Epic Views - one of the finest view properties, if not the finest in Santa Fe County
41 Lamy Crest Drive
Lamy, NM 87540
108-151209
$995,000.00
3480 sq ft
MOVE INTO 41 LAMY CREST DRIVE and HANG OUT WITH HISTORY. Blessed with a 360º perspective, the views from this extraordinary site conjure up images of the past, pre-history to the present. The geology reminds us of New Mexico’s turbulent, volcanic development,remains of lava flows in sight. Within visual proximity lies a ridgeback dotted with Native American petroglyphs (Indian rock etchings) that natives scrawled as they traveled the trade route that stretched south to the home of the Aztecs. Several ancient Pueblo ruins, now plant-covered archaeological mounds, lie hidden under the ground in view of the home.Only 22 minutes from the Santa Fe Plaza, the full panoramic outlook takes in six mountain ranges. The distant Jemez (hay-mez) Mountains once constituted the largest volcano on the planet. Volcanic ash (tuff) deposited by the explosion washed away by subsequent precipitation eroded into spectacular mesas that provided primitive homes for natives over 1,000 years ago. Those sites are today national, state, and local monuments surrounded by natural geo-thermal hot springs—favorite local respite from present-day stresses.The Jemez also successfully concealed the Manhattan Project during the 1940s, and Los Alamos currently provides a home for one of the nation’s premier national laboratories, home and destination to many of the world’s most prominent scientists.During the early 20th Century, the Ortiz (or-teez) Mountains once produced the sole deposits combining both hard and soft coal in the country. Claiming the ghost town of crumbling company houses abandoned by the miners, hippies renovated the shacks and established a colony in the 1960s. The resulting art village remains a delightful step back in time—a pleasurable weekend getaway.Hugging Santa Fe, the Sangre de Cristo Mountain Range—an exquisite excursion—offers some of the best skiing and snowboarding in the winter and diverse hiking and outdoor activities during the spring and summer.To the north, one can see the remnants of the Santa Fe Trail that contributed so much to “Manifest Destiny,” eventually making New Mexico’s state capital—the oldest in the country—one of the most desirable destinations in the country. This dynamic small city serves as the second largestart market in the U.S. and was the only U.S. city out of nine worldwide selected by UNESCO as one of the most culturally creative centers in the world.From the south deck of your mountaintop home, you can relish the soft colors of sunrises to the east and the dynamic color pallets of the always-unpredictable New Mexico sunsets to the west. You can also breathe in fresh, pure New Mexico air and take in the drama of thunderstorms as they traverse the expansive distances surrounding this unique location.Move into 41 Lamy Crest Drive and own your own mountain!