Aerial view of 21.57-acre Watsonville property outlined in red, with a pond and agricultural structures.
Single-story home beside a greenhouse, framed by mature trees and dry rolling hills.
Single-story home with a raised wooden deck, flowering shrubs, and a broad driveway.
Small stucco outbuilding with arched openings and a terracotta tile roof beside a curved driveway.
White hoop greenhouses on a rural property, with a gravel drive and hills in the distance.
Arched greenhouse with open double doors in a dry field, with another greenhouse nearby.
Empty hoop-house greenhouse with mounted fans and open doors at the far end.
Fenced grassy property with greenhouses, farm outbuildings, and a house in the distance.
White metal commercial building and concrete yard with a vintage green truck, trailer, and covered boat.
White metal warehouse with a roll-up door, concrete loading apron, and vintage truck with flatbed trailer.
Industrial warehouse interior with exposed steel trusses, an open doorway, and a utility trailer.
Industrial warehouse interior with an insulated sliding cooler door and stacked agricultural supply bags.
Unfinished room with wire-mesh partitions and a blue dust-collection unit.
Industrial walk-in cold room with its heavy door open in a warehouse.
Crawl space with a plastic vapor barrier, exposed framing, and ventilation equipment.
Industrial warehouse interior with a roll-up door, enclosed office, and metal loading ramps.
Office with tiled flooring, cluttered desks, a wall heater, and track lighting.
Garage workshop with exposed roof beams, wire partitions, and a concrete floor.
Long red outbuilding with open vehicle bays and a weathered metal roof on a dry gravel lot.
Gravel lot with a bollard-protected utility fixture and open-sided red shed.
Two large water storage tanks in a gravel yard beside a metal-sided outbuilding.
Rural property with a weathered red barn, white horse trailer, and dry gravel yard.
Vacant rural land with a green pond, dry grasses, scattered trees, and distant hills.
Aerial view of a rural property with farm buildings and a green pond.
Pond reflecting a cloudy sky and trees, bordered by green grass and muddy banks.
Green pasture behind a wire fence, with wooded hills in the distance.
Dry open lot with sparse trees, a foreground fence, distant hills, and a raised structure at right.
Rows of leafy orchard trees flank a narrow path through dry ground.
Avocados growing among leafy branches on a tree.
A peacock stands beside a tree, its long patterned tail feathers trailing across the gravel.
Outdoor garden with rows of raised planting beds beneath arched greenhouse frames beside a red outbuilding.
Aerial view of agricultural land with nursery rows, greenhouses, a pond, and surrounding hills.
Aerial view of a dry acreage parcel amid Watsonville farmland and greenhouses.
Aerial view of rural property with a pond, open fields, agricultural structures, and wooded hills.
Green hillside pasture overlooking agricultural fields and greenhouses, bordered by trees and a fence.
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Aerial view of 21.57-acre Watsonville property outlined in red, with a pond and agricultural structures.
Single-story home beside a greenhouse, framed by mature trees and dry rolling hills.
Single-story home with a raised wooden deck, flowering shrubs, and a broad driveway.
Small stucco outbuilding with arched openings and a terracotta tile roof beside a curved driveway.
White hoop greenhouses on a rural property, with a gravel drive and hills in the distance.
Arched greenhouse with open double doors in a dry field, with another greenhouse nearby.
Empty hoop-house greenhouse with mounted fans and open doors at the far end.
Fenced grassy property with greenhouses, farm outbuildings, and a house in the distance.
White metal commercial building and concrete yard with a vintage green truck, trailer, and covered boat.
White metal warehouse with a roll-up door, concrete loading apron, and vintage truck with flatbed trailer.
Industrial warehouse interior with exposed steel trusses, an open doorway, and a utility trailer.
Industrial warehouse interior with an insulated sliding cooler door and stacked agricultural supply bags.
Unfinished room with wire-mesh partitions and a blue dust-collection unit.
Industrial walk-in cold room with its heavy door open in a warehouse.
Crawl space with a plastic vapor barrier, exposed framing, and ventilation equipment.
Industrial warehouse interior with a roll-up door, enclosed office, and metal loading ramps.
Office with tiled flooring, cluttered desks, a wall heater, and track lighting.
Garage workshop with exposed roof beams, wire partitions, and a concrete floor.
Long red outbuilding with open vehicle bays and a weathered metal roof on a dry gravel lot.
Gravel lot with a bollard-protected utility fixture and open-sided red shed.
Two large water storage tanks in a gravel yard beside a metal-sided outbuilding.
Rural property with a weathered red barn, white horse trailer, and dry gravel yard.
Vacant rural land with a green pond, dry grasses, scattered trees, and distant hills.
Aerial view of a rural property with farm buildings and a green pond.
Pond reflecting a cloudy sky and trees, bordered by green grass and muddy banks.
Green pasture behind a wire fence, with wooded hills in the distance.
Dry open lot with sparse trees, a foreground fence, distant hills, and a raised structure at right.
Rows of leafy orchard trees flank a narrow path through dry ground.
Avocados growing among leafy branches on a tree.
A peacock stands beside a tree, its long patterned tail feathers trailing across the gravel.
Outdoor garden with rows of raised planting beds beneath arched greenhouse frames beside a red outbuilding.
Aerial view of agricultural land with nursery rows, greenhouses, a pond, and surrounding hills.
Aerial view of a dry acreage parcel amid Watsonville farmland and greenhouses.
Aerial view of rural property with a pond, open fields, agricultural structures, and wooded hills.
Green hillside pasture overlooking agricultural fields and greenhouses, bordered by trees and a fence.
Sold

189 Hughes Rd.

189 Hughes RD, WATSONVILLE, CA 95076

$1,350,000
Tucked into the eastern Pajaro Valley foothills, with a potential Santa Cruz appalachia designation, this 21+ acre, sun drenched property has all the ingredients for a spectacular small family farm. Here you have end of the road privacy with a private gate, a 3 bedroom, 1 bath farm house that is surrounded by fully fenced abundant grazing acres, a year round pond, multiple stalls for your head of cattle or horses & excellent south west sun exposure. If you see your legacy as a farmer then you will be excited to see the productive well, 5,000sf+ of greenhouses, some raspberry hoops with pots, the spacious processing facility with multiple refrigerated rooms, 200 amps of 220 volt, 3 phase power, and natural gas stubbed to the property. There are even quite a few mature avocado trees to start your home orchard. The only question that remains is what legacy do you want to create here?

3
beds

1
bath

988 Sq.Ft. LIVING AREA

21.57 Acres lot

Features & Amenities

Interior

  • total bedrooms3
  • Total bathroom1
  • full bathroom1

Area & Lot

  • Status Sold
  • Date Sold July 20, 2023
  • Living Area988 Sq.Ft.
  • Lot Area21.57 Acres
  • MLS® IDML81903569
  • TypeResidential
  • YEAR BUILT1944
  • Water FrontagePond
  • School DistrictPajaro Valley Unified

Exterior

  • utilitiesPropane
  • roofComposition
  • HEAT TYPEForced Air
  • sewerSeptic Tank

Financial

  • Sales Price$1,350,000
  • Zoning CA

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