Eight of ten homesites are gone. Two remain.
Shaw’s River Ranch
A private luxury community along the South Arkansas River. Surrounded by Colorado's highest peaks. Just minutes from downtown Salida.
This isn't a development. It's a finished community with two spots left.
Most people who find Shaw's River Ranch weren't looking for it. They were looking for land near Salida, or a mountain home with some privacy, or a place that felt like a real Colorado life — and then they found this.
Shaw's River Ranch is a private, 10-lot luxury community built on the banks of the South Arkansas River, just outside of Salida. From the beginning, it was designed around a single idea: that the best place to live isn't just about the land you own — it's about the life you have access to every single day.
The community is complete. The trails are built. The lodge is open. The neighbors are settled in. Eight of the ten original homesites have sold. What's available now are the final two — a chance to own land in a community that doesn't need to grow into itself, because it already has.
The amenities most communities promise.
Shaw's River Ranch built them first.
When you own a homesite here, you don't wait for the community to come together. You walk into it. The trails are there. The lodge is there. The neighbors are there.
The Owner’s Lodge
At the center of Shaw's River Ranch sits something genuinely unusual: a private owners' lodge that feels less like a clubhouse and more like the best gathering space you've ever been invited into.
Tavern on the Ranch has an indoor bar, an outdoor bar, a full chef's kitchen, a poker room, a pool table, shuffleboard, an expansive beer garden, a bocce ball court, a music stage, multiple fire pits, and a private luxury guest suite — available to owners and their guests. It's the kind of space that makes you actually use your weekends.
Tavern on the Ranch
Private River Access and Fishing
The South Arkansas River borders the property. Green Creek runs through it. There are four on-site ponds, two stocked for fishing. Cascading waterfalls, a meandering stream, and quiet water at every turn. This is the kind of water access that takes most people a float trip to find.
Two Miles of Trails Into the National Forest
Twenty-six acres of meticulously maintained shared open space connects directly to National Forest trailheads. Morning walks. Evening hikes. Snowshoe season in winter. The trail system is finished and it goes farther than the property lines.
Community Garden and Greenhouse
For owners who want to stay connected to the land, not just live near it. The garden and greenhouse are shared, maintained, and available to all residents.
Nine-Hole Disc Golf Course
Woven into the landscape, resident-exclusive, and genuinely fun. The course has a way of becoming a daily ritual — the kind of thing you didn't know you'd do every afternoon until you live here.
360-degree views of Colorado's 14,000-foot peaks. Every morning. For the rest of your life.
The Collegiate Peaks to the north. The Sangre de Cristo range to the east. The San Juan Mountains to the south. Shaw's River Ranch sits inside one of the most dramatic mountain panoramas in the state, and from the elevated terrain of the homesites, the views are unobstructed in nearly every direction.
Below you, the South Arkansas River. Above you, the peaks. And at night, a sky that reminds you why people move to places like this in the first place.
This is the setting. The homesites are what you build on top of it.
You're not escaping Salida. You're living at the edge of it.
Salida earns its reputation every time someone visits for a weekend and starts looking for homes by Sunday afternoon. It has a real downtown — restaurants worth making a reservation at, galleries that show working artists, shops that have been there for decades, and river access through the middle of town. It's a place people move to on purpose. And it's genuinely difficult to find property this close to it that also feels this removed from it.
Shaw's River Ranch sits just minutes west of Poncha Springs, along Highway 50 toward Monarch Mountain. Close enough to downtown Salida that you can run an errand and be back before the coffee gets cold. Far enough out that you hear the river, not the neighbors.
Downtown Salida
~8 minutes
South Arkansas River fishing
On the property
National Forest trailheads
Direct access
Monarch Mountain Ski Area
~20 minutes
Colorado Springs
~1.5 hours
Denver
~2.5 hours
WHY BUYERS CHOOSE SHAW'S RIVER RANCH
There are other parcels near Salida. There are other mountain communities in Colorado. Here's what makes Shaw's River Ranch a different conversation.
What makes this different.
In simple terms.
01
The community is already built.
You're not buying into something that might look like the brochure in five years. The lodge is open, the trails are finished, the neighbors are in. When you own here, you step into a community that's already alive.
02
Utilities are at the lot line. Water tap is paid.
Both remaining homesites have electricity run to the lot and community well access in place. The foundational work is done. You're not starting from zero — you're starting from a lot that's ready.
03
Ten lots. Two left. That's the whole story.
Shaw's River Ranch was designed with exactly ten homesites. It will never have eleven. Eight have sold. When the final two close, this community is complete, and the opportunity to own here is gone.
04
Build on your timeline. No construction deadline.
There's no forced building window. Own the land, enjoy the community, and build when you're ready — whether that's next spring or in three years. Financing options include cash, conventional, 1031 exchange, and private financing.
Two homesites remain.
Here's what's available.
Lot 6 and Lot 1A are the last two opportunities to own within Shaw's River Ranch. They're different in character — one large and forested and private, one intimate and river-connected — but both come with the same fully established community, the same infrastructure, and the same access to everything that makes this place what it is.
$900,000
7383 Heavenly View Parkway — Lot 6
5.93 acresBorders National Forest
Lot 6 is the largest of the two remaining homesites. Nearly six acres, set in a secluded cul-de-sac, with National Forest bordering one edge and 360-degree peak views from the elevated terrain. The lot has mixed pinon pines throughout, electricity at the lot line, and a community well tap already paid. If you're building a home that feels like it belongs to the landscape — rather than sitting on top of it — this is the one to look at.
$975,000
7391 County Road 221 — Lot 1A
2.73 acresRiver & pond frontage
Lot 1A is the most water-connected homesite in the community. Direct frontage on both the river and a community pond, open meadow with natural grasses, and views across the valley to the mountains. It's a smaller footprint than Lot 6, but the setting is more intimate — a home built here would feel woven into the water and the land, not elevated above it.
Ready to build,
when you're ready.
Both remaining homesites come with electricity already run to the lot and community well access in place. The hard infrastructure is done. What's left is the home.
Shaw's River Ranch has a preferred builder network and lot-specific building concepts already developed for both sites — so if you want a starting point, one exists. Zoning is residential. Road access is established. HOA documentation and well permits are available upon request.
There's no required construction timeline. Buy the land. Enjoy the community. Build when the time is right. Financing options include cash, conventional, 1031 exchange, and seller financing — ask Janine for details. For builder details and lot-specific concepts, visit shawsriverranch.com.
Have questions? I represent both listings. Let's talk
I've been selling real estate in Chaffee County for nearly a decade, and I'm the listing agent on both available homesites at Shaw's River Ranch. I know this community well, and I'm happy to walk you through the land, the process, and what ownership actually looks like here. Reach out below or call me directly at 719-221-1838. I can arrange a private tour of either lot . . . or both.
Janine Marr
Listing Agent · HomeSmart Preferred Realty
janinemarrsalida.com · 719-221-1838
Buyer's agent compensation: 2.5% on both active listings. Realtor participation welcomed — contact Janine directly.
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