nevada/Utah State line:   The famous Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge. With over 12,000 acres this area is a special habitat to over 207 species of birds providing feeding, nesting and a resting stop in the Pacific Flyway. I asked these two men from California, who had just came from fishing down at Ruby Lake, if this was their favorite fishing place in this county and they let me know that this was the best fishing place in the state!   Wildhorse Reservoir north of Elko and a cattle drive near Wildhorse on one of my first trips ever to Elko! My job doesn't get any better than that!   For more of our pictures of the area and information on the county click here: Elko County Links to additional information: City of Elko Website Elko County Official Website History of Elko County Here is an interesting link for you to check out from a previous customer of ours, Montello Alpaca Company, who is building a home and an alpaca ranch in Montello. There is lots of good information about alternative building methods and a great story of their journey in this beautiful valley! MontelloAlpacaCompany.Blogspot.com

 

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LAND FOR SALE DIRT CHEAP!     CASH PRICE ONLY $4000!

 

Dirt cheap prices has always been our game at Smile4u, the ability to bring you a quality piece of land with photos, information and maps at an incredible price! It is what made us successful when we first started selling land back in 2001 and is what makes us still successful in the current economy. Our ability and knowledge of how to buy land for pennies on the dollar continues to keep land rolling in our door! We just dropped our prices on several properties to keep them rolling back out the door as well! What a great opportunity if you're been looking at investing in real estate as you will be hard pressed to find a better price on a quality piece of land!
 
Since 2001 I have personally spent months out of every year out exploring the thousands of properties we have sold. I have often been within a few blocks of every piece of land we sell if not stepped foot on it personally and because of this we can bring you photos of what the property actually looks like! I figured out very early on that if I wanted to be able to have a good discussion about the lands I was offering for sale I had better go and take a look for myself. And doing so we can still offer lands for sale at dirt cheap prices! How? Now that's a secret I don't tell! Char the Explorer : ) 
 

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