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From desert to 12,000 foot mountain top, south-central New Mexico offers a variety of climate and terrain to please almost all tastes. The vast majority of our area is public land, including the 1.1 million acre Lincoln National Forest. Outdoor recreation opportunities abound: horseback riding, snow skiing, hiking and biking, fishing and hunting, exploring and ballooning! Cultural attractions include musical, dance and theatrical productions at the Flickinger Center for Performing Arts, top name entertainers at the Inn of the Mountain Gods, wine tasting at excellent area vineyards, and visits to historic villages, museums and archaeological sites. Come and find out for yourself why south-central New Mexico is a great place FIND YOUR FREEDOM!
We provide real estate services throughout the entire Tularosa Basin and Sacramento Mountains area of south-central New Mexico. We're here to serve all your real estate needs: residential, rural, recreational, farm, ranch, orchard, vineyard and commercial. If you’re looking for a home for sale, or a ranch for sale, United Country – Properties is your first choice for honest, ethical and professional real estate services.
New Mexico is filled with natural wonders from natural hot springs to the
world's largest deposit of gypsum sand. Explore undeveloped caves, walk lava flows and stare in awe at dazzling rock formations. At Three Rivers Petroglyph Site, more than 21,000 petroglyphs of birds, humans, animals, fish, insects and plants, as well as numerous geometric and abstract designs, are scattered over 50 acres of New Mexico's northern Chihuahuan Desert. Most of the petroglyphs are found along a long basalt ridge, which rises from the Tularosa Basin at the base of majestic Sierra Blanca.
The Tularosa Municipal Schools strive to create an environment where lifelong learning is valued, excellence is expected and improvement is continuous. New Mexico offers numerous academies of higher education, some within an hour and half drive.
For medical care, there are several excellent facilities within a short drive. Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center, which hosts a VA Clinic, is just 13 miles south in Alamogordo. The Lincoln Country Medical Center is about 35 miles north-east, in Ruidoso. El Paso (Texas) has a full VA Hospital, about 100 miles south.
With 310 average days of sunlight per year, New Mexico is an outdoor paradise offering all kinds of activities to residents and visitors alike. Golf, horseback riding, camping, bicycling and boating are available year-round, with plenty of winter sports like skiing, snowboarding, snowmobiling and ice-skating. With our spectacular landscape and clear skies, New Mexico also offers great opportunities for those who like hot air ballooning and hang-gliding. For those of you who'd rather watch than participate, New Mexico also offers semi-pro baseball and hockey teams, as well as college football and basketball teams.
Within a 30-minute drive of Tularosa are the mountain resort villages of Ruidoso and Cloudcroft. There you will find mountain lakes and streams, Lincoln National Forest, horse racing, 6 golf courses and skiing. Also only minutes away is the Mescalero Apache Reservation with casino gambling.
Ten or so major New Mexico rivers offer lots of boating opportunities. Depending on your craft, skill and courage, you can enjoy the unbridled Rio Grande west of Taos or its gentler tributary, the dam-controlled Rio Chama. You can also navigate an assortment of smaller rivers during the short spring runoff season. Portions of other dam-controlled rivers, including the Rio Grande from south of Santa Fe to the Texas border, can be floated year-round.
As you can tell, Tularosa, Otero County and the entire state have much to offer to new and old residents alike. Come on by and let us help you with your real estate needs. We know you’ll like it here.
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