Ute Park and Cimarron
As US Highway 64 travels east from Eagle Nest, it traverses around
the dam forming Eagle Nest lake and enters the very deep and scenic
Cimarron Canyon. This area comprises all private land in the
canyon and the town of Cimarron where the canyon opens up to the Great
Plains. Ute Park occupies the one open area of the canyon about
halfway between Eagle Nest dam and the town of Cimarron.
Cimmaron traces its history back to being a historic stop on a branch
of the Mountain Route of the Santa Fe Trail where Cimarron Creek meets
the plains. It features a very Western with false front buildings.
Just to the south of town sits the Philmont Boy Scout Ranch with its
headquarters sitting in a cattle barron's mansion. This makes
Cimarron one of New Mexico's oldest towns that does not have a Spanish
history. Cimarron features the main high school for western Colfax
County.
Ute Park was the last stop of a railroad spur leading from the main
Santa Fe line at Raton. Originally these tracks were to head over
the Sangre de Cristo Mountains to Taos and connect to other railroad
lines, but this never happed. The town became a combination of a
lumber camp and summer resort destination. Today the tracks are
gone, but other elements of Ute Park's history remain. Tall
snowcapped mountains, forrested slopes, and the deep canyon create a
special atmosphere to people who call this area home.
In both communities, because of limited job opportunities and
distances to resorts, home prices are lower than Taos or the Angel Fire
area. Most homes homes are older dating back to each towns'
heyday.
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Distance to Taos:
45 - 60 Minutes
Distance to Taos Ski
Valley: 70 - 90 minutes |
The Taos MLS uses just one zone for this region:
UTE PARK/CIMARRON (47B)
Land available for sale in this zone is pretty much limited to the
communities of Ute Park and Cimarron. Cimarron Canyon State Park, the
Philmont Scout Ranch, Carson National Forest, and very large ranches (CS
Ranch and Vermejo Park Ranch) comprise most of the property in the area.
The steep terrain and narrow canyon also limit building in the canyon to
a very few open spots. While the two communities are quite
different, their small sizes and proximity to one another warrant
combining them into one zone.
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