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April should be really nice
The roads into Timberon are all paved. Do not take the back route from El Paso that Google Maps (or Mapquest) advises. It looks shorter, but it's very rough and rocky. Come up from Alamogordo through Cloudcroft instead.
The county road (Sacramento) is paved through Timberon, the rest are dirt, but mostly well maintained. If you are up in the hills or way out, they might be rough. Will you have a car? Or you could rent ATV's from Sacramento Mountain ATV as you come into town.
I have good internet service (DSL) at our house, others - not so much. I guess it depends on where you are. There is a hot spot at the Post Office / Robert's Realty if you have a laptop.
thanks Ranchonan, you gave me a good warning. By map the other way does look shorter, but I'd rather be safe. we are going to look at a few lots. Do you know if their is much difference between golf court lots and mountain lots when it comes to services? you gave me a great idea, Park the RV and rent atvs to ride around.
thanks Ranchonan, you gave me a good warning. By map the other way does look shorter, but I'd rather be safe. we are going to look at a few lots. Do you know if their is much difference between golf court lots and mountain lots when it comes to services? you gave me a great idea, Park the RV and rent atvs to ride around.
You're very welcome Pretty days this past week, and should continue. You picked a nice time to come up.
As far as the golf course vs mountain lots, I don't know if there is any difference in services. The local businesses (phone/internet, water, propane, EMS etc) service the whole town, and a rough road won't stop any of them from coming out if needed. Electric may take longer, they come from Cloudcroft. Roberts Realty might have more information on services. My experience: we live right across from the golf course and all our services have been reliable these past 4 years with the occasional water or electric downtime due to weather or upgrades.
Not sure, but did you mean to type; "are NOT all paved?" To my knowledge, only the road from Cloudcroft to Timberon is paved, and there is still a couple of miles of unpaved that passes through private ranch lands just north of Timberon.
The alternate route from the Border Patrol checkpoint on US-54 to Timberon - locally referred to as "the back way in" - is a VERY dusty, washboard gravel that "occasionally" sees grading. But grading only smooths out the bumps and does nothing to reduce the dust or gravel being tossed up.
There are even less-traveled forest service roads into the area, but these are even more rarely maintained 4WD routes.
Sorry, I was unclear. The road from Cloudcroft to Timberon (aka the Sunspot Highway) is all paved. It is the most common route. The back route, which I mentioned as from El Paso, is all rocky and unpaved. I'm sure there are other roads and trails that lead in and out of Timberon, that are not paved.
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Not sure, but did you mean to type; "are NOT all paved?" To my knowledge, only the road from Cloudcroft to Timberon is paved, and there is still a couple of miles of unpaved that passes through private ranch lands just north of Timberon.
The road from CC to Timberon is paved the whole way and has been for several years now!
Large towns like Phoenix you do not normally know thier neighbors to disagree with them.
Phoenix is not a large town. It is a very large city!! I know most of my neighbors and have lived in my neighborhood for 15 years. I have one neighbor I don't get along with (I am pretty sure they are selling drugs. Friday afternoon traffic is amazing) The rest of my neighbors are great!
just bought a place in timberon and really like it but was a little concerned that one of the 2 restaraunts closed as well as the atv business, are things looking good for timberons future?
The restaurant at the High Country Lounge (at the golf course) is still open.
B&B cafe closed.
The owner of the ATV business moved off-mountain, but the mechanic is going to continue operating the maintenance side of it for auto and ATV maintenance and tire repair. The phone number is still the same. Website is Sacramento Mountain ATV
Things in Timberon are looking fine. There is a grassroots artisan group that has formed, called the Timberon Artists Society, and a gallery/shop is scheduled to be opening next spring. The Timberon Development Council and the Timberon Water District continue to work toward improvements.
Here is the website for the Timberon Development Council, it has a lot of information Timberon Development Council
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