Specie Mesa lies between Telluride and Norwood and has been home to cattle ranching since the late 1800’s The mesa still has an open ranch feel as most development has followed the large parcel open range style of the old west. Specie Mesa Ranch, once part of the Hughes Ranch Specie Mesa Ranch is now divided into14 large ranches. Yogi Kirst, a golfer from Pittsburg developed the property back in the mid eighties as a ploy to raise his family in a mountain town rather than the city. Specie Wilderness is a private in holding within a sea of Forest service property at the base of Little Cone offering 40 to 80 acre parcels with the feeling of being thousands of acres in size. Top of the World: On the west side of Specie Mesa, at the base of the Little Cone, Top of the World is a subdivision of 18-35 acre lots. These lots offer end of the road privacy with views of the surrounding Telluride Peaks and the Telluride Ski Area. Just 35 minutes from Telluride this subdivision was developed in 1993 by Morgan Oliver. The Peninsula, Peninsula Point and Peninsula Park are subdivisions on the western portion of Specie Mesa developed by Bill Carstens in the mid 1990’s. The three subdivisions Encompass 40-35 acre lots on a variety of terrain from open meadows to escarpment to densely treed lots. There is power and telephone to the lot lines and individual wells and septic are required. Great American Ranch, on the western finger of Specie Mesa this historic ranch, once divided into 35 acre lots, is again under one ownership as a large cattle ranch.
