Vacant Land ? Julian CA (Shelter Valley) Make this rural lot your home with space to spread out on. Features the "High Desert" part of Julian with good roads, dark skies and Panoramic Mountain Views! California Riding and Hiking trail and Pacific Crest Trail are close to this property. This 20 acre parcel already has a great well that can pump 18 GPM plus & it's 284' deep with water at 84' and has a PVC liner. There are two metal containers on the property which will convey. There is a Lorentz PS600 solar well pump but it's not working. The property is zoned S92 (General Rural) , allowing for a single-family residence, manufactured, mobile home, ranch, agriculture or livestock. This area is surrounded by the Anza Borrego Desert State Park. Power available, needs septic for permanent home build. State park adjacent to the south parcel boundary.
Shelter Valley is a unique small community on the west side of Anza Borrego State Park in San Diego Co. It's about a 1.5 hour drive from San Diego, 15 miles from Julian. It's a high desert retreat from the city closer and cooler than Borrego Springs. Shelter Valley is surrounded by Anza Borrego State Park so no further growth is possible. It can also be reached coming from the San Bernardino area off Hwy 15 through Warner Springs, up from Ocotillo Wells on Hwy 8 or through Cuyamaca State Park or up from Ramona. It is a high desert environment though in centuries past was more habitable as shown by Indian relics found in the area. The ecology is dominated by cactus and open chaparral. Anza Borrego wildflowers in the spring are sensational. The old Butterfield Stage Coach route passed through Shelter Valley on the leg between Yuma and San Bernardino. John Butterfield Co. ran the overland trail from St. Louis, Missouri to San Francisco from 1857 to 1861. Afterwards local stage companies and the Wells Fargo Co used the old trail. At Scissors Crossing the S-2 Hwy doglegs around San Felipe Creek near where the adobe building that once was the San Felipe Station stood. Only a historical monument now marks this spot. The San Felipe Station was between the Vallecito Station 18 mile 'SE' and the Warner Ranch Station 16miles 'NW'. There are a few lost treasure stories associated with this route.