Albuquerque - North Valley

The North Valley, which includes the Village of Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, is located along the Rio Grande and is considered the rural heart of Albuquerque.  With its tall trees, green pastures and beautiful nature filled setting, it offers the opportunity to be in the City, yet with a true rural feel in many parts.  While there are many residential neighborhoods here that are typical of other areas of Albuquerque, there are also farms and ranches, larger lots, estate properties, mature cottonwood trees, and the extensive ditch system called acequias.

While you might live in a groomed subdivision in the North Valley, your drive to home can include seeing goats, chickens, cows and horses out in their pastures.  I have lived mostly in the North Valley and love the area.  Being from a hobby farm in Minnesota, I just feel comfortable in this more rural atmosphere.   Some of my favorite things about the valley include the acequias (irrigation ditches) providing limitless trails for walking the dogs and horseback riding, the Los Ranchos Growers Market, and the quick accessibility to most areas of Albuquerque.  The growers market is on Saturday mornings and provides an excellent source for local produce, meats, as well as arts & crafts. 

The North Valley offers a variety of outdoor activities for the whole family.  To me the highlight is the Paseo del Bosque Trail.  Considered Albuquerque's premiere trail, this 16 mile trail follows the east side of the Rio Grande Bosque (river forest) through the heart of the north valley.  Another great destination is the Rio Grande Nature Center.  An excellent facility to learn all about the Rio Grande ecosystem.

The Albuquerque Real Estate in the North Valley comes in all varieties.  Some of the most expensive and exclusive real estate in Albuquerque is found in the North Valley, but is not limited to these hi-end homes only.  Subdivisions such as Matthew Meadows and Vista Del Norte offer a suburban feel; while neighborhoods such as Black Farm Estates, Riverfronte Estates, Dietz Farm, Caballero, and Tinnin Farms offer larger estate like properties in a planned and managed manner.  A unique feature of many parts of the North Valley is that you find older homes, new homes, and everything in between commingling nicely.  This is just one of the things that gives the North Valley is charm.

With fun restaurants, antique shops, wineries, spas, and many specialty shops, the North Valley is a vibrant "village" in a  peaceful and beautiful setting.

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