Socorro County is located in Central New Mexico. It is the second-largest county in the State. The City of Socorro is the county seat with population about 8,200. Socorro is located 74 miles South of Albuquerque in Rio Grande Valley at an elevation of 4,579 feet.

      The major employers in Socorro include the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; The Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Socorro General Hospital; The National Radio Astronomy Observatory; government offices, schools, mining, retail businesses, hotels, restaurants, etc.

    Low humidity and high elevation provide a pleasant year-round climate. Summers are hot as everywhere with average high temperatures in mid 90's with cooling at night to mid and high 70's . Winters are mild with high average temperature in the 40's-mid 50's and low 20's-30's. There is not much snow in winter, just few inches during the coldest days.

    Socorro County offers a lot of outdoor activities, such as hiking, camping, hunting, bird watching, nature photography, horseback-riding, fishing, boating, golf, etc. Points of interest include Cibola National Forest; Bosque del Apache and Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuges; San Miguel Mission, Rio Grande River; Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument. Wildlife includes deer, coyote, elk, pronghorn antelope, bighorn sheep, black bear, mountain lion, wild turkey, Mexican spotted owl, quail and a lot of migratory birds which you can see in the Bosque del Apache. Migratory birds include sandhill cranes, whooping cranes, snow geese, ducks. More than 350 different bird species were observed here since 1960's.

          We are offering vacant land in the Rio Grande Estates subdivision which is located on US HWY 60 about 5 miles East of I-25, 35 miles North of City of Socorro and 15 miles South of the city of Belen. I-25, Exit 175 Bernardo. Rio Grande Estates subdivision doesn't have building restrictions. RV, mobile homes, motorhomes, campers are allowed on the properties. All properties have legal mapped access. Roads are unpaved and were graded long time ago, and most of them have weeds. Pickup trucks recommended. It an open, mostly flat area with beautiful Manzano Mountains on the East and Ladron Mountain on the West, Black Butte on the South. You will see the Rio Grande River as you drive up HWY 60. The nearest towns are Belen and Rio Communities, 15 miles North of the HWY 60. Belen has a passenger train station for the Roadrunner railway system which will take you to Albuquerque and other cities.