Salero Ranch does not offer average Santa Cruz interest and beauty. The terrain, hills, valleys, seasonal creeks, rock formations and mountain vistas that are Salero Ranch make it quite exceptional even in this exceptionally desirable area.

Salero Ranch presents a wonderfully wide selection of homesites–beautiful, sprawling, 36-acre-and-up homesites. Your natural bounty here can be quit personalized. Choose from level to gracefully rolling terrain, verdant valleys to commanding hilltop overlooks, cascading rock wall backdrops, quiet cul-de-sacs and more. The variety available at Salero Ranch is yet another mark of its uniqueness, as is meticulous contour surveying of every homesite–optimizing views and topographical features.

Everywhere at Salero Ranch, views are movingly rewarding. The towering Santa Rita Mountains north; the sheer, shimmering Grosvenors south; the purpling Patagonias southeast; the lush Coronado National Forest north and east. Right at hand are the ranch’s own sparkling seasonal creeks and ponds, picturesque outcroppings of moss covered and high desert boulders, kaleidoscope ridgetop and valley vistas, ocher streamed cliffs and carpets of colorful seasonal wildflowers.

Mesquite, cottonwood, emory oak, gooding willow, ash and hackberry are all resident at Salero Ranch. Oceans of lush native grasses unite all.Lacy ocotillo, blossom-top cholla, other cacti add to the property’s distinctive southwestern appeal.

Great views of another kind are common at Salero Ranch; the abundant area wildlife. Whitetail deer herds are native to the area and ranch; javalina, coatimundi and fox are frequent visitors. Colorful red-tail hawks soar local skies; coveys of quail frolic ranchwide; and bird species are incredibly numerous, with a nationally famed avian preserve just southwest.

The weather is beautiful nearly every day at Salero Ranch...

Salero Ranch is indeed, a quintessential eyeful–and it’s graced with exactly the crystal clear, sapphire skies through which you’d want to view it. Area weather is probably the most enjoyable and healthful in the nation: the ranch’s 4,500-foot elevation makes for comfortable summers and mild winters. Well over 300 sunny, outdoor inviting days a year are the norm. Statistics from the nearest major record keeping station (Nogales at 3,800’