3960 County Road 5, FAIRPLAY, CO

🏔️ Rare 300-Acre Ranch Near Fairplay, Colorado 🐎

Experience the freedom, privacy, and wide-open beauty of a true South Park ranch. Located at approximately 9,000 feet—just 7 miles from Fairplay—this fenced and cross-fenced property offers year-round access, live water, extensive livestock improvements, and panoramic mountain views in every direction.

🏡 The Ranch Home

The 1,900+ sq. ft. home features:

✅ 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms
✅ Two spacious decks
✅ Private deck off the primary bedroom
✅ New roof
✅ New flooring and carpeting completed this summer
✅ Spring-fed water system with an installed cistern and pump house

🐴 Ready for Horses, Cattle & Ranching

Previously operated as a 30-horse boarding facility and later leased for cattle grazing, the ranch is exceptionally well equipped for livestock.

Improvements include:

• Two barns
• Corrals and cross-fenced pastures
• Tack rooms and storage
• Large hay barn with capacity for two flatbed loads of small square bales
• Horse barn with double-access stalls
• Indoor veterinary area
• Shop space
• Office or additional tack room
• Adjacent fifth-wheel storage

Large-animal veterinarians regularly serve the South Park area, supporting the region’s established ranching community.

💧 Live Water & Dependable Year-Round Access

A spring-fed system supplies water to both the home and livestock. The installed cistern and pump house provide dependable year-round service.

The ranch is only minutes from pavement by way of an exceptionally well-maintained county road—offering convenient access without sacrificing privacy or serenity. Surrounded by larger ranches, this property feels remarkably secluded while remaining close to town.

🦌 Hunting & Public-Land Access

Registered with Colorado Parks and Wildlife, the ranch qualifies for landowner hunting privileges in GMU 49.

Pike National Forest access is only 2 miles away. Ride directly from the ranch along county roads to nearby trailheads, or trailer just minutes to thousands of acres of public land for:

🐎 Horseback riding
🥾 Hiking
🦌 Hunting
🏍️ ATV adventures
❄️ Snowmobiling

🎣 World-Class Colorado Recreation

South Park is renowned for exceptional trout fishing at the Dream Stream, Eleven Mile Reservoir, Spinney Mountain Reservoir, Antero Reservoir, and miles of Gold Medal waters.

Breckenridge is an easy drive for skiing and mountain-town entertainment, while Denver and Colorado Springs remain within convenient reach.

✨ Whether you envision a working cattle ranch, horse property, hunting retreat, legacy holding, or private mountain getaway, this remarkable property is ready for its next chapter.

Legacy ranches offering this combination of acreage, access, water, improvements, privacy, and recreation rarely become available.

📲 Request additional information or schedule your private ranch tour today.