Beautiful Pilot Peak which rises to 10,716 - she is so beautiful and majestic!

This 10 acres of real estate is located just outside the town of Montello in northeastern Nevada near the Idaho/Utah/Nevada state lines. It's about 1.5 miles southeast of the small town of Montello which has a population of about 480 people. The small town offers a gas/mini grocery store, post office and restaurant. 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 where you will find a hospital and major shopping. Salt Lake City is about two hours to the east and Reno sits on the other side of the state.

It is about 1.5 miles SE of Highway 233 which is a paved road and Pilot Road sits about 1.5 miles away. There is a graveled road with power along it along the northwest section line (a section equals one square mile) so power is about 1/4 of a mile to the northwest. There is a dirt road ten acres to the west. There is a dedicated easement surrounding each parcel so you can put the road in the rest of the way to the property. The vegetation was short and we were able to drive over it in our truck to the property. So excellent access to the area and power very close and right close to town!

It has awesome views of the Pilot Mountains from the northeast to the southeast. They sit just a few miles to the east and you sure get some beautiful details in her mountain peaks! Part of this range is in Utah as well. Rhyolitte Butte is a beautiful big rock at the northeast end of this range. I really enjoyed the first time I got to see this rock so up close - she is beautiful and such a unique shape. She sits about three miles to the northeast offering great detail as seen in the photos! All the way down the valley to the southeast about 20 miles is Pilot Peak at 10,716 feet.

Across the valley from the northwest to the southwest is the Toano Mountain Range. I have spent time exploring these mountains and the valley to the west side of them and that is a fabulous place to go explore in a 4WD! I have seen hunters coming out of both of these mountains and a few people camping as well. This is a pretty part of the valley and there are a few people that live around this area as seen in the photos.

This ten acres is fairly flat and looks like it was farmed at some point because of the low vegetation but it has grown back. There was some short vegetation with a soft layer of dirt. It has a bit of a gentle roll towards the east. There are pretty groves of trees in the distance. There is a neighbor with a fence and some abandoned trailers/cars which appears to adjoin this property on the northwest of the property. We were fortunate finding the Federal Survey Marker for township, range and section 16 which adjoins this section 21! I think we found this in the northwest corner which is about 20 acres to the northwest! This will help you to locate the property. Both of these can be seen in the photos below.

It was getting late in the afternoon and the sun was setting just over the Toano Mountains to the east! This land was once part of the large Gamble Ranch and it is open range land. This is a very rural and remote valley well off the beaten path. It is a gorgeous valley with a few people scattered up and down it and with the town of Montello being the hub for the valley. I don't ever recall NOT seeing an antelope when I visited this valley and twice now I have seen a herd of wild horses roaming out here - absolutely stunning when you see them for your first time!

This valley is surrounded by an abundance of wildlife in two mountain ranges! The property is zoned for either a home or RV! If you have been looking for a place to build a home in a beautiful rural valley or a place to park your RV while you hunt or explore be sure and check this one out! It is hard for us to come by land so close to Montello at these prices! Enjoy! Char the Explorer : )

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Oh I love to shoot pictures of this valley and mountains - and Mark spent quite a bit of time putting up all of the photos - so we might have over done it a bit but as Mark said the first time he ever saw this valley "You're photos don't do it justice!"

This group of photos is looking northeast to southeast from Rhyolitte Butte, a very cool rock formation a few miles to the northeast all the way down to the southeast to Pilot Peak at 10,716 feet!

       

                                                    This is looking south with Pilot Peak on the east side with the narrow opening, Pilot Valley, and the foothills of the Toano Mountain Range which sits on the west side of the valley.                   This is looking west towards the Toano Mountains - Montello sits just 1.5 miles to the northwest! There are a few different passes through these hills and I have spent several days out exploring land on the west side of them - huge fun!

 

                                    You can almost make out the town of Montello to the right of the sunset - it was a bit bright against the camera but what a pretty view!

                  Graveled road and power along the north of the section line about 1/4 of a mile away!!!       Federal Survey Marker for section 16 which adjoins section 21!    

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 rural town of Montello.           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

Contract Terms: There is $150.00 nonrefundable doc prep fee to buy this contract. You will be hard pressed to find a more affordable doc prep fee! Contract Price is $8,500.00 with 8% interest and approximately 66 monthly payments of $150.00 due by the 10th of each month. Once the contract is paid off we will prepare all necessary documents and we will pay the costs to transfer ownership. It's all part of your $150.00 doc prep fee! Monthly Payment Coupons. Skip Payment Coupons - One a year for the life of the loan! If you find yourself short on cash you can skip that month's payment and tack it on to the end of the loan. Matching Down Payment Program - Put up to 20% cash down and we will match that amount off of the purchase price! Example - put down 20%, $1,700.00, and we will deduct $1,700.00 more off of the purchase price making the remaining balance $5,100.00. Zero Down - You pay only the doc prep fee to buy this contract! Easy Financing - No Credit Check No Early Payoff Penalty Assumable Contracts

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