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Southwest Mesas

The uplands on the far south end of the Taos Valley form this zone. While these properties are closest to the Picuris mountains, the most impressive views look across the Taos Valley to Taos Mountain. Certain areas also feature views of the Rio Grande Gorge and the canyon of the Rio Pueblo de Taos. While sagebrush covers most of the area, pine and juniper cover the southern portion and parts of the western portion of this zone.

Any property accessed from County Road 110 (providing access to Vista Linda, Taos Country Club, the National Guard Armory, and UNM Taos) and those in the highlands accessed from NM 68 west of its junction with County Road 110 fall in this zone.

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Distance to Taos: 10 - 15 Minutes

Distance to Taos Ski Valley: 30 - 40 minutes

The Taos MLS divides this area into four MLS zones and one accidental zone:

Cordovas (14A)

Cordovas is an accidental zone because it falls into the Taos Valley Land region, but many properties to the west of the Taos Country Club which truly belong in the Orchard/LD/CATL/GIJ or County Club zones, are erroneously listed as being in Cordovas just because they lie on or near Los Cordovas Road. Since there is no way to separate correct listings from the incorrect ones, searches in the this MLS region include Cordovas listings.

Country Club (43C)

The Taos Country Club contains a number of high-end luxury homesites on and near the golf course within the gated community of Taos Country Club.. This zone also includes the area adjacent to the country club to the west and north accessed off of Los Cordovas Road. The golf course uses reclaimed and purified water from the Taos Sewer system to water the greens. Residents within the country club have access to this water for their own landscaping purposes. Once Los Cordovas Road approaches the sewer treatment plant, it is no longer in this zone

John's listing in this zone:

MLS# 83664, Spanish Colonial Country Club House - $595,000.

Spanish Colonial elegance combines with Taos architectural features in a magnificent golf course views in Taos Country Club to create one of the Taos area's most elegant and beautiful homes. Three bedrooms, two baths a spacious great room and flagstone courtyards with tiered fountains provide abundant living and entertaining space with elegant ambiance. .

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Orchard/LD/CATL/GIJ (29A)

This zone features all land to the west of the Los Cordovas Road on both sides of County Road 110. Here the land becomes much more rolling and pinon pine joins the sagebrush. The northern area of this zone borders the deepening canyon of the Rio Pueblo de Taos rather than the irrigated valley land found to the northeast. While relatively sparsely populated now, this area expects significant growth in coming years.

Stakeout Area (41A)

Everything south of NM 68, in the highlands that is also west of junction with County Road 110 falls in this zone which takes its name from the Stakeout Restaurant. Here impressive views of the Rio Grande Gorge, Taos Valley, and Taos Mountain create an unmistakable panorama. Homes in the Pinon and Juniper here often place their primary living areas on the second floor to look over the small trees and capture the remarkable scenery. Lower portions of this zone feature sagebrush ground cover. Wells here are deep and expensive to drill. For that reason, the area will probably always remain sparsely populated and the homes that are built here often have well shares to lessen the costs of these wells.

While Tierra Blanca Road (Stakeout Road) is the best known road in the area, other roads here lead south off of NM 68 such as Blue Sage Road and Selph Road.

Vista Linda (52A)

The name Vista Linda applies to both a subdivision and a zone - though the borders don't match. This area which includes everything accessed from County Road 110 that is east of Taos Country Club. It features relatively new Pueblo style homes, buried utility lines, and covenants that control the style and type of homes built. With sagebrush as ground cover and views to the mountains across the valley, this area has a "big sky" feel. Some properties on the western side of this zone overlook the golf course in the country club.

The portions of the Vista Linda subdivision included in this zone are the homes on Camino de los Arroyos, Irish Road, Vista Linda Road, and Camino del Ocaso. A small portion of the Vista Linda subdivision along Calle del Sol Road sits across an arroyo accessible only from West Romero Road. Since Vista Linda Linda is a more desirable zone than Llano Mesa, listings that should be placed in Llano Mesa are frequently and incorrectly placed in Vista Linda and will appear in searches for this zone.

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