$775,000
Dugas, AZ 86333
MLS# 7008143
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Property Description
Some places you find. Others feel like they've been quietly waiting for you to catch up. Homestead Entry Survey 323 at Nelson Springs is the second kind. Tucked deep within the Prescott National Forest and completely surrounded by it, this 17.5 acre private inholding is the real deal. Patented back in 1914 before the Forest Service was even a thought, it carries that rare kind of history you cannot fake and definitely cannot build again. No neighbors, no noise, no one accidentally wandering too close. Just you, the trees, the year round springs, and a stretch of land that forgot what busy feels like. Getting here is part of the story. About 17 miles off Interstate 17, the road trades pavement for personality, winding through forest and eventually easing into a dirt path along Sycamor
Details
Maps
Contract Information
Type: Exclusive Right To Sell
For Sale or Lease?: Sale
Current Price: $775,000
List Price: $775,000
Status: Active
List Date: 2026-04-02
Location, Tax & Legal
Lot #: -
Assessor's Map #: 29
Legal Description (Abbrev): H E S #323 APPROX SECS 21 22 T11 R5E TOT 17.57AC
Assessor's Parcel #: 3
Add'l Parcels: No
Tax Municipality: Yavapai - COUNTY
Census Tract: 1500
Taxes: 448
House Number: 323
Street Name: Homestead Entry Survey
St Suffix: --
City/Town Code: Dugas
State/Province: AZ
Zip Code: 86333
County Code: Yavapai
Assessor Number: 501-29-003
Tax Year: 2025
General Property Description
Apx Total Acres: 19.37
Apx Total Acres G/N: G
Price Per Acre: 40010.33
Apx SqFt: 843673
Price Per SqFt: 0.92
Apx SqFt G/N: G
Lot Size Dimensions: 19.38 Acres
Zoning: RCU-28
Legal Info
Range: 5E
Section: 21
Township: 11
Lot Number: -
Special Listing Cond
N/A: 1
Pmt & Rate Info
Equity: 775000
Total Owed: 0
Assoc/Prop Info
HOA Y/N: N
PAD Fee Y/N: N
Assessed Balance: 0
HOA 2 Y/N: N
Showing Notification Methods
Showing Service: Aligned Showings
Lockbox Type
None: 1
Existing Land Use
Ranch: 1
Zoned Presently
Rural: 1
Parcel Size
10.00 - 19.99 Acres: 1
Land Features
Remote: 1
Borders Preserve/Public Land: 1
View
Creek/Stream: 1
Trees/Woods: 1
Road Access Type
Private Road: 1
Road Surface Type
Dirt: 1
Water Source
None: 1
Sewer
No Sewer/Septic: 1
Electric
None: 1
Gas
None: 1
Distance to Cable
None: 1
New Financing
Cash: 1
Cash to Loan: 1
Distance to Phone
None: 1
Distance to Water
None: 1
Distance to Electric
None: 1
Distance to Gas
None: 1
Distance to Sewer
None: 1
Reports/Disclosures
Seller Prop Disc Stm: 1
Environmental
None: 1
Remarks Misc
Geo Lat: 34.319856
Geo Lon: -111.828791
Property Features
Special Listing Cond: N/A
Existing Land Use: Ranch
Zoned Presently: Rural
Parcel Size: 10.00 - 19.99 Acres
Land Features: Remote; Borders Preserve/Public Land
View: Creek/Stream; Trees/Woods
Road Access Type: Private Road
Road Surface Type: Dirt
Water Source: None
Sewer: No Sewer/Septic
Electric: None
Gas: None
Distance to Cable: None
Distance to Phone: None
Distance to Water: None
Distance to Electric: None
Distance to Gas: None
Distance to Sewer: None
New Financing: Cash; Cash to Loan
Environmental: None
Lockbox Type: None
Supplements
Creek. It is the kind of drive that reminds you your phone does not need service to feel alive.
The land itself is something special. Multiple perennial springs and a riparian corridor bring life to the property, and the wildlife clearly got the memo. Elk, deer, turkey, and bird life pass through like they own the place, which, in a way, they kind of do. Step beyond your boundary and you are immediately connected to the vast wild beauty of the Pine Mountain Wilderness, over 25,000 acres of protected land that will never turn into a strip mall or a neighbor with loud opinions.
This is a place for a private retreat, an off grid cabin, a hunting basecamp, or something a little more meaningful like a legacy property you pass down with stories attached. The access is established, the history is locked in, and a Forest Service Special Use Permit is in motion to formalize long term entry.
Properties like this do not come around often because they simply cannot. A private parcel completely surrounded by National Forest, bordering wilderness, with over a century of history behind it. It is finite, it is rare, and it is quietly becoming more valuable every year.
Nelson Springs is not just land. It is space, solitude, and a reminder that the best things are usually a little harder to get to.
Listing Office: Russ Lyon Sotheby's International Realty
Last Updated: April - 02 - 2026
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