2 Acres of Land for Sale in Deming, New Mexico About 2.5 Miles SE of Interstate 10 Exit on the E end of Town!
Just Outside the City Limits and Close to Pavement So Quick Access Back to Town and Commute to Las Cruces.
An Affordable Property to Develop With Great Access and Power Across the Street! Whoop Whoop!
County Assessed Value $6999 - Add a Quality Piece of Land to Your Investment Portfolio!
Nice Homes in the Area and a Beautiful View of Dragons Ridge in the Florida Mountains!
Zoned for Home, Manufactured Home or Snowbirds Can Come Stay in their RV up to 240 Days Out of the Year!
About 3 hours E of Tucson, Arizona and 2 Hours NW of El Paso, Texas in Luna County
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2 acres of land for sale just outside the city limits in Deming, New Mexico about 2.5 Miles SE of the Interstate 10 exit on the E end of town! It's sits on a graveled road with power running along and sits just off pavement so there's super quick access back to town or commute or to Las Cruces. It's an affordable property to develop in the warm sunny desert between Tucson, Arizona and El Paso, Texas.
All of the photos were taken in May 2018 of the property and its surrounding views. Lomita is an excellent graveled road along the E. It sits 4/10 of a mile SE of Tapia Road which is paved. About 2.5 Miles NW is the exit onto I-10. Power runs N to S along Lomita across the other side of the street. You would need to contact the local power company for the cost to bring it to the property. I suggest you research solar as well as I saw quite a bit of solar out in this area and there is plenty of sunshine!
It sure is a pretty property that had a carpet of wildflowers blooming yellow and white, a nice sized yucca mixed into an unusual thicket of mesquite trees, and a bird that lit out of it as I approached - fun! I found a stake and survey marker at the NE corner of the property. About 2.5 miles NW in the distance at the exit onto I-10 are the huge major hotels and the hangers at the Deming Municipal Airport on Pine Street, the main drag thru Deming.
There are several nice neighbors in the area but you can see on google earth that for the most part it still remains undeveloped. Nice! The property has quite a bit of vegetation on it along the W and E sides. There is a large thicket of mesquite trees just off the road on the east side. In the middle of it is an open area with hard packed shiny dirt which indicates this is a lower spot where water pools when it rains.
There are super views of the jagged peaks of the Little Florida Mountains and Florida Mountains to the SE, home of Rockhound State Park about 10 miles away. She is known for her rocks including quartz crystals, geodes, jasper, and perlite and you're are allowed to take home up to 15 pounds.
To the S are the Tres Hermanas Mountains about 23 miles away near Columbus.
To the W/SW is Red Mountain about 11 miles away.
To the N is Cookes Range with Cookes Peak at 8408 feet. In October 2015 I hiked into a canyon that was south of Cookes Peak and saw some fabulous petroglyphs in a cave and included a video of it below!
The exit onto I-10 sits on the E side of Deming and is the last exit for 20 miles. There are 5 large major hotels, a large RV park, a gas station and an auto dealership at this exit. This side of town sure has grown since I first visited but still has room for growth. It sure would be a good spot for a bigger gas station/convenience store and fast food restaurants for all the travelers.
The La Quinta Inn & Suites at I-10 in the distance!
Pine Street connects to I-10 here and heads W thru the town of Deming by the Deming Municipal Airport and the Rio Mimbres 18 hole golf course. There's several other businesses along Pine including Wal-Mart and Si Senor Mexican Restaurant which sits in the heart of downtown. I've been there a few times now, awesome food and one all the locals know about.
The airport hangers at the Deming Municipal Airport on the left side of the photo.
A shout out to the Quality Inn sitting at the E exit on I-10. They have a restaurant and lounge and offer some awesome tacos and cheeseburgers (Buddy really likes them). The lounge has a lot of locals that hang out. What a great staff this place has as I was called by name the second time I walked in.You want to know what's going on in town belly up to the bar and start asking! There's always someone who seems to know about something I am researching, like who was Bill Evans that they named they named a fishing lake after about an hour away.
Sure enough someone knew the story because his friend does a lot of fishing there! After all it is the home of the biggest bass ever caught in New Mexico at 15 lbs 13 oz and was 26.5" long in 1995! It turns out Evans was an attorney at Phelps Dodge in the 1960's who helped acquire the land/water rights to build the reservoir located 300 feet above the Gila River.
In the morning the staff in the restaurant has bent over backwards to make sure that my food that I wanted to take with me was properly packaged and has taken my over sized coffee cup and filled it up for me with fresh brewed coffee from the back. Wine at night, coffee in the morning, and it's a quiet place except for my crowd! My girlfriend stopped by with her two rambunctious boys who raced around the courtyard grass, played hide and seek in the trees and jumped in and out of the pool after we shot hoops in the park downtown. Fun! It's not a fancy place like the Holiday and Hampton Inn across the street but good enough for me, my boyfriend Buddy and my friends! : )
Deming is a small town of about 14,647 and Luna County has a population of about 26,129. It’s about 60 miles west of Las Cruces, NM and 33 miles N of Columbus which sits on the border of Mexico. Besides the low cost of living and affordable taxes, it offers a municipal airport, hospital/ambulance service, nursing home, senior citizens center, library, over 40 churches, over 80 listed organizations, 18 hole golf course, civic center, public auditorium, schools and a community college.
