Known as Captains Rock Ranch for the massive and iconic rock outcroppings towering over the primary residence, this property offers 667+/- deeded acres located within the prized and protected community of the Evans Ranch. The property has been meticulously cared for, managed, and painstakingly maintained to the highest degree.
The land features all the physical elements that make Colorado so special. Nearly every species of trees, wildflowers, and native grasses found in the Centennial State flourish throughout the property, which features year-round creeks and ponds, meadows, and rock outcroppings. All manner of mountain wildlife such as moose, elk, mountain lion, bear, bobcat, deer, and elk have been spotted here. The ranch is located in Game Management Unit (GMU) 39.
Evergreen, Colorado, is the closest town and is approximately a half-hour’s drive from the property. Denver International Airport, Centennial Airport, and Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport are all an hour’s drive from the property, subject to weather and traffic conditions. Captains Rock Ranch is located within the boundaries of the 3,245± acre “shared use” Evans Ranch, which dates back to 1868. Additionally, the land is adjacent to the Arapahoe National Forest on the property’s westerly boundary, and the majority of the southerly boundary is contiguous to the Mount Evans Wilderness Area.
The land encompasses a diverse mix of tree cover, a year-round creek, pond, meadows, views, privacy, updated internal road infrastructure, shielding topography, terrific wildlife habitat, and a completely insulated feeling while on the property. The deeded acreage of the property is an excellent balance of both protective and undulating topography, offering northern-facing heavily treed hillsides, open meadows, southern exposed smaller hillsides, and transitional lower elevation bottom land that envelopes both banks of the year-round Pedee Creek, which flows from west to east through the southern portion of Captains Rock Ranch. An adjudicated pond offers a beautifully tranquil setting in close proximity to all of the buildings on the property. The elevation ranges from approximately 7,200 feet to 8,500 feet, and then nearly 9,000 feet at the top of Captains Rock.
The primary residence on the property is an excellent example of an archetypal Colorado log home: exceptional, masterfully built, beautifully designed, and engineered for mountain living. The adjacent barn and outbuildings make the ranch ideally appointed as a horse property.
Captains Rock Ranch is a rare find brimming with history and heritage.
Some of the outstanding photography herein was provided by Tahvory Bunting and Denver Image Photography - contact information is available upon request.
The Facts:
~ 667+/- deeded acres, according to Clear Creek County Assessor records
~ Located approximately a half-hour’s drive from Evergreen, Colorado
~ Approximately an hour’s drive to DIA, Centennial, and Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport, subject to weather and traffic conditions
~ Total of 11,878+/- square foot primary log home built in 1996, with five bedrooms, five full bathrooms, and three- half bathrooms
~ Morton indoor arena featuring an office, full bathroom, mini kitchen, tack room, stalls, sand riding area, and new fire alarm system
~ Fully refurbished 1900 schoolhouse, with bathroom, small kitchen, large one-room area, decks, and new fire alarm system
~ Fishing hut, with electricity, heat, and lighting adjacent to lake
~ Adjacent to Arapahoe National Forest, offering 151,187+/- acres of public land
~ Adjacent to Mount Evans State Wildlife Area, which is 3,443+/- acres of additional public land
~ Located within the Arapahoe National Forest and in very close proximity to Captains Rock Ranch is the Mount Evans Designated Wilderness Area, which consists of 73,418+/- acres
~ Rights of full access to Evans Ranch offering 3,245+/- deeded acres of shared-use property. This, however, excludes a total of 200 acres, which consists of five – 40-acre tracts where all homeowner's primary residences and outbuildings are located
~ Evans Ranch and the communal ranch headquarters are protected by a conservation easement held by the American Farmland Trust
~ 40+/- acres of Captains Rock Ranch around the home is not subject to a conservation easement and is not part of the communal Evans Ranch
~ 80+/- acres of Captains Rock Ranch, located on the far western boundary of the property, is also not encumbered by a conservation easement and is not part of the communal Evans Ranch
~ Two domestic wells service the primary residence, indoor arena, and schoolhouse
~ Water rights include decreed water, wells, and ditch rights. Details are available upon request
~ Pedee Creek flows year-round from west to east on the southern side of the property
~ Evans Ranch offers a full-time ranch manager and full-time assistant manager