5 Acres, Blanca Costello County Colorado
Contact: Dick Heuckendorf 405-255-0539
Blanca terrain is high dessert prairie with surrounding mountains, mild summers averaging 65 to 42, cold winters averaging from 34 to 1.5 degrees, and windy springs. Sunny day average 290 days. Average rainfall 8.8 inches with surrounding mountains snowfall of 300 inches more or less. Elevation 7746 feet above sea level. Land is near the Smith Reservoir & Wildlife Area. The Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve is about 20 miles from Blanca on the west side of the Sangre de Cristo Mountain Range. Attraction: Rio Grande Scenic Railroad Mt Climbers: Blanca
Picture of Mt. Blanca is the view North of the 5 acres with light snow on mountains, land has some native grass and rabbit brush, yucca and some blooming cactus. Pictures taken November 10, 2008.
Elk and Antelope forage in the valley,
when snow becomes heavy in the mountains.
Antelope range from the San Luis Valley to the panhandle of Oklahoma
Blanca Colorado is 20 miles from Alamosa CO
100 miles to Angel Fire NM
80
miles to Taos NM