Overview
Cañon City Homestead Paradise
This 35-acre parcel in Whiskey Park, near Cañon City, offers a blend of freedom and functionality. The property has no HOA or covenants and features county-maintained roads. A private drive leads to a valley surrounded by timber, with open meadows suitable for gardens, animals, and views. A 2,691 sq ft concrete foundation is in place, and plans are available from the owner, offering a head start on building a main home. A Domestic Well is drilled and approved for fire protection, household use inside up to three single-family dwellings, watering poultry, domestic animals, and livestock, and irrigating up to one acre of gardens and lawns. A new septic system with a leach field is installed and ready to connect. The property is ideal for a solar array, greenhouse, workshop, barn, or guest cabin. Pinon, juniper, and ponderosa trees add privacy, and rolling ground creates sites for a studio, equipment shed, or RV base. A tall game fence encloses an older garden and orchard, ready for restarting food production, adding raised beds, and protecting tender starts. The location provides year-round access and natural shelter. The property is zoned Ag and is located about twelve miles from paved CO 9. Lot features include a cul-de-sac, foothills, level areas, many trees, a meadow, mountainous terrain, open space, rock outcroppings, a rolling slope, seclusion, a sloped area, and a steep slope, making it suitable for grazing. Everyday needs, schools, hardware, feed, and healthcare are in Cañon City and Florence. Recreational opportunities include the Arkansas River, Royal Gorge, Shelf Road climbing, and nearby public lands for hiking, fishing, rafting, horseback riding, and big game seasons.