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Cibola County, New Mexico · near Ramah · APN R06664: Freedom at 7,472 Feet, and Nobody Around to Tell You No

Camino De Tierra, Ramah, NM 87321

At 7,472 feet, the air up here stays cool when the low country is baking, and the pinon and juniper hand you shade the desert lots never will. This is 5.69 acres of New Mexico high country with no zoning, no active HOA, and no clock telling you when to build. Pitch a tent your first weekend out, go solar from the start, and put up a cabin when you're good and ready. This ground's been waiting on somebody like you.

The High Country Doesn't Care Who You Used to Answer To

You've spent years being told what you can put up, how big it has to be, and which committee signs off first. Somewhere along the way you about gave up finding ground where the answer to "can I build that?" is just yes. This is that ground, 5.69 acres of New Mexico high country at 7,472 feet, where the only thing keeping score is the weather.

Come summer, the pinon and juniper hold their shade while the low desert cooks, and up here the four seasons actually feel like four. Pitch a tent the first weekend you close, run your power off the sun, and take your time on the cabin, because there's no build clock rushing any of it. Weekend cabin builder, off-gridder, family after a base camp, or a fella just tired of neighbors close enough to borrow sugar? There's room up here for every one of you.

You're a short run from Ramah, and El Morro National Monument is close enough for a Saturday. Travelers have been carving their names into the sandstone at its waterhole for centuries, the oldest Spanish inscription cut there back in 1605, which makes your closing paperwork feel downright new.

The road in is dirt, and a 4x4 earns its keep after a good rain, but that same rough mile is why it stays quiet out here.

Folks have been leaving their mark on this stretch of New Mexico for four hundred years. Might be about time you left yours.

  • No zoning and no active HOA here, you set the rules
  • Build, set a modular, or go tiny with a standard state permit
  • Camp in a tent or RV from day one, build when ready
  • Go fully off-grid with solar, a well or hauled water, and septic
  • Cool four-season high country at 7,472 feet in the pinon
  • El Morro and El Malpais monuments make close weekend runs
  • Ramah's just up the road for gas and basics, Zuni country nearby
  • Grants runs roughly 45 to 60 minutes out for a big-box supply run

Is this your kind of land

Who this parcel suits

Good fit for

A homestead, off-grid cabin, or base camp where you drill a well, run your own septic, and answer to no HOA or utility company.

Not a fit for

Not a fit for buyers who need municipal water and sewer hookups, or who want to camp in an RV long-term without building.

On the ground

Where it sits

The red outline on the map is approximate. It is drawn from county records to show roughly where the lot sits, not a surveyed boundary.

34.951964, -108.221434
Center coordinate · drive out on weak signal
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The four corner coordinates
NW34.9520, -108.2214
NE34.9519, -108.2202
SW34.9501, -108.2215
SE34.9500, -108.2202

Corner coordinates are approximate. Verify against the recorded plat before relying on them.

The record

The facts, every one of them

Acreage
5.69 acres
Lot dimensions
367 × 687 ft
Subdivision
None
Zoning
No County Zoning
Utilities
Off-grid. No water, power or sewer to the lot.
Terrain
Flat
Elevation
7,472 ft
Access †
Property can be accessed via Camino De Tierra.
Flood zone
Not in a FEMA flood zone
Wetlands
None mapped in the national wetlands inventory
Cell signal
Not confirmed. Plan for none.
Annual taxes
About $125 a year
HOA / POA
None

† From county maps and records. Check with the county, or ask your Land Specialist what we have on file.

Dig deeper

Zoning & building rules: see What’s allowed here
Water & septic detail

Water: On-site: None. Options: Well or Haul. Would be a well, water haul and holding tank or other similar option

Sewer / septic: On-site: None. Options: Septic.

What’s allowed, and what it’s for

This one is a homestead first.

This one earns its Homestead & Cabin billing the honest way, it's genuinely buildable. Cibola County keeps no zoning here, so a stick-built home, a modular, a manufactured or mobile home, even a tiny house all clear with the standard state building permit, and there's no county minimum on how big your place has to be. Water comes from a well or hauled in, power runs off solar with the grid some distance out, and septic goes in when you're ready. Pitch a tent or park the RV while you frame it up, because with no build clock the timeline is yours. At 7,472 feet in the pinon and juniper, it's cabin country that stays cool when the desert below is running hot.

A plain-language summary of how Cibola County's No County Zoning zone reads, current to October 2026. It is not a determination of what you may do here, and it is not legal or land-use advice.

Genuinely buildable high country, no zoning and no active HOA in your way.
Put up a full home or a weekend cabin at 7,472 feet, on your own schedule.
Homes and dwellings
With permit
Living on the land
Allowed
Off-grid and utilities
With permit

Cibola County decides what is allowed, not us. Confirm current rules with Planning & Zoning before you buy.

Call (505) 285-2555
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Homes and dwellings
Build a house
With permit
Allowed. The county has no zoning, so your building permit comes from the state rather than the county.
Modular home
With permit
Allowed. Inspected to the state residential code on the same state permit as a site-built home.
Manufactured home
With permit
Allowed with a state installation permit. The county sets no age limit and neither does the state.
Mobile home
With permit
No county rule bars a pre-1976 unit. Without a HUD label, check with the state Manufactured Housing Division first.
Tiny home
With permit
Allowed on a foundation. New Mexico has a tiny-house code for dwellings of 400 square feet or less.
Alternative structures
With permit
No county rules on sheds, barns or containers, and a shed can go up before the house.
Living on the land
Tent camping
Allowed
No county ordinance covers camping in either direction. Check with Cibola County Planning about your specific plans.
Camp in RV
Allowed
No county permit and no day limit. Your waste disposal still has to be lawful under state rules.
RV while building
Allowed
No county permit exists. Cibola does not regulate RV occupancy during construction in any way.
Off-grid and utilities
Off-grid setup
With permit
Standard here. A state well permit is required before drilling, and the state permits your septic system.
Power nearby
No
No utility power near the parcel
Water
Well or Haul
On-site: None. Options: Well or Haul. Would be a well, water haul and holding tank or other similar option
Sewer
Septic
On-site: None. Options: Septic.
AllowedWith permitRestrictedNot allowedAsk the county
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What it costs

Pricing & owner financing

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$400
down + doc fee
Down payment$150
Doc fee$250
To claim today$400
$195/mo · 74 months
Note maintenance fee$12/mo
Property taxes, prorated$10/mo
Billed monthly$217
Total price$14,580

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No HOA or POA dues. No utility meters to turn on.
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Plenty of folks claim sight unseen, and plenty like to walk the corners before they decide. If that is you, we will text you a one-page field guide to take along.

Driving in

  1. Start in the nearest town
    Ramah, Cibola County
  2. GPS to the parcel center
    34.951964, -108.221434
  3. Look for the road access
    Dirt road frontage · check the corners on the plat before you park

Before you leave town

  • Bring water and layers
    Cell service can drop past the nearest town. Plan for a round-trip without it.
  • Save the corners offline
    Copy the four corner coordinates before you head out.

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