Many retirees and people with arthritis are drawn to this area because of the affordability of land and the dry arid climate with low humidity. The warm sunshine keeps the swelling and inflammation down and this is something that I can certainly relate to!
In April 2018 I attended the tax foreclosure sale here which inspired me to do some economic research on the area. I learned that in September 2017 the Fort Sill Apache Tribe was awarded an $800,000 grant from the federal government to help build a 3000 square foot convenience store and fuel station at its property in Akela which sits between Deming and Las Cruces on Interstate 25.
The property is zoned for a home, manufactured home or up to 8 months of RV use if you install an approved RV hookup. There is a link above to the zoning for you to read the specifics on developing the property. If you have specific questions not covered in the zoning you would need to call the Luna County planning and zoning for clarification. I have found them to be very helpful.
I think this would be an affordable property for someone looking to live close to town but still be in the country side. The county assessed value is $6999 - add a quality piece of land to your portfolio! Enjoy! Char the Explorer : )
Deming, a small town of about 14,099, is located in the SW part of New Mexico about 60 miles W of Las Cruces and 33 miles N of the border of Mexico. It's about half way between Tucson, Arizona and El Paso, Texas along Interstate 10.
It is the county seat for Luna County, population 24,000. It is a land of ever present sun and flowing desert rocks and cacti. It is a rich agricultural area with beautiful cattle farms and crops of chilies, onions, cotton and pecans. It is known for 99% pure water.
I've started seeing quite a few snowbirds stay here and in 2018 I noticed two new RV parks on the west side of the Florida Mountains. Many also retire here because it's affordable. Besides the low cost of living and affordable taxes, it offers a municipal airport, hospital/ambulance service, nursing home, senior citizens center, library, over 40 churches, over 80 listed organizations, the Rio Mimbres Country Club, an 18 hole golf course, a civic center, public auditorium, schools and a community college.
Good timing seeing a man chip one to the hole in May 2018 at Rio Mimbres!
The elevation is approximately 4335 feet. It's a dry arid climate with low humidity and an average high temperature in July of 95*. That's quite a bit cooler than Tuscon at 100*, Phoenix at 106* and Yuma at 107*. People with arthritis are drawn here because it keeps the swelling and inflammation down and this is something that I can certainly relate to! The average rainfall is 9 inches. They receive occasional snowfall but it quickly melts. They are well known for their winters, offering plenty of sunshine and little rain to the snowbirds enjoying their RV's!
The Florida Mountains offers a spectacular background to these wide-open spaces. It is matched by its friendly hospitality. Click Here for more information about Rock Hound State Park, a favorite place for the locals. Rock hounders can hunt for quartz crystals, geodes, jasper, perlite, and many other minerals. You are allowed to take home up to 15 pounds! It also offers trails, unique geology, wildflower displays, and a peaceful campground.
In October 2015 I hiked into a canyon that was south of Cookes Peak and saw some fabulous petroglyphs in a cave!
A video I made of my journey to Luna County in October 2015. Buddy and I hiked into a canyon to see petroglyphs in a cave! Wow was that fabulous!
Cookes Canyon, a passage way thru the mountains, was part of the 3,000 mile historic southern mail route called the Butterfield Trail that began in Tennessee and ended in San Francisco. There are so many things to explore here, old abandoned mines and the famous Fort Cummings used in the 1800s to protect from Indian raids. Cookes Range Wilderness Study Area, petroglyphs at Massacre Peak and waterfalls at Black Rock Canyon are just a few things to see nearby. It's also home to the City of Rock State Park which I visited for my first time in July 2017!
Bill Evans Lake sits about 80 miles NW of Deming and is a favorite fishing spot to the locals. It is the home of the biggest bass ever caught in New Mexico at 15 lbs 13 oz and was 26.5" long in 1995! It turns out Evans was an attorney at Phelps Dodge in the 1960's who helped acquire the land/water rights to build the reservoir located 300 feet above the Gila River.
In September 2017, the Fort Sill Apache Tribe was awarded an $800,000 grant from the federal government to help build a 3000 square foot convenience store and fuel station at its property in Akela about 20 miles E of Deming and 30 miles W of Las Cruces along Interstate 10. The tribe plans to pitch in additional revenue toward the project; the exact amount hasn’t been finalized, but it could range up to $1.5 million or more, according to a tribal official. The Fort Sill Apache Tribe are descendants of the Chiricahua Apache Tribe whose leaders include Cochise and Geronimo. I've visited the Chiricahua and Cochise Mountains - worth checking out and great American history!
In April 2023 the new Valero gas station at the Akela Flats exit along I-10.
Las Cruces, population 101,759, is a beautiful city and the county seat for Dona Ana and the 2nd largest city in New Mexico. It sits 60 miles E of Deming and 40 miles N of of El Paso, Texas. I spent some time on their Economic Development website and see they have quite a bit planned for the future including renovating the Las Cruces airport for daily regional commercial flights and a commuter rail to El Paso. The federal government is the major employer with the nearby White Sands Test Facility and White Sands Missile Range. I’ve met several people who work for US Customs and commute daily from Las Cruces to the Columbus border crossing 35 miles south of Deming.