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40 Acres Sweetwater County, Wyoming

Description

The land is flat to rolling high desert terrain is not intended for residential use, but it means this remote, untamed terrain is perfect for hunting, camping, RVs, and other recreation. Property is within walking distance of thousands of acres of government land.

Located in the Red Desert region of Wyoming, the lands surrounding this lot are teeming with a variety of wildlife that thrive in the vastly untouched wide open spaces.

In Rawlins you will find medical care, groceries, supplies, building materials, feed stores, restaurants, professional services and a Walmart Supercenter.

The Creston Draw runs East to West through the middle of the ranch. Additionally, there is a seasonal pond that is on the South East corner of the ranch which is attractive to wildlife. Many antelope and deer tracks are found near the pond & all around the property.

The ranch is located in Sweetwater County, near the border of Carbon County. Southern Wyoming’s Sweetwater and Carbon Counties are rich in wildlife. This property falls in the regions designated for the hunting of Antelope, Elk, Bighorn Sheep, Deer, Mountain Lion, Pheasant, and Wild Turkey. There are also Wild Horses in the area.

This parcel is surrounded by over 1 Million Acres of Public Land that includes Green Mountain, Whiskey Peak and the Ferris Mountains.

The property is close to world-class fishing, water sports and outdoor recreation activities at the nearby Seminoe State Park, Seminoe Reservoir, North Platte River, Miracle Mile, Pathfinder Reservoir and Alcova Reservoir.

Seminoe State Park is surrounded by giant dunes of white sand, acres of sagebrush, thousands of pronghorn antelope and sage grouse, all under the bluest of Wyoming skies. Located 34 miles northeast of Rawlins, Seminoe State Park features the moon-like Seminoe Mountains and the Seminoe Reservoir, The reservoir is home to both trout and walleye. The park provides facilities for anglers, boaters, picnickers, campers and hikers. Seminoe has 180 miles of shoreline and is one of the largest man-made reservoirs in Wyoming and the largest of the Wyoming State Parks system.

The world-famous Miracle Mile is actually a 5.5-mile stretch of the North Platte River fed by Seminoe Reservoir. It is an extremely fertile tailwater that offers anglers a chance to catch enormous trophy trout, and with approximately 4,000 fish per mile, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to catch the fish of a lifetime. This area is boatable but much more effective for wade-fishing.

The Pathfinder Reservoir a 22,000-acre lake known for its massive size and colossal walleye, trout and carp. Pathfinder hosts numerous professional walleye tournaments during the summer months and one of Wyomings largest ice fishing derbies the HAWG Ice Fishing Derby during the winter.

ACTIVITIES: hunting, hiking, camping, fishing (reservoirs within an hours drive), horseback riding, ORV/UTV/motorcycles, viewing nature.

WILDLIFE: sage grouse (endangered), falcons, rabbits, mule deer, coyotes, herds of pronghorn, desert elk(rare), wild horses, redtailed hawk, bald eagle.

BEST ATTRIBUTES: outdoor recreation, horses and cattle are welcome, large acreage, vast views, low property taxes.

ACCESS: this lot has a maintained dirt road. Road maintenance fee: $100/annually

WATER: abundant quantities near the surface. Well permits can be obtained by contacting the Wyoming State Engineers Office, Ground Water Division, at 307-777-6163

SEPTIC/SEWER: Septic permits are issued by the Sweetwater County Environmental Health Department 307-872-3930

Can I Build a House: Sweetwater County Zoning Resolution: https://www.sweet.wy.us/departments/land_use/development_codes.php

Property Information

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Purchase Information/Fees

Nearby Attractions/City

Nearby cities: Rawlins, Creston, Wamsutter, Riner, etc.

Many nearby mountain peaks

Notes

The “checkerboard” style map (shown above) shows part of the spread of sectioned land across the United States from Omaha Nebraska to Sacramento California that came from the construction of America’s first transcontinental railroad in the 1860s.

The railroad companies were granted a strip of land in the checkerboard for their railway all the way across the country, along with a grant of alternating square mile sections of land for twenty miles on each side of the tract.

Today, the checkerboard sections of land that were owned by the government are now part of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) agency that manages nearly 250 million acres of public land across the county.

On the above map, the BLM land is shown by the yellow section squares, privately owned land is shown in white, and state trust land is shown in blue.

As you can see, the (tiny) red square is the property in relation to the town of Rawlins, and more importantly, the tens of thousands of acres of public land that is accessible to the immediate west.