Vallecito Lake real estate

Wake up to this.

Own a piece of the quiet — homes on and around Vallecito Lake, with the agent who actually works this road.

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Why people buy at Vallecito

Eight reasons this place gets under your skin

Not a sales pitch — every one of these is on the rest of this site, with the receipts.

A wilderness for a backyard

You border the Weminuche — Colorado's largest wilderness, nearly half a million acres that can never be subdivided or built on.

Weminuche Wilderness · the trails in →

2,720 acres of open water

Twelve miles of shoreline at 7,665 feet — room for pontoons, kokanee, and a paddle before the wind comes up.

Surface area: CPW · live lake level →

Summer tops out in the low 80s

At 7,665 ft the afternoons stay mountain-cool while the low country bakes — the normal July high is about 81°.

NOAA normals, Vallecito Dam · forecast →

45 minutes to Durango

Twenty-three miles of mountain road to town — Mercy Hospital's ER, restaurants, and everything a real mountain town has.

Getting here →

Skies dark enough for the Milky Way

Almost no light pollution at altitude — the night sky here is the real show, best on a new moon in fall.

see the star trails →

A town that works in winter

The county plows CR 501 as a Level 1 road, the school bus runs the lake, and a CAAS-accredited fire & ambulance district covers you year-round.

Living here →

Rent it out when you're away

Unincorporated La Plata County: collect lodging tax, no short-term-rental permit required — income while it isn't your season.

host rules →

Fiber is coming up CR 501

Clearnetworx is stringing a grant-funded fiber build toward the lake — cable's already on the poles, though lake addresses aren't lit yet.

internet options →
Julie Coffelt, Associate Broker, Coldwell Banker Mountain Properties
The agent who works this road

Julie Coffelt

Julie isn't commuting to this market; she's lives in it. Twenty-five years in the Four Corners area, 21 of those living at Vallecito, raising a family. She knows the area and all that it has to offer.

She came to real estate from aviation and as a voice transcriptionist for closed captioning, where a skipped checklist item isn't a typo, it's a problem at altitude, and communicating for the hearing impaired helped her discover her true passion: helping people navigate some of life’s biggest transitions with confidence and clarity. That's how she runs a closing: nothing missed, calm when it counts. She knows the questions lake buyers don't know to ask like well-permit status, septic acceptance, road-maintenance agreements, WUI insurance. That homework is her home turf

Associate Broker · CO License FA.100086311 · Coldwell Banker Mountain Properties, 785 Main Ave, Durango

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Current listings · as of July 29, 2026

Julie's listings around the lake

Julie's active listings as of July 29, 2026 — reviewed weekly for accuracy. Tap any card for the full photo set and details on Coldwell Banker.

259 Ho Hum Drive, Bayfield — listing photoPhotos coming
$1,193,000
259 Ho Hum Drive, Bayfield
3 bd · 3 ba · 2,150 sqft · MLS 837042

The showpiece of Julie's current board — freshest to market.

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1896 County Road 500, Bayfield — listing photoPhotos coming
$972,000
1896 County Road 500, Bayfield
3 bd · 3 ba · 2,251 sqft · MLS 835099

On CR 500 — the Vallecito road itself, minutes from the water.

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601 W Grimes Creek Road, Bayfield — listing photoPhotos coming
$750,000
601 W Grimes Creek Road, Bayfield
3 bd · 3 ba · 1,970 sqft · MLS 836404

A newer home out along Grimes Creek, in the lake's watershed.

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1429 County Road 500, Bayfield — listing photoPhotos coming
$650,000
1429 County Road 500, Bayfield
2 bd · 3 ba · 2,412 sqft · MLS 834474

Also right on the Vallecito road (CR 500) — in the heart of the lake corridor.

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300 Boletus Creek Drive, Bayfield — listing photoPhotos coming
$599,000
300 Boletus Creek Drive, Bayfield
2 bd · 2 ba · 1,433 sqft · MLS 835060

A right-sized home in the Bayfield lake country.

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210 Ponderosa Homes Drive, Bayfield — listing photoPhotos coming
$595,000
210 Ponderosa Homes Drive, Bayfield
3 bd · 2 ba · 3,136 sqft · MLS 833569

3,136 sq ft — the roomiest home on Julie's board right now.

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126 Sierra Verde Lane, Durango — listing photoPhotos coming
$115,000
126 Sierra Verde Lane, Durango
0.75-acre lot · Land · MLS 827685

Three-quarters of an acre of Durango-side land — bring your blueprints and build your basecamp.

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See Julie's live inventory on Coldwell Banker →

Listing details and photos courtesy of Coldwell Banker, used with permission — deemed reliable but not guaranteed. This page is reviewed weekly; the live inventory link always has the very latest.

The honest part

It comes with homework — that's the point

Buying up here isn't like buying in town. Wells have permit classes. Septic needs an acceptance inspection at sale. Winter access, road-maintenance agreements, and wildfire (WUI) insurance are all part of the deal — and none of it is in the glossy brochure.

That's exactly why you want the local who does this every week. Julie has walked buyers through every bit of it, so the surprises happen before closing, not after. Here's the full buyer's rundown if you want to read ahead.

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