Sitting on the corner, this lot has paved frontage on two sides rather than the usual single street-facing front. The ground is flat and open, just under 10,000 square feet of sand with a scatter of low desert brush, and a house already stands on the lot next door to the east with trees grown up around it. You're not staking out the first claim on an empty grid here; the street is paved, the poles are up, and neighbors have already settled in.
Utilities are closer than most vacant land in this part of the county ever gets. Power runs right up to the property line, and both water and sewer sit at the street line out front.
Salton City was dreamed up in 1958 as a resort town on the sea, drawing water skiers, boaters, and anglers through the 50s and 60s before the big plans quieted down. What's left is a residential community along Highway 86, roughly two hours from San Diego, with the Salton Sea to the east and the Imperial Valley's produce fields and the Coachella Valley's groves bracketing the drive in either direction.
