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19.37 Acres Lot
$ 775,000
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19.37 Acres Lot
Key Details
Property Type Vacant Land
Listing Status Active
Purchase Type For Sale
MLS Listing ID 7008143
HOA Y/N No
Annual Tax Amount $448
Tax Year 2025
Lot Size 19.368 Acres
Acres 17.87
Lot Dimensions 17.87 Acres
Source Arizona Regional Multiple Listing Service (ARMLS)
Property Description
Some places you find. Others feel like they've been quietly waiting for you to catch up. Homestead Entry Survey 323 at Nelson Springs is the second kind.
Tucked deep within the Prescott National Forest and completely surrounded by it, this 17.87 acre private inholding is the real deal. Patented back in 1914 before the Forest Service was even a thought, it carries that rare kind of history you cannot fake and definitely cannot build again. No neighbors, no noise, no one accidentally wandering too close. Just you, the trees, the year round springs, and a stretch of land that forgot what busy feels like.
Getting here is part of the story. About 17 miles off Interstate 17, the road trades pavement for personality, winding through forest and eventually easing into a dirt path along Sycamore Creek. It is the kind of drive that reminds you your phone does not need service to feel alive.
The land itself is something special. Multiple perennial springs and a riparian corridor bring life to the property, and the wildlife clearly got the memo. Elk, deer, turkey, and bird life pass through like they own the place, which, in a way, they kind of do. Step beyond your boundary and you are immediately connected to the vast wild beauty of the Pine Mountain Wilderness, over 25,000 acres of protected land that will never turn into a strip mall or a neighbor with loud opinions.
This is a place for a private retreat, an off grid cabin, a hunting basecamp, or something a little more meaningful like a legacy property you pass down with stories attached.
Properties like this do not come around often because they simply cannot. A private parcel completely surrounded by National Forest, bordering wilderness, with over a century of history behind it. It is finite, it is rare, and it is quietly becoming more valuable every year.
Nelson Springs is not just land. It is space, solitude, and a reminder that the best things are usually a little harder to get to.
Tucked deep within the Prescott National Forest and completely surrounded by it, this 17.87 acre private inholding is the real deal. Patented back in 1914 before the Forest Service was even a thought, it carries that rare kind of history you cannot fake and definitely cannot build again. No neighbors, no noise, no one accidentally wandering too close. Just you, the trees, the year round springs, and a stretch of land that forgot what busy feels like.
Getting here is part of the story. About 17 miles off Interstate 17, the road trades pavement for personality, winding through forest and eventually easing into a dirt path along Sycamore Creek. It is the kind of drive that reminds you your phone does not need service to feel alive.
The land itself is something special. Multiple perennial springs and a riparian corridor bring life to the property, and the wildlife clearly got the memo. Elk, deer, turkey, and bird life pass through like they own the place, which, in a way, they kind of do. Step beyond your boundary and you are immediately connected to the vast wild beauty of the Pine Mountain Wilderness, over 25,000 acres of protected land that will never turn into a strip mall or a neighbor with loud opinions.
This is a place for a private retreat, an off grid cabin, a hunting basecamp, or something a little more meaningful like a legacy property you pass down with stories attached.
Properties like this do not come around often because they simply cannot. A private parcel completely surrounded by National Forest, bordering wilderness, with over a century of history behind it. It is finite, it is rare, and it is quietly becoming more valuable every year.
Nelson Springs is not just land. It is space, solitude, and a reminder that the best things are usually a little harder to get to.
Location
State AZ
County Yavapai
Area Yavapai
Zoning RCU-28
Interior
Flooring Flooring
Exterior
View Creek/Stream, Trees/Woods
Private Pool No
Building
Lot Description Borders Pres/Pub Lnd
Sewer None
Water None
New Construction No
Others
Senior Community No
Tax ID 501-29-003
Acceptable Financing Cash, CTL
Disclosures Seller Prop Disc Stm
Listing Terms Cash, CTL
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Listed by Russ Lyon Sotheby's International Realty • Steve Doyle
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