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Torrance County, New Mexico · near Moriarty · APN 1051054090015000000: High-Desert Land Near Moriarty, No HOA and Room to Build

Belgian Street, Moriarty, NM 87035

Level high-desert ground in the Estancia Valley, the kind of flat, open lot where you get to decide where everything goes. Moriarty is a ten-minute run for gas and groceries, and Albuquerque is about forty-five minutes west on I-40. No association, no build clock, and room to put up a home, a shop, and a garden on your own schedule. Bring your own well and solar and you're set.

Level Ground, Wide Sky, and Nobody to Ask Permission

If you've spent a few years watching town prices climb while some association tells you what you can and can't do with your own yard, you already know the itch. You want a piece of ground that's actually yours, where the only person deciding where the house goes is you. This one sits flat and open in the Estancia Valley, close enough to Moriarty to run to town in ten minutes, far enough out that nobody's counting your outbuildings.

The land is level high-desert grassland, the kind you can lay out however you please. Set the house where the morning light lands, put a shop out back, run a garden, keep a couple of horses if that suits you. Homesteader, cabin builder, off-gridder, guy who's done being told what color his mailbox can be? There's room here for all of it, and room to build it at your own pace.

Moriarty sits about four miles northeast, and it's one of the best-known soaring towns in the country. The airport is home to the Albuquerque Soaring Club and the U.S. Southwest Soaring Museum, and on a good day glider pilots ride the valley thermals up past twenty thousand feet.

There's no community water line out here, so you'll put in your own well or haul it, which also means no monthly water bill and nobody upstream of your tap.

Land like this doesn't ask much of you except a plan and the nerve to start. The valley's held steady out here a long time, and it's got room for one more story.

  • Flat, buildable high-desert acres you can lay out your own way
  • No HOA or association dues found, so you set the pace
  • Build site-built, modular, or a post-1976 manufactured home on permit
  • Go off-grid with solar, your own well, and a septic system
  • Moriarty is 8 to 10 minutes northeast, Albuquerque about 45 on I-40
  • Edgewood Walmart is a 15 to 20 minute run for supplies
  • FEMA Zone X, so you build outside the special flood hazard area
  • Owner financing available, low annual property taxes on your own ground

Is this your kind of land

Who this parcel suits

Good fit for

A homestead with a well and septic, or an off-grid cabin on flat land near Moriarty with no HOA restrictions.

Not a fit for

Not a fit for RV camping, tent camping, or living in a mobile or manufactured home while you build.

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.

35.026782, -105.993619
Center coordinate · drive out on weak signal
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The four corner coordinates
NW35.0272, -105.9947
NE35.0272, -105.9926
SW35.0264, -105.9947
SE35.0264, -105.9925

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

The record

The facts, every one of them

Acreage
4.3 acres
Lot dimensions
645 × 292 ft
Subdivision
None
Zoning
Pre-platted Lands
Utilities
No service on the lot. Power is reported at the road.
Terrain
Flat
Elevation
6,222 ft
Access †
Property can be accessed via Pegasus and Belgian St.
Flood zone
Not mapped by FEMA for this area
Wetlands
None mapped in the national wetlands inventory
Cell signal
Not confirmed. Plan for none.
Annual taxes
About $190 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. Water is a private domestic well or hauled, with no community system out here, and because the Estancia basin is an administered groundwater basin, confirm the well permit and likely drilling depth up front.

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

What’s allowed, and what it’s for

This one is a homestead first.

This is a build-it-yourself homestead lot first. The ground is flat and dry enough to set a foundation without fighting the terrain, the county allows a single-family home plus a shop and a few animals, and no association is writing rules about it. You will drill or haul water and either tie into the nearby co-op or run solar, but once you are set, it is yours to live on full-time or build up a weekend place at your own pace. Just plan on a real dwelling, since full-time RV and tent living is not allowed outside a park.

A plain-language summary of how Torrance County's Pre-platted Lands 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.

A flat, buildable high-desert lot near Moriarty where you can put up a home or homestead and go off-grid, with no HOA in the way.
You bring your own water (a well in the administered Estancia basin, or hauled) and confirm power to the lot; site-built, modular, and post-1976 manufactured homes are fine on permit, but pre-1976 mobile homes and full-time RV or tent living are not.
Homes and dwellings
With permit
Living on the land
Not allowed
Off-grid and utilities
With permit

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

Call (505) 544-4390
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Homes and dwellings
Build a house
With permit
One home per lot. A county development permit comes first, then the state issues the building permit.
Modular home
With permit
Allowed and treated as a dwelling. Same development permit and same state building permit as a house.
Manufactured home
With permit
Allowed if built after June 1976. A mobile home development permit is required before it is placed.
Mobile home
Not allowed
Nothing built before June 1976 may be installed anywhere in the county. The ban has no exceptions.
Tiny home
With permit
Allowed on a foundation, and the county sets no minimum floor area. On wheels it counts as an RV.
Alternative structures
With permit
Sheds and barns are allowed, and one can go up before the house. They take the same setbacks as a home.
Living on the land
Tent camping
Ask the county
The ordinance is silent, with no day limit either way. The county decides this case by case.
Camp in RV
Not allowed
Full-time RV living is barred outside a licensed RV park. There is no permit and no day allowance.
RV while building
Not allowed
There is no construction exception. The ban on living in an RV is unqualified, even while you build.
Off-grid and utilities
Off-grid setup
With permit
Solar, a state-permitted well or hauled water, and NMED septic. Hauled water needs an engineered storage design.
Power nearby
Yes
Utility power near the parcel
Water
Well or Haul
On-site: None. Options: Well or Haul. Water is a private domestic well or hauled, with no community system out here, and because the Estancia basin is an administered groundwater basin, confirm the well permit and likely drilling depth up front.
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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$750
down + doc fee
Down payment$500
Doc fee$250
To claim today$750
$225/mo · 84 months
Note maintenance fee$12/mo
Property taxes, prorated$16/mo
Billed monthly$253
Total price$19,400

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Driving in

  1. Start in the nearest town
    Moriarty, Torrance County
  2. GPS to the parcel center
    35.026782, -105.993619
  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